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Books

Isherwood at eighty Peter Ackroyd C hristopher Isherwood has been pro- k.../claiming his fate all his life, but in Down There on a Visit it has its classic formulation: 'But now......

Something Wild

Peter Quennell The Ludovisi Goddess: The Life of Louisa Lady Ashburton Virginia Surtees (Michael Russell £9.95) N ot many years ago, Bath House, the last private house in......