16 FEBRUARY 1985, page 31

Englishness And Dottiness

Noel Malcolm The Music Makers: The English Musical Renaissance from Elgar to Britten Michael Trend (Weidenfeld & Nicolson £15) T am not really complaining when I say ithat the......

Shakespeare And The Danvers-long Feud

A new source for Romeo and Juliet? A. L. Rowse D r Johnson was 'always inclined to believe that Shakespeare has more allusions to particular facts and persons than his readers......

Landscapes

As if it stood in some vast English park The chestnut at my modest entrance gate Is detailed and embrowned according to The lessons learnt and taught by landscapists. `Don't......