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The Farther Shores Of Fiction
D.J. Taylor EXTENDED SIMILES by Jenny Joseph Bloodaxe, £9.95, pp. 160 T hree decades on from its late 60s hey- day, it's tempting to ask what happened to the entity known as the......
What Sort Of Feminists Were These?
Michael Hulse THE FIRST STONE by Helen Garner Bloomsbury, £6.99, pp.216 T his important book takes its fire from a sexual harassment case brought in 1992 by two students at......
Gambits, Ploys And Checks
John Vincent IN PURSUIT OF BRITISH INTEREST: REFLECTIONS ON FOREIGN POLICY UNDER MARGARET THATCHER AND JOHN MAJOR by Percy Cradock John Murray, £18.99, pp. 228 T he genre to......
Clerihew Corner
John Clare Wasn't always quite there, But when he was, he wrote some very poetic words, Especially about birds. James Michie......