24 NOVEMBER 1990, page 29

Christmas Books I

Books of the Year A selection of the best and most overrated books of the year, chosen by some of The Spectator's regular contributors Francis King Best and worst biographies of......

Alan Watkins

A good year for political biography. I missed John Grigg's The Young Lloyd George when it first came out in 1973. It has now been reissued in paperback (Methuen, £12.99) and......

Patrick Skene Catling

There are books one respects, books one admires and books one simply enjoys, without activating the steamy critical apparatus. Yours, Plum: The Letters of P.C. Wodehouse......