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The Heart Of The Matter

Rupert Christiansen ESSAYS IN APPRECIATION by Christopher Ricks OUP, £25, pp. 363 Yet he is never merely provocative or whimsical. For Ricks remains very much a critic in the......

Modest Brits And Swan Yanks

Marcus Berkmann THE PICADOR BOOK OF SPORTS WRITING edited by Nick Coleman and Nick Hornby Picador, £16.99, pp. 405 Johnnie Walker this is Jack Daniels.' thirst for sport forces......