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Two Wagers With Providence

Robert Oakeshott THE AFRICA HOUSE: THE TRUE STORY OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN AND HIS AFRICAN DREAM by Christina Lamb Viking, £12.99, pp. 346 The walls are good and solid — almost......

When The Birds Sing In Greek

Lewis Wolpert THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL by Peter Dally Robson, £16.95, pp. 225 V irginia Woolf suffered from manic depression all her life and Peter Dally, a psychiatrist,......

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An English Garden in Provence by Natasha Spender Following the recent fire that swept through Natasha Spender's property, destroying much of the land, this is now the only......