17 DECEMBER 1977, page 25

Curlicues

Benny Green Whether or not the true English vice is social embarrassment, it certainly provides a comfortable meal-ticket for the professional English humorist. Year after year......

Dinner Guests And Tax-payers

Geoffrey Wheatcroft Last year 'The Arts in Hard Times'; this year 'Value for Money': the Arts Council's annual reports have nowadays a defensive, diffident tone. There is no......