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Stepping Smartly On

Caroline Moorehead PASSIONATE NOMAD: THE LIFE OF FREYA STARK by Jane Fletcher Geniesse Chatto, £20, pp. 400 I n the early 1930s, Freya Stark joined the Baghdad Times. On her......

Taking Off One's Hat

Jane Gardam ENGLAND'S THOUSAND BEST CHURCHES by Simon Jenkins Penguin, f25, pp. 822 T his book is lavish and beautifully pro- duced. It began as a series in Country Life,......