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Down But Not Out On One's Uppers

D. J. Taylor HALF AN ARCH by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy Timewell Press, £20, pp. 368, ISBN 1857252012 0 ne of the more amusing characteristics of the English upper classes is their......

The Daily Round, The Common Task

Kate Grimond OUR HIDDEN LIVES: THE EVERYDAY DIARIES OF A FORGOTTEN BRITAIN, 1945-48 by Simon Garfield Ebuty Press, 119.99, pp. 560, ISBN 0091896959 t 116.99 (plus £2.25 p&p)......

Wolves In Sheep's Clothing

Charles Allen WAHHABI ISLAM: FROM REVIVAL AND REFORM TO GLOBAL JIHAD by Natana J. DeLong-Bas I. B. Tauris, £19.95, pp. 374, ISBN 185043679 7 ® E17.95 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800......