26 APRIL 1975, page 22

Townies

Simon Jenkins London 800-1216: the Shaping of a City Christopher Brooke assisted by Gillian Keir (Seeker and Warburg £8.00) In most of the great old cities of Europe, the search......

Doing His Best

Jan Morris The Chief Eileen K. Wade (Wolfe Publishing £2.75) My grandfather, cherishing a probably quite unreasoned prejudice against the Scout Move ment, habitually insisted......