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NICHOLAS H ENDERSON retired as ambassador to France after a distinguished diplomati c career in airo, W ashing t on, Athens , Vienna , Santiago, M adrid and Londo n , with ambassadors h ips also in Poland and Federal Gem1any. No sooner had he retired , th an h e was reappointed ambassador eo Washington . H e has written extensive ly o n histOry and con te mp orary subj ects, and published numerous sto ries and articles.
OLEG GORDIEV SKY sp ent e leven yea rs as a Secret Agent for British Inte lli gence working for rh e KGB. H e survives, somewhere in England, to te ll th e tale, and has written four books, rhree of th em in partners hip with Chriscopher Andrew.
KEN LIVINGSTO E, one-time leader of the G r ea ter London Co un c il , elected Labour MP for Brent East in I 987, writes regularly for Trib1111e and othe r publi ca tions , mostly on political subj ects .
ALLAN MASS IE has just published A11io 11y , a s tudy of the Roman adven tur er, M ark Anro n y, in his Roman se ri es wi rh Sceptre.
J OHN MURRAY's third novel, Radio Aaiviry, a sa tire o n Sellafield, is being filmed by Studio Arts for TV. They are also making an accompanying fi lm abo ut its aut h or. Both will appear rhis summer. Hi s first ever srory ap peared in rhe Lirerary Review, C hri stm as 1982. H e won the Dylan Thomas Award in 1988 and rhe Boden Sanskrit Pri ze in 1971.
FI>-ANCES SPALDING 's biograp hy of Duncan Grant was publi shed (Charco & Windus) in June last year and her Tile Tare: A History is comin g o ur in March.
PATRICK WEST hasjusr launched what will unquestionably be a distinguished joumalistic career with several months un paid work experie n ce on Lirerary Review, afi:er having recently finished his MA ar M anchester University.
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LITERARY REVIEW Janu ary 1998