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Get 10% off Henry “Chips” Channon: The Diaries:1943-57 Channon (Cornerstone, £35). To order for £31.50, visit express bookshop.com or call Express Bookshop on 020 3176 3832. This third volume of the unexpurgated diaries of Sir Henry Channon begins as the Second World War is turning in the Allies’ favour. It ends with him in failing health but still able to turn a pointed phrase about political events and the people with whom he mingles. Described as “the greatest British diarist of the 20th century”, the final volume of his diaries, fully justifies that claim.