24 MAY 1997, page 36

The Playwright's The Thing

Helen Osborne PEGGY: THE LIFE OF MARGARET RAMSAY, PLAY AGENT by Colin Chambers NH Books, £20, pp. 361 Y ou'd have to scratch pretty hard today to find a passionate theatrical......

Before The Chinese Takeaway

Nicholas Harman BEATING RETREAT: HONG KONG UNDER THE LAST GOVERNOR by Tim Heald Sinclair-Stevenson, £20, pp. 370 HONG KONG REMEMBERS by Sally Blyth and Ian Wotherspoon OUP,......