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The Spacious Firmament On High

Andro Linklater T HE P LANETS by Dava Sobel Fourth Estate, £15, pp. 271, ISBN 1857028503 ✆ £12 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 T his is the most dazzling era in astronomy that......

Waiting

How many more farewells? A brittle fan of bones, Once your hand, Waves across your face Like a metronome slowing down. The one good eye, still aquamarine As a Turkish sea,......

Gone But Not Forgotten

John Gross T HE B OOK OF L OST B OOKS by Stuart Kelly Viking, £15.99, pp. 390, ISBN 0670914991 ✆ £12.79 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 T he complete works of the poet Gallus......