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February 1982 No:44 Editor: Gillian Greenwood Assistant Editor: lan lrvine Business and Advertising Bridget Heathcoat-Amory
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GENERAL Leo Aylen Nicholas Bagnall Santha Bhattacharji Jarnes Carnpbell Duncan Fallowell Kyril FitzLyon Cella Haddon Jarnes Harris Geoffrey Kirk Giuseppe di Larnpedusa (Trans by McD Emslie)
John Lehmann
Elizabeth Longford
Hugh Massingberd
Jarnes Neidpath
Ronald Payne
Martin Walker
John Wells
The Greek Source .........:........... ................. ........................... 8 No Mean Criti c ........... ..... .... ......... ...... .. ... .. .... ... ....... .. ........... 13 Spiritual Endeavour............................................................. 18 De Profundis ..... .............................. ... .............................. ..... 15 In th e Ghe tto ......................................................................... 14 justified Sinner ................... ................. ,.. ........... .. .... ............... 2 Female Friends......... .. .. ................... ..... .... ........................... 17 Having into View ................................................................. 10 Pursuit ofPerfec tion ........ .. .................................................. 16 ] ames]oyce... ....... ........ .... ............. ,....................................... 19
A Nose for Success ............. .. ................................................. 4
The Princess and the Prussian ............................................ 6
Beer and Titles .... ............................... .. ................................ 12
Crushing the '45.... .. ................................................................ 7
Scholarly Spy -Hound ....................... :.............................. .... 16
Between the Lines ................................................................. 4
Claud Cockburn ...................... .. ............................................ 1
The Glamour ofIncivility.......................... ...... .................... 23
REVIEWERS REVIEWED Susan Marling THEATRE Marina Wamer TELEVISION Neil Shand ART Quentin Bell PUBLISHING Simon Berry FILM Forsyth Hardy MUSIC Frank Johnson John Lahr POETRY Avril Pyman Jarnes Harding Anne Clark FICTION John Schellenberger Paul Ableman Howard Davies Celestria Noel Jonathan Loake Simon Berry SHORT STORY
Hall Hath no Fury ............ ........... ........... ... ... ......................... 25
Box Clever...................... ....................................................... 27
School Room Sermons .... ................................... ... ... .. .. ...... 28
One Gun Firing .. .... ........... .. ......... .... ........... .......... .. ........ .·.... 29
The M an Who M ade Ealing .. ......................................... , 30
Bitter Sweet.. .......................... :.......................... .. .. .. .. .. .......... 31 Sex and Drugs and Rock'N Roll ................................ :....... 31
Aleksandr Blok..... ......................7.....• • ..•...•......•...•...• ... •.. . ..... 33 An Enigmatic Tease ............... :.................... .. ...................... 35 The Long and the Short oflt............................................... 35
Degrees ofFemininity .... .. ...................................... .. .......... 38 Time and Zweig ............................ .... ,, ...................... .... ....... 40 Rabbiting On ...................................................... ,......... .. ...... 41 Rose-Tinted Romance ............................ ..... ........... ............ 42 Style and Skill ....................................................... ................ 43 Freshly Observed Kitsch ................................................... 43
Paul R Hyde
D'Arcy ... .. .. ... ............. ..... .. ...................... ................................ 45
LETTERS ...... ..... ....................... .............. ........... ..... ........... .. ... ... ... .. .. .. ..... .. .24 LITERARY LACUNAE ....... .............. ....... .......... .... ............. ....... .. ............. 22 PICK OF THE PAPERBACKS .... .. ................... ... .... .................. .. ............. .48
