First Impressions

This week's competition to identify a book from its first sentence is from a travel account by a radical journalist and politician:

"This morning I set off, in rather a drizzling rain, from Kensington, on horse-back, accompanied by my son James, with an intention of going to Uphusband, near Andover,..."

* Entries, including postal address, should be sent to First Impressions, The Times Higher , Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield, London E1W 1BX, faxed to 020 7782 3300 or emailed to theschat@thes.co.uk

The winner receives a £25 book voucher. The closing date is July 4.

The winner of last week's competition, who identified Roy Porter's The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity , was Sandra Reynolds of Wolverhampton University.

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