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Talking Of Books

Penguins and Paladins Benny Green It is not all that easy for a paperback to - 1 , its way into my library; easy, perhaps, but On` e ' all that easy. I suppose the rigour of t......

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Bookend Sir Neville Cardus, in his memorable autobiography, tells a delightful story of his experience in the Long Room a Lord's. It was late in the summer of 1939, and standing......