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It's The Same The Whole World Over

Amit Chaudhuri THESE ENCHANTED WOODS by Allan Massie Hutchinson, £14.99, pp. 207 W hen one thinks of modern Scottish fiction, one recalls George Mackay Brown's stories,......

Cherubic

In one of the pews towards the front of the church the arms of a child appear at each side of her father who is holding her. Disproportionately small arms waving like wings.......

Fro' First To Last, A Muddle!

William Scammell THE PILGRIM EDITION OF THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS, VOLUME VII, 1853-1855 edited by Graham Storey, Kathleen Tillotson and Angus Easson OUP, £85, pp. 975......

Sunshine And Cheap Beef In Shangri-la

Robert Blake RHODESIANS NEVER DIE: THE IMPACT OF WAR AND POLITICAL CHANGE ON WHITE RHODESIA, 1970-1980 by Peter Goodwin and Ian Hancock OUP, £45, pp. 416 F rom 1968 to 1973......