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The Ups And Downs Of Major Thompson

Liliana Brisby BEYOND THE FRONTIER by E. P. Thompson Merlin Press, £12.95, pp. 111 ajor Frank Thompson joined the Communist Party of Great Britain early in 1939 while an......

Scrapbook For A Hero

Nigel Spivey WALTER BENJAMIN: A BIOGRAPHY by Momme Bmderson Verso, £25, pp. 334 h e heroes of the Left make a small and dwindling band. But Walter Benjamin's place in that......

Still Top Of The Pops

Michael Scott JUSSI by Anna-Lise Bjoerling and Andrew Farkas Amadeus, £29.99, pp. 520 C lassie FM recently ran a poll among listeners to determine who are Britain's Top Ten......