10 NOVEMBER 1984, page 29

The Neo-georgian Group

Gavin Stamp The Latest Country Houses John Martin Robinson (Bodley Head £15) O n 25 October, 1963, Evelyn Waugh stayed in Ann Fleming's new house in Wiltshire. . The full horror......

Touching Joy

Brian Masters Prima Donna Rupert Christiansen (Bodley Head £15) rr he title of this book is apt yet in an odd way misleading, for it suggests a collec - tion of funny stories......