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Books

Fitful sparks and old flames James Michie CURRICULUM VITAE by Muriel Spark Constable, £14.95, pp.213 I determined to write nothing that cannot be supported by documentary......

At The Carrickmore Festival

The thing I tripped over was a man on the pavement. I reached out my hand to his hand automatically. It was dirty and hard with energy. He refused to rise but held on. Well,......

A Mystifying Bestseller

Penelope Lively KAHLIL GIBRAN: HIS LIFE AND WORK by Jean Gibran and Kahlil Gibran Canongate, f17.50, pp. 456 A re you familiar with The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran's best known work?......