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John Biffen On W. H. Hutt

Politically Impossible . . .? W H Hutt (IEA Hobart Paperback 75p) Politicians are never short of advice. It comes from all quarters and is rarely dispassionate or disinterested.......

Auberon Waugh On Peter Ustinov

Krumnagel Peter Ustinov (Heinemann £2.10) Farce creates a degree of goodwill which enables the reader to overlook occasional jokes which are unfunny, episodes which fail to......