16 APRIL 1988, page 35

This Painful Politeness

Eric Christiansen THE DUEL IN EUROPEAN HISTORY by V. G. Kiernan OUP, f25, pp.348 D uelling, though barbarous in civil- ised, is a highly civilised institution among barbarous......

The Influence Of A Simple Style

Ian Gilmour THOMAS PAINE by A. J. Ayer Secker & Warburg, £12.95, pp. 195 T he son of a Quaker staymaker in Thetford, Tom Paine greatly affected the American revolution, failed......

Broadcast Concerts

Rain falling in the night: Why should it bring some slight Felicity to those Who hear it in their house? Sibelius, if his scores So reflect temperatures, Must have been less......