22 SEPTEMBER 1979, page 25

Fantastic

Francis King Wild Nights Emma Tennant (Cape £4.50) The Old Jest Jennifer Johnston (Hamish Hamilton £4.95) We all have lists of things that, though there is nothing intrinsically......

An Academic Approach

John McEwen Inflation breeds academicism; that, at least, is the most obvious lesson of the visual art offerings at Edinburgh this season, notably in the form of 'Degas 1879'......