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Boom And Bust

Graham Stewart THE RAILWAY KING: A BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE HUDSON by Robert Beaumont Hodder, £14.99, pp. 274, ISBN 0747232350 I n 1849, George Hudson controlled nearly a third of......

Crazy For The Birds

Steve King THE SNOW GEESE by William Fiennes Picador, £14.99, pp. 250, ISBN 0330375784 W illiam Fiennes wants to go home. Banged up in hospital after an operation, he wishes he......