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People Say The Life Is The Thing

Anne Chisholm THE SILENT WOMAN: SYLVIA PLATH AND TED HUGHES by Janet Malcolm Picador, £14.99, pp. 224 I n 1989, Janet Malcolm, a New Yorker journalist, read Bitter Fame, a......

Preserving Upper Houses

John Smith I t is to the credit of the National Trust that its history is so boring. Only twice have there been any ructions. It was founded by three idealists, Sir Robert......