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Great Wheezes Of The World

Harry Mount IDEAS: A H ISTORY FROM F IRE TO FREUD by Peter Watson Weidenfeld, £30, pp. 822, ISBN 029760726 ✆ £26 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 C oleridge was supposed to have......

The Last Of The Vintage Wine

Hilary Mantel Q UICKSANDS : A M EMOIR by Sybille Bedford Hamish Hamilton, £20, pp. 370, ISBN 0241140374 ✆ £18 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 W hen Sybille Bedford was born, in......