24 DECEMBER 1988, page 76

A Fabulous Pageant, But Why Do They Do It?

Rupert Christiansen THE FABER BOOK OF LETTERS edited by Felix Pryor Faber, £12.95, pp. 319 A s someone who would sooner clean the windows or mow the lawn than write letters —......

A Happy Medium

Richard Shone PORTRAIT OF DAVID HOCKNEY by Peter Webb Chatto & Windus, £17.95, pp.289 B ernard Levin, whose all too frequent pronouncements on the visual arts are infallibly,......