23 SEPTEMBER 1995, page 46

The Dominion Of The Family

Hilary Mantel O ne of the first difficulties in writing about Ivy Compton-Burnett is how to refer to her — how to deal with a name which breaks the rhythm of any sentence, and......

The Play's The Thing Wherein I'll Catch The Conscience Of

. . . Harry Mount MORALITY PLAY by Barry Unsworth Hamish Hamilton, £14.99, pp. 192 T he greatest problem of the novel set in the past is to get the conversation right. Do you......