Article: Timely rewind of Bogarde at his captivating best; For The Time Being. By Dirk Bogarde (Viking, pounds 16.99). Reviewed by Hal Crispin.

Observe if you will, a nation held spellbound by the football World Cup. Rewind 22 years, another group of men watching football on television and a diminutive yet determined lady fuming while yet another replay is analysed.

And then quietly thank her that she had the presence of mind to defy her hosts, leave her chair and switch channels.

Norah Smallwood was the head of the publishers Chatto & Windus and on that Saturday night in 1976 was captivated as Dirk Bogarde held her, Russell Harty (and a few million viewers) spellbound with his memoirs.

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