20 DECEMBER 1975, page 21

Bits Of Skirt

Simon Raven A Life of One's Own: Childhood and Youtit Gerald Brenan (Jonathan Cape £5.95) A Life of One's Own is the first volume of Gerald Brenan's autobiography, covering th e......

Foul Papers

Richard Luckett John Aubrey and the Realm of Learning Michael Hunter (Duckworth £12.50) The first British historian did not write with the intention of supporting a dynasty, of......