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On Breaking Down The Berlin Wall

`The new meat is eaten with the old forks.' Bertolt Brecht (New Ages) And they Who never knew The fat meat of freedom, The strong beer of liberty, Are filled With bright......

Too Full Of Modern Instances

John Gross REINVENTING SHAKESPEARE by Gary Taylor The Hagarth Press, £18, pp, 461 G ary Taylor knows a great deal about Shakespeare — which, given that he was Joint General......

Hiding His Light In The African Bush

Joseph Hone FILOSOFA'S REPUBLIC by Thursday Msigwa Pickwick Books, £11.95, £5.95, pp.123 H ere is a droll piece of Africana, a spoof, a bonne-bouche, a succession of......