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Through Whiggish Spectacles

Theodore Dalrymple BLOOD AND GUTS: A SHORT HISTORY OF MEDICINE by Roy Porter Allen Lane, £12.99, pp. 185, ISBN 0713996692 T he distillation of a vast quantity of historical......

The Everlasting Power And Glory Of The Shared Table

Sarah Bradford FEAST: A HISTORY OF GRAND EATING by Roy Strong Cape, £20, pp. 311, ISBN 0224061380 F rom Apicius to the Ivy: Roy Strong, the possessor of 800 cookbooks, has......