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The Crown That Fitted Perfectly

Simon Courtauld JUAN CARLOS: THE PEOPLE'S KING by Paul Preston HarperCollins, £25, pp. 614. ISBN 0002556324 p rofessor Preston has done his subject proud. This is a better......

The Diary Of A Somebody

Hugh Massingberd ON AND OFF THE FIELD by Ed Smith Viking, £16.99, pp. 259, ISBN 0670914819 T hose of us who spend our summers watching county cricket often feel a beleaguered......

Taking Matters Seriously

Stephen Abell THE IRRESPONSIBLE SELF: ON LAUGHTER AND THE NOVEL by James Wood Cape, £16.99, pp. 312, ISBN 0224064509 F or a critic as seriously intelligent as James Wood, a......