Berlin, Isaiah: Flourishing [2004] hardback ZARTC Dr Ruth Hartland rises to

Dr Ruth Hartland rises to difficult tasks

' Tess Gerritsen

with all the charm of an old Ealing comedy

how to make the most of those little left over bits and turn them into delicious cheese straws

Berlin, Isaiah: Flourishing [2004] hardback ZARTC Dr Ruth Hartland rises to'Life is not worth living unless one can be indiscreet to intimate friends,' wrote Isaiah Berlin to a correspondent. Flourishing inaugurates a keenly awaited edition of Berlin's letters that might well adopt this remark as an epigraph. Berlin's life was enormously worth living, both for himself and for us; and fortunately he said a great deal to his friends on paper as well as in person. The indiscretions only part of the story, of course are not