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A Miserable Old Third-rate Bore

Duncan Fallowell WILLIAM WALTON: BEHIND THE FACADE by Susana Walton OUP, £12.95 T his is a very surprising book. William Walton was a minor composer of engaging, derivative......

Do I Dare To Eat A Peach?

Brian Martin WATCHING THE DETECTIVES by Andrew Brown Hodder & Stoughton, £10.95 T hank God for the police, and particu- larly the Metropolitan police. In the au- tumn of 1985......