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Asking The Awkward Questions About History And Us

Jake Auerbach STORIES OF ART by James Elkins Routledge, £11.99. pp. 144, ISBN 0415939437 A rt can raise our spirits, stimulate our intelligence and increase our knowledge; it is......

The Surreal Road To God

Diana Hendry THE HAT TATTOO by Russell Hoban Bloomsbury, £15.99, pp. 238, ISBN 0747560226 I f Jung were alive, he and Hoban would have become great buddies. Of all contemporary......

His Biting Is Immortal

Harry Mount CHANCE WITNESS by Matthew Parris Viking, £18.99, pp. 503. ISBN 0670894400 I f Harold Pinter's plays are about the weasel under the cocktail cabinet, Matthew Parris's......