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The Light That Failed

Turi Munthe THE LOST MESSIAH by John Freely Viking, £20, pp. 286, ISBN 0670886750 I n 1666, a year that saw millenarian anxiety reach fever pitch across the Christian world,......

Breakfast Food For Thought

Michael Vestey THIS IS TODAY: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE TODAY PROGRAMME by Tim Luckhurst Aunon Press, £16.99, pp. 174, ISBN 18541079765 T his is the second 'biography' in four years of......

Crafted With Too Much Care

John de Falbe A MULTITUDE OF SINS by Richard Ford Harv ill, f15.99, pp. 278, ISBN 1860468403 I am told that Richard Ford describes the stories in this long-awaited volume as......