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That Was The Question

Jonathan Sumption SUICIDE IN THE MIDDLE AGES: VOLUME I: THE VIOLENT AGAINST THEMSELVES; VOLUME II: THE CURSE ON SELF-MURDER by Alexander Murray OUP, £30 each P rejudice apart,......

What Ho, Blowers!

P. J. Kavanagh A THIRST FOR LIFE by Henry Blofeld Hodder, £18.99, pp. 421 I found this a delightful book, boring in parts because too long (too many diary jot- tings about......