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Offa's Kingdom

Barbara Hardy Mercian Hymns Geoffrey Hill (Andre Deutsch £1.75 and £1.00) Offa's Dyke and his English kingdom were made by skill s and violence. Geoffrey Hill's skilful and......

Bookend

Jonathan Raban's* new book is as lively and interesting as his reviews. It is very much a reviewer's book, in fact, full of generalities, witticisms, sharp insights and scathing......