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When 'omer Smote 'is Bloomin' Lyre

Harry Mount THE FIRST POETS: LIVES OF THE ANCIENT GREEK POETS by Michael Schmidt Weidenfeld, £20, pp. 449, ISBN 0297643940 T he scriptwriter behind Troy, Brad Pitt's new muscle......

A Bully With A Heart Of Gold

Jonathan Keates THE KING OF SUNLIGHT: How WILLIAM LEVER CLEANED UP THE WORLD by Adam McQueen Bantam, £12.99, pp. 328, ISBN 0593051858 p hilanthropists are a boring lot these......