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The Truth About Cavafy

Francis King UNREAL CITY by Robert Liddell Peter Owen, £15.50, pp. 258 T he art-historian Roger Hinks — who, like Maurice Bowra, would never sacrifice a friend for a personal......

Books

Bad times just around the corner Raymond Carr PREPARING FOR THE TWENTY- FIRST CENTURY by Paul Kennedy HarperCollins, £25, pp. 384 T he pop jingle which guides President......

Fashioning A Career

Isabel Colegate SKETCHES FROM A LIFE by Anne Scott-James Michael Joseph, £14.99, pp. 198 B e succinct, to the point, and entertain- ing. Such is Anne Scott-James' advice to the......