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A Diplomat With A Difference

Justin Marozzi B AGPIPES IN B ABYLON : A L IFETIME IN THE A RAB W ORLD AND B EYOND by Glencairn Balfour Paul I.B. Tauris, £20, pp. 329, ISBN 1845111516 ✆ £16 (plus £2.45 p&p)......

Quick Reads For Slow Starters

Lloyd Evans M aybe you missed it but it was World Book Day on 2 March. I leapt for joy when I heard about this initiative. I assumed it meant the book trade was in such dire......