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Catalonia

Raymond Carr The Catalans Jan Read (Faber £7.95) Peripheral nationalisms have a triple root: a vision and interpretation of history that stands against that of the centralizing......

Private Bar

Christine Verity The Bar on Trial Ed. Robert Hazell (Quartet £1.95) Lawyers have not enjoyed a particularly attractive public image down the centuries, and rarely less so than......