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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......

The Death Of The Shopping List

James Delingpole ALL OIKS NOW: THE UNNOTICED SURRENDER OF MIDDLE ENGLAND by Digby Anderson Social Affairs Unit, .0.95, pp. 95, ISBN 1904863000 T he Spectator's literary pages......