26 OCTOBER 1962, page 37

• Social Penguins

As the country grows richer the most surprising social change is the growing strength of the f a mily. Freed from the constraints of proximity unposed by poverty (and possibly......

Paperback Humour

STEPHEN PorrER's humour belongs to a gentler world than ours : present-day trend-setter s, pseud as they come, with their stripes and checks, make oneupmanship seem child's play......

Big Pieces

Ir would be a Herculean (don't let's say Augean) task to write of all the paperback fiction that has poured out in the past few months. In the pile before me, I find with relief......