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Mister Nice Guy

Hugh Massingberd THE MEASURE OF A MAN by Sidney Poitier Simon & Schuster, £16.99, pp. 256 S idney Poitier's handsome face, gentle strength and transparent decency in such films......

Many Brands On Offer, Some Of Them Poisonous

Peter Vansittart ON IDENTITY by Amin Maalouf, translated by Barbara Bray Harvill, £6.99, pp. 133 T he British sigh over identity lost, threatened, or imaginary: in the Balkans,......