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All Guilty, Some More Than Others

Leslie Mitchell THE SLAVE TRADE by Hugh Thomas Macmillan, £25, pp. 810 ■=I H istorical sensibilities have always been in flux. Conceivably they have become more discriminating......

Blessings In Disguise

Charlotte Moore MISSING THE MIDNIGHT by Jane Gardam Sinclair-Stevenson, £10, pp. 212 n this pleasingly compact volume of stories, Jane Gardam imbues everyday life with the......