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Charles I Was The Problem

John Kenyon THE FALL OF THE BRITISH MONARCHIES 1637-1642 by Conrad Russell OUP, £40.00, pp. 550 W e now know that under James I John Pym, a future leader of rebellion, rented a......

Pretty Bubbles In The Air

Francis King A LANDING ON THE SUN by Michael Frayn Viking, f14.99, pp. 249 S ince Harold Wilson was as full of gimmicky wheezes as a freshly poured Pepsi of bubbles, it is in no......