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...Sam Harrison’s hen-pecked Count delivers a witty lament about being “The Count Who Doesn’t Count”; Forbes Masson’s police chief enjoyably channels ridiculous cops through the ages; Marc Antolin brings warmth...
...The Miniaturist, by Jessie Burton, Picador RRP£12.99/ Ecco RRP$26.99 416 pages Melissa Harrison is author of ‘Clay’ (Bloomsbury)...
...Career: Apprentice compositor at 15 to printers Harrison & Sons on St Martin’s Lane, London. At 19 formed South Bank Artists with Mike Saunders....
...The work had caused concern a decade earlier when Lady Jessie, Wood’s partner, said its inclusion “turned the season into a music hall rabble”....
...… Harrison Birtwistle: Wild Tracks, by Fiona Maddocks, Faber, RRP£22.50 Maddocks’ long familiarity with one of Britain’s leading composers, 80 this year, has given her privileged access to his thoughts...
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