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Clerihew Corner

Bonnie Prince Charlie Was more than a wee bit fond of the barley; In fact he was completely sodden Before, during and after Culloden. James Michie......

City Of Dreadful Delight

Simon Jenkins THE MOVING PAGEANT by Richard Allen Routledge, £14.99, pp. 241 C onrad found London 'a slimy aquari- um from which the water had been run off. A murky, gloomy......

Plot And Counter-plot

Michael Portillo THE GENERAL AGAINST THE KREMLIN: ALEXANDER LEBED, POWER AND ILLUSION by Harold Elletson Little, Brown, f1Z50, pp. 256 H arold Elletson, author of this fasci-......