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Train Window Reflection
Angel-faced reflection in the window, You have tempted me to glance at the passenger Sitting opposite: she is a grandmother of sixty... But you, placid reflection with no trace......
The Evitability Of Man
Tony Osman BULLY FOR BRONTOSAURUS by Stephen Jay Gould Hutchinson Radius, £16.99, pp. 540 Y ou can think of this collection of essays — articles reprinted from the magazine......
In Formula, In Moving, How Express
Frances Partridge T he introductory leaflet to this antholo- gy announces that, over the years, Granta has been publishing 'a peculiar brand of writing' which 'has little to do......