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Mr Standfast

Philippa Toomey John Buchan: A Memoir William Buchan (Buchan &Enright £9.95) The Best Short Stories of John Buchan, Volume II Edited by David Daniell (Michael -Joseph £8.50) T......

Dallas

Richard West A few years ago, Margaret Thatcher went to visit a school in the East End of London where she was asked, as a scien- tist, to give the children a lesson in......

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