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A Sparkling, Cockney Diplomat

M.R.D. Foot FOOTSTEPS ON THE BACKSTAIRS by John Barnes Michael Russell, £15.95, pp. 176 S cott Holland said once that he was always slightly alarmed when in the pres- ence of Mr......

Hymns And Hearses

Anthony Blond ONLY MAN IS VILE: THE TRAGEDY OF SRI LANKA by William McGowan Picador, £6.99, pp. 398 L aura and I were married in our house in Hapugala, Ceylon where 'Every......