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Books

Bull in the China shop Henry Keswick EAST AND WEST by Chris Patten Macmillan, f22.50, pp. 340 F uture historians would do well to read in tandem Chris Patten's East and West......

At Lady Violet's

Kate Grimond THE DEPARTURE PLATFORM by Violet Powell Heinemann, f20, pp. 240 I t was obvious,' writes Violet Powell, `that in our country home we would require a motor car.' An......