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Pawns In The Jungle

Xan Smiley Triumph or Tragedy? Rhodesia to Zimbabwe Miles Hudson (Hamish Hamilton Pp. 252, £9.95) Most of us self-styled Africanists, and especially the Zimboons, have plenty of......

Pride And Prejudice

Eric Christiansen Words on the Air John Sparrow (Collins pp. 263, £7.95) Browning's verdict on Galuppi: 'Good alike at grave and gay' will occur to many readers of Words on the......