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Sunday 5 June 2011

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Hall of mirrors <br />

Hall of mirrors

4 June 2011

And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-occupied Paris

Alan Riding

Reviewed by Rupert Christiansen

Categories: Book review , France , Nazi , Non-fiction , Occupation , Paris , War , Wartime , Wwii

Pearls before swine

The Unreliable Life of Harry the Valet: The Great Victorian Jewel Thief

Duncan Hamilton

Reviewed by Judith Flanders

Categories: Book review , Fiction , Novel , Period , Victorian

Deep, dark mysteries

Deep, dark mysteries

4 June 2011

London Under

Peter Ackroyd

The Stones of London: A History of Twelve Buildings

Leo Hollis

Reviewed by Ian Thomson

Categories: Book reviews , Cities , History , London , Non-fiction , Travel , Underground

‘I told them’ <br />

‘I told them’

4 June 2011

Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World

Jan Karski

Reviewed by Andro Linklater

Categories: Book review , Historical memoir , Memoirs , Non-fiction , Poland , Warsaw , Wartime

...by: Quentin Letts

I've read Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope, much of it set in the House of Commons at a time of navel-gazing about the Established Church. It was written in the 1870s but remains astonishingly pertinent. All it needs is a preening egomaniac in the Speaker's Chair and it could be describing the Commons of 2011.

Quentin Letts' Letts Rip is available in paperback.

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