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Knock, Knock, Who's There?

Duncan Fallowell The Decorative Tradition Julian Barnard (Architectural Press £5.00) More of counterweight to J.M.Richards' P e Functional Tradition than pungent thesis 1 . 0......

The New And The Novel

Peter Ackroyd The Harmless Building Douglas Oliver (Grosseteste Review Books 0.00). To say that The Harmless Building is a 'new' novel is not to imply that it is either modern......