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In The Library With A Pen

Alethea Hayter THE CHAPLET OF PEARLS by Harriet Waugh Bloomsbury, £14.99, pp. 217 T he conflict between historical truth and the biographer's preconceptions has been the central......

A Fiery, Frozen Alp

Gilbert Adair ERRATA: AN EXAMINED LIFE by George Steiner Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £11.99, pp. 171 G eorge Steiner reminds me of Switzer- land, rather. What I mean by that faintly......