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Edward Burra: The Letter-writer

Mirabel Cecil WELL, DEARIE! THE LETTERS OF EDWARD BURRA edited by William Chappell Gordon Fraser, £14.95 W ell dearies if you want a Fart History full of insaytes into the......

Recreation

When our local football team Weekly defeated father's spirit, Father and I took to the hills, Drew comfort from their greater merit. It made my childhood less banal, As did my......

Dreaming Of A White Treasure-house

Adrian Berry ANTARCTICA: THE LAST GREAT WILDERNESS by Stanley Johnson Weidenfeld, £12.95 I t is a sad fact that while Antarctica is perhaps the most exciting continent on earth,......