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Bert By Fits And Starts

William Scammell D. H. LAWRENCE: THE EARLY YEARS by John Worthen Cambridge University Press, £25, pp. 626 A rthur Lawrence (born 1846) started work at a Nottinghamshire coal pit......

Smiler With A Knife

Geoffrey Wheatcroft MENUHIN: A FAMILY PORTRAIT by Tony Palmer Faber & Faber, £15.99, pp. 207 CONVERSATIONS WITH MENUHIN by David Dubai Heinemann, £13.99, pp. 192 G reat artists,......