18 MARCH 1978, page 20

Beaton Unbeaten

Alastair Forbes The Parting Years: Diaries 1963-74 Cecil Beaton (Weidenfeld £5.95) This is the sixth selection from the diaries kept by Sir Cecil Beaton for more than half a......

Nasrani

John Gretton Forbidden Sands Richard Trench (John Murray £4.95) The salt mines of the Sahara are less well known than those of Siberia, but they are no less unpleasant. In......