Richard Ormrod

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‘I Scribble, therefore I am’: this Cartesian quip is typical of Simon Schama, as is the comprehensive subtitle: ‘Writings on Ice Cream, Obama, Churchill and My Mother,’ among other topics, of course.

  • Scribble, Scribble, Scribble

    Simon Schama

    Bodley Head, pp. 427

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