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The Grand Tour

Douglas Johnson LE TOUR: A HISTORY OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE by Geoffrey Wheatcroft Simon & Schuster, £16.99, pp. 378, ISBN 0743231104 M ost French newspapers have a section......

Sense And Sensibility

Anne Chisholm THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT by Anita Brookner Viking, £16.99, pp. 246, ISBN 0670914363 L iterature, in Anita Brookner's novels, is never a source of comfort. Often, it......

Back To The Drawing Board

Emma Tennant THE ECLIPSE OF ART by Julian Spalding Layzell, £12.95, pp. 126, ISBN 3791328816 J ulian Spalding has spent more than 30 years as a gallery curator and director. He......