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Contrasts

Pat Rogers Josiah Wedgwood Anthony Burton (Andre Deutsch £4.95) The ingenious Mr Hogarth Derek Jarrett (Michael Joseph £7.00) Samuel Smiles wrote a life of Wedgwood, and the......

Homespun

Simon Blow Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure Joyce Grenfell (Macmillan £4.95) Memoirs of stage personalities tend to be read with the hope that behind the act and the make-up......