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Books

Chairing from the front Douglas Hurd THE DOWNING STREET YEARS by Margaret Thatcher HarperCollins, £25, pp. 914 I know that I can save this country and that no one else can.' The......

Thinking From Hand To Mouth

James Simmons PADDY AND MR PUNCH by R. F. Foster Allen Lane, £22.50, pp. 380 A good blurb is a good place to start. Here we have a ripe quotation from Eliza- beth Bowen, who......