29 NOVEMBER 1997, page 52

The Most Sympathetic Roman

Anthony Blond ANTONY by Allan Massie Sceptre, £16.99, pp. 213 Antony and Ahenobarbus embraced. Watch- ing, I feared a dagger. But instead there were smiles. This is something......

Magic In Two Colours

Liliana Brisby PRAGUE IN BLACK AND GOLD: THE HISTORY OF A CITY by Peter Demetz Allen Lane, £20, pp. 411 I t is unreasonable to expect that more than a handful of the millions of......

Clerihew Corner

Who says that John Wayne and Michael Caine Were all brawn and no brain? They must have been pretty bright Not to stay Marion Morrison and Maurice Micklewhite. James Michie......