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Such Darling Dodos

Hugh Massingberd THE LYTTELTON HART-DAVIS LETTERS: A SELECTION edited by Roger Hudson John Murray, .f22.50, pp. 368, ISBN 0719562066 I t seems only the other day that Lesley......

Tweaking The Glands

Andro Linklater BITTERROOT by James Lee Burke Orion. £12.99, pp. 334, ISBN 0752841548 R eading thrillers is good for your health. Your brain may turn to mush but. according to......

Last Lost Land

Justin Marozzi THE WHITE ROCK by Hugh Thomson Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £20, pp. 277, ISBN 0297842447 E xplorers are an endangered species these days. The relentless march of......