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Spiders, Snakes And Flutes

Joy Melville PHOBIAS: FIGHTING THE FEAR by Helen Saul HatperCollins, £7.99, pp. 366, ISBN 0006384315 H ans Christian Andersen was so phobic about fire he always carried a rope......

From Boffin To Baron

Steve King SOLLY ZUCICERMAN by John Peyton John Murray, £22.50, pp. 252, ISBN 071956283X L ord Peyton is probably right in thinking that Solly Zuckerman will be remembered for......

Not A Chip Off The Old Block

Raymond Carr HELMUTH VON MOLTICE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR by Annika Mombauer Cambridge University Press, £35, pp. 344, ISBN 0521791014 A nyone interested in the......