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It's The Same The Whole World Over

Philip Hensher STRANGERS: HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE 19TH CENTURY by Graham Robb Picador, £18.99; pp. 336, ISBN 0330482238 Q ne has to ask the question: is this, intrinsically, an......

Backing Into The Limelight

Montagu Curzon BACKROOM BOYS: THE SECRET RETURN OF THE BRITISH BOFFIN by Francis Spufford Faber, £15.99, pp. 234, ISBN 0571214967 T he traditional boffin. as is well known, wore......