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Books

The State of Wales Leo Abse Wales 1880 to 1980: Rebirth of a Nation, History of Wales, Vol VI Kenneth 0. Morgan (Clarendon Press pp. 463, /15) In Wales determinist themes,......

Drip Drip Drip

George Gale R. A. Butler: An English Life Patrick Cosgrave (Quartet Books pp. 167, £6.95) 'Ralf Butler's father gave him his distinctive nickname, Patrick Cosgrave tells us, on......

Doomsday

Max Hastings Rule Britannia James Bellini (Cape PP. 280, £6.95). The Final Decade Christopher Lee (Hamish Hamilton pp. 256, £8.95). Having glanced at the leering image of the......