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Finding A Role For Compassion

Maurice Cowling THE GHOST OF TORYISM PAST; THE SPIRIT OF CONSERVATISM FUTURE by Michael Portillo Centre for Policy Studies, f6, pp. 21 I n his speech at the Conservative party......

Disney Or Euripides?

James Simmons THE ZIG ZAG KID by David Grossman Bloomsbury, £14.99, pp. 309 D avid Grossman is an Israeli writer whose past work has been much admired in translation in Europe.......