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Pillars Of The Press

Allan Massie The Way We Live Now Bernard Levin (Cape £8.95) Flying Visits Clive James (Cape £8.95) B eing a columnist is frequently dis- heartening and a nervous strain. The......

Books

The Barnsley comrade Ferdinand Mount Scargill and the Miners Michael Crick (Penguin £2.50) W e still expect biography to spring surprises, especially intimate ones: the great......