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A Power Girt Round With Weakness

Antonia Douro CLAIRE CLAIRMONT AND THE SHELLEYS by Robert Gittings and Jo Manton OUP f20, pp.281 I nspiration or irritation, `Claire' Clair- mont left her mark on the lives of......

Beauty For Some Provides Escape

Peter Quennell THE SIERRAS OF THE SOUTH: TRAVELS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF ANDALUSIA by Alastair Boyd HarperCollins, £16.99, pp.470 D uring the second half of the 19th century an odd......

Geloscopy

(Divination by Laughter) The green damselfly is burning, like a wicked copper flame on the water, so intently, you can't quite think what it's name is; for it dazzles all......