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Friday 9 May 2008

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Books

Both sublime and ridiculous

Sam Leith reviews Toby Faber's history of Fabergé eggs

Llamas but no locals

P.J. Kavanagh reviews two books which deal with English community

Grace under fire

Stanley Johnson on two books about exotic animals

Dramatic thrills and chills

Sarah Burton on the new book by Michael Frayn

At her most disarming

Byron Rogers reviews Sarah Anderson's memoirs

Arts

Homer’s wisdom

The Simpsons (Channel 4); Midnight Man (ITV); World Snooker Championship (BBC2)

Coming up trumps

Martin Davies on the book from Hugh Miles

Lust in a hot climate

Sara Wheeler on Frances Osborne's biography of Idina Sackville

Style & Travel

Islands in the sun

Christa D’Souza plans a Caribbean summer

Cameron gets ready for No. 10 — and Boris must wait his turn

David Cameron talks to Fraser Nelson about his local election triumphs, admits that he is not going to ‘agree on everything’ with the new Mayor of London, and says Boris should join the queue to become PM after him

Fraser Nelson

Obama failed this week as well as Clinton

James Forsyth says that Hillary’s disappointment in Tuesday’s primaries is matched by the decline in Obama’s image, as the sheen of the wunderkind fades and doubts multiply

James Forsyth

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