Roy Kerridge
Without a doubt, the worst book of the year has been Wigan Pier Revisited by Beatrix Campbell, a spiteful semi-literate attack on George Orwell. The authoress rejoices in the......
Murray Sayle
I picked up A Nice Girl Like Me solely because Rosie Boycott had just married my friend David Leitch and produced a charming daughter, Daisy. I found it the best book on......
Paul Johnson
For London this has been a year of outstanding exhibitions: Venetian painting at the Royal Academy, which also had a charming show on the European vision of the Orient; English......
Brian Inglis
I did, not expect to be impressed by a book putting the creationist case, probably be- cause I have tended to equate Creationism, with a capital 'C', with bible-thumping. In his......
Patrick Skene Catling
Although apparently it is unfashionable ever to endorse the judgment of a Booker Prize committee, this year they and I are in harmonious agreement. Of all the novels I read in......
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