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Gadfly Of The Establishment

Jane Ridley WILFRED BLUNT'S EGYPTIAN GARDEN/ FOX-HUNTING IN CAIRO The Stationery Office, £6.99, pp. 114 T he Stationery Office, now privatised and shorn of its dear old H M, has......

Needlework And Word-games

David Nokes JANE AUSTEN AND LEISURE by David Selwyn The Hambledon Press, £25, pp. 352 I declare,' cries Miss Bingley, 'there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one......