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From Marseilles To Ultima Thule

Steve King THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE OF PYTHEAS THE GREEK by Barry Cunliffe Allen Lane, U2.99, pp. 182, ISBN 0713995092 P ytheas the who? The name may not ring any bells, but it......

Disagreement At The Highest Level

Nick Seddon THE CLIMB by Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt Macmillan, £16.99, pp. 372, ISBN 0333907159 A lthough the summit is 8,848m above sea-level, the conquest of Mount......

A Graceful, Almost Flawless Century

William Rees-Mogg CRITICAL TIMES: THE HISTORY OF THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT by Derwent May HawerCollins, 125, pp. 603, ISBN 0007114494 T he Times Literary Supplement will......