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THE ARTIST AND THE GARDEN

Strong takes Glendinning for a Stroll

WOMEN: Brenda Maddox on Diana Athill the Editor

Jessica Mann on Mary McCarthy the Critic Kathryn Hughes on the Mother of all Shakers f

Miranda Seyrnour on the Woman who Made Byron Laugh

MEN: Rayrnond Carr recognises AJ P Taylor

Colin Wilson rumbles Aleister Crowley Nikolai Tolstoy reveres Patrick O'Brian

T im Rice runs between the wickets

ANIMALS: Bryan Appleyard tiies t o Think Like Them -z C

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POLITICS: Why did Socialism fail in the USA?

How did i t succeed in Stalin's Russia?

Bogdanor on Democracy * Bloch on Fellatio

FICTION: Alistair MacLeod, Julian Barnes, Anne Haverty, Patrick McGrath, Andre Brink I

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