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Books

Outsider not quite at home James Buchan INDIA: A MILLION MUTINIES NOW by V. S. Naipaul Heinemann, £16.95, pp.520 I n V. S. Naipaul's last book, which describes a journey through......

There'll Be No Moaning From Our Bar

Nigella Lawson BARBARA: THE LAUGHTER AND TEARS OF A COCKNEY SPARROW by Barbara Windsor Century, £11.99, pp.195 'B arbara isn't a sex symbol. She's a body, a bosom and a joke'.......

Llandudno Seascape, With Figures

A pewter sea. No fishing smacks or sails. A seafront palm, dishevelled by March gales. And framed by wintry skies and low-tide sand, In good thick coats, two grey-haired women......