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Second Opinion

WHEREVER did Rousseau get his idea that the trouble with Man was civilisa- tion? Never has a philosophical premise received quite so incontestable a refuta- tion as in modern......

Major, Schmajor!

The National Theatre's Oedipus makes Harry Eyres think there's something similar about Oedipus and the Prime Minister THE cricket-loving John Major is not known to be an......