22 MAY 1976, page 22

Facing Both Ways

John Wells William Beckford James Lees-Milne (Compton Russel £5.50) Whether William Beckford would have gone on to make an impressive and respectable career in public life if it......

Disoriented

Richard Shone Walter Sickert: A Biography DenYs Sutton (Michael Joseph £10.50) It is an extraordinary feat. Denys Sutton has managed to make the life of Sickert trivial.......