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Disguise That Hides A Hard Punch

Lloyd Evans AFTERBURNER by Peter Porter Picador, £8.99, pp. 77, ISBN 0330434365 I t is 50 years since Peter Porter arrived in `rain-veiled Tilbury' from his native Australia. 'I......

Cleansing The Stables Of Language

Jonathan Keates LOST FOR WORDS by John Humphrys Hodder, £14.99, pp. 334, ISBN 034083658X £12.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 D uring the mid-17th century the idea gained......