9 JULY 1942, page 9

The Decay Of The Novel

By FRANK SWINNERTON Some of the immediate badness is due to the war. Almost no male novelists under fifty are practising their craft. Concentration upon imaginative work is......

Passing Through Spain

By JOHN LODWICK HAVE always liked Spaniards. The odour of garlic clings about them, of course ; but then I like garlic, too. I was not, like so many other people, mixed up in......