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A Memory Of Yesterday's Pleasures

Anita Brookner THE ORCHARD ON FIRE I t can be no accident that on reading the first few pages of this haunting novel one is enveloped by a feeling of nostalgia, not for......

We Ought To Be Ashamed Of Ourselves

Nigel Spivey REFLECTIONS ON VIOLENCE S chopenhauer once threw an old lady down a flight of stairs because her natter- ing outside his door rasped upon his concentration. This is......