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Madness In Great Ones

Peter Quennell A SOCIAL HISTORY OF MADNESS: STORIES OF THE INSANE by Roy Porter Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £14.95 O ld Bedlam, which overlooked Moor- fields, was an elegant piece of......

Generous To A Great Many Faults

Colin Thubron USTINOV IN RUSSIA by Peter Ustinov O'Mara Books, f12.95 0 f the two contrasting definitions of the USSR — insecure victim or old- fashioned imperialist — the first......