A literary londoner

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A literary Londoner

S ome readers of Iris Murdoch associate her most readily with Oxford, we

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In brief

Lola Young Eight Weeks Looking back, moving forwards, defying the odds 336pp. Penguin. Paperback, £10.99. Lola Young has been a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 2004. She is also an emeri