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The Other Clark Diaries

Antony Rouse THE OSSIE CLARK DIARIES edited by Lady Henrietta Rouse Bloomsbury, £20, pp. 402 0 ssie Clark was a talented clothes designer, famous in the Sixties and Seven- ties,......

Straining For Effect

Alexander Chancellor NOTES FROM A BIG COUNTRY by Bill Bryson Doubleday, £16.99, pp. 318 B ill Bryson is a native of Des Moines, Iowa, who lived for many years in North Yorkshire......