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A Carefully Cultivated Personality

Christine Verity VACLAV HAVEL: A POLITICAL TRAGEDY IN SIX ACTS by John Keane Bloomsbury, £25, pp. 532 T here are few saints in politics and with the recent retirement of Nelson......

Prince Ever So Charming

Jonathan Cecil IVOR NOVELLO by Paul Webb Stage Directions, f10, pp. 157 T owards the end of his lively study of the light composer and matinee idol Ivor Novella, Paul Webb all......