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Always The Scene Of Great Events

Douglas Johnson SEVEN AGES OF PARIS: PORTRAIT OF A CITY by Alistair Horne Macmillan, .i25, pp. 520. ISBN 0333725778 T he Italian author, Alberto Arbasino, has recently published......

The Longing To Be Liked

Matthew Parris THE POLITICAL ANIMAL by Jeremy Paxman Michael Joseph, £20, pp. 349, ISBN 0718144228 T his cracking book is missing something and the want is telling. Jeremy......