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Caprine Messiah

ANTHONY BURGESS Giles Goat - Boy by John Barth (Seeker and Warburg 42s) That this is a book there can be no doubt (ah, how delightful it must have been to be Arnold Bennett,......

Immortal Diarist

ROBERT BLAKE John Wilson Croker (1780-1857) should be remembered for one thing even if all else about 4im is forgotten: he invented the name of onservative' which was adopted by......

Memorial Service

DESMOND DONNELLY, MP The Left edited by Gerald Kaufman (Anthony Blond 30s) What the American Democrats said yesterday is becoming the basis of the British Labour party today.......