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The Land Of The Freebie, The Home Of The Rave

Simon Henry THE VENERABLE BEAD by Richard Condon Michael Joseph, £14.99, pp. 304 T ake a population which arms itself with guns, an administrative capital riddled with bribery......

Everything You Always Knew And A Bit More

William Leith SEX AND THE BRITISH by Paul Ferris Michael Joseph, £18.99, pp. 301 I t is 1965. Kenneth Tynan, asked on live television whether he would allow sexual intercourse......