Scotland v. England in Edinburgh. A very obscure novel by a very famous writer.
2. There is another Custom prevailing in Mahometan Countries...
A serious religious writer, sometimes. I've done him before, but this was too good to ignore.
3. It reminded me of one of those forgotten little stations in the Karroo.
A sudden holiday in Scotland.
4. Academics customarily possess such a gift for subtle reasoning and fine distinctions...
He died at the end of 2002, leaving some memoirs.
5. Is there any chance of a post in Baghdad?
The title includes one of the following words: Iraq, Baghdad, Hussein and Wombiquangle.
6. Mais faites vos jeux...
The rest of the opera is almost entirely in English, although it is not set in the UK.
7. Don't you think there might be a link between maths and tragedy?
Recent, and originally in French.
8. He would often complain that Algebra... was too much admired...
One of several short biographies.
9. It is a paper you cannot make head nor tail of...
Science fiction, but very respectable.
10. But it's as well to be a woman as a man...
Not Shaw.
11. But great things spring from little...
Surely not written by Ronald?
Solutions are now available.
J.R.P., 28.3.04