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Paradise Lost

Peter Ackroyd My Father Bertrand Russell Katharine Tait (Gollancz £5.95) The disparity in famous men between the public face and the private life is shocking only to voyeurs; it......

Travelling Light

Francis King P ublished in Paris Hugh Ford (Garnstone Press £6.95) buring the period, 1920-1939, dealt with by this history of expatriate publishers in France„ Paris was briefly......

Detached

Simon Jenkins Home Sweet Home: A London Architectural Monograph (Academy Editions £6.95) No one who has lived in London for the past fifteen years has much cause to thank the......

Books And Records Wanted

CREATIVE ART OF GARDEN DESIGN by Percy Cane, (Country Life, 1967 ?). George Hutchinson seeks copy in good condition. 56 Doughty Street, London WC1. SHAKESPEARE'S LEGAL &......