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A Truly Beastly Hero

Miranda France BEN, IN THE WORLD by Doris Lessing Flamingo, £16.99, pp. 178 T welve years ago, Doris Lessing pub- lished a cautionary tale about a kind, liber- al couple with a......

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Casting a cold eye Richard Shone BEN NICHOLSON: THE VICIOUS CIRCLES OF HIS LIFE AND ART by Sarah Jane Checkland John Murray, £25, pp. 486 T he preface and acknowledgments to......