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June 1982 No: 48 Editor: Gillian Greenwood Business and Advertising: Bridget Beathcoat-Amory
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GENERAL MarkAmory Mildred Archer SimonBlow AsaBriggs Patrick Cockburn Kyril FitzLyon MRDFoot Mary Furness Ronald Hayman Eric Heffer John Lehrnann Philip Manse! Leo Pliatzky LordRobens CHRolph NeilShand Philip Waller
Father's Footsteps ... . . . . .. .. .. ... . . . . . . . . . ...5 Sublime Grandeur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .22 April's Lady .. . . . . . . .. ... .. . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . 14 Face to Face with job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. .6 Shifting Sands . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . ... . . . . . 10 Spectator Sport . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. ... 14 Another King Alfred . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7 Revealing All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Multiple Truths . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Short Change . . ... . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Streams of Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 A Fortunate King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 12 The jobless Gener ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 From Pi t to Power . .. .. . . . . .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 The Long Wait . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . 23 Taking the Initi ati ve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 A Shrug of Indifference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
RETROSPECTIVE Michael Horovitz
GAMES Gerard Benson
Stevie Smi th Revisi ted . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .24
A Pawn 's Eye View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
REVIEWERS REVIEWED Susan Marling The Fourth Man . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
FILM Forsyth Hardy
The Bra t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .... . . . . . . . .. .... .31
MUSIC Simon Adarns
POETRY bavid Profumo
MrCool . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .32
Landscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . ....33
THEATRE Marina Warner
FICTION Paul Ablernan Jarnes Carnpbell Howard Davies Veronica Groocock Jarnes Harris Lucy Hughes-Hallett Lewis}ones JulianRees Jennifer Uglow
SHORT STORY Mary Hadingharn
POEM Elizabeth Jennings
Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...35
Musical Chairs . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .... .. ... . . . .. .35 Grief and Anger . ... .... . ... . .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . .40 'Sein oder Nichtsein?' ... . .. . . .. . . . ... .... ... .36 Moral Complexities .. .. . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . .. . .43 Rude Abduction .. . .. ... . ... .. . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .44 Multiplicity ofMeaning . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .37 High Thinking .. . . . . . ... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 38 Angst and the Exotic .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Fictional Feast .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . ... . . . . .41
Remaindered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . .. .45
Words About Grief .. . . . . ... . ... .. . .. .. . . ... .37
PICK OF THE PAPERBACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
