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Does Your End Justify Your Genes?

Steve Jones THE GENE WARS by Robert Cook-Degan Norton, £25, pp. 416 S cience is the objective search for knowledge, a collective endeavour pursued by those driven to seek the......

Queen Mum's Still The Word

Christopher Hudson THE QUEEN BEHIND THE THRONE by Michael De-la-Noy Hutchinson, £17.99, pp. 328 G od bless you, Ma'am. Whatever we may say about the rest of the royal family,......

Hotel At The Bottom Of The Night

In a hotel at the bottom of the night She stands by the bed, naked, hands on hips While, knees jack-knifed to chin, the sheet stretched tight, He stares at nothing. Next door a......