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The Ears Have It

Andro Linklater TALKING FROM 9 TO 5: HOW WOMEN'S AND MEN'S CONVERSATIONAL STYLES AFFECTS WHO GETS HEARD, WHO GETS CREDIT AND WHAT GETS DONE AT WORK by Deborah Tannen Virago,......

A Walk

Trees, stubborn to their roots, stare straight ahead, expressionless; mutinous, the bushes bristle with argument, while silence, purse-lipped, picks self-righteously along. For......

The End Of Everything Unfinished

Amit Chaudhuri THE DOUBLE TONGUE by William Golding Faber, £12.99, pp. 165 T hree distinct cultural strands can be identified in Golding's work right from his first novel. The......