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Something Happened On The Way To Chile

James Teacher THE YELLOW ADMIRAL by Patrick O'Brian HarperCollins, £15.99, pp. 262 F ourteen years have passed since the acrimonious exchange between Jack Aubrey and Stephen......

Going For Gongs

David Hare HENRIK IBSEN A particularly disturbing story about writing concerns Robert Lowell, who was once asked what he did when he was stuck in the middle of a poem. He said......