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Stirring The Pot Again

Simon Blow STRANGERS by Emma Tennant Cape, £12.99, pp. 183 W hy do families quarrel? Why is there invariably so little of that disinterest- ed love which we are brought up to......

Clerihew Corner

intend', announced Walter Pater, `To advertise for a live-in curator. A work of art such as myself Shouldn't be left undusted on the shelf.' James Michie......