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Old, Unhappy Far-off Things

PETER FLEMING A History of Warfare Montgomery of Alamein (Collins 84s) Fighting is, apart from cooking, the oldest of the skills which homo sapiens found it obliga- tory to......

One Good Craig Deserves Another

JOHN GIELGUD The son has done his father proud. He has written a book that is fiercely loyal and affectionate, yet makes no attempt to gloss over the wiliness and weaknesses in......

Orwell That Ends Well Books

MARTIN SEYMOUR-SMITH George Orwell, it has been suggested, is ultimately 'less memorable as an artist than as a man.' And Tom Hopkinson, dismissing The Road to Wigan Pier as his......