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Goldfinch

That finch which sings above my head last year's speckled egg, is now a partner to some nest instead, that finch which sings above my head, buff-gold dandy masked with red, and......

Thou Wast Not Born For Death, Immortal Bard

Hilary Corke JOHN KEATS: A LIFE by Stephen Coote Hodder, £18, pp. 356 S hortly after his 21st birthday Keats was summoned to the obvious interview with Richard Abbey who had......

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......