27 JANUARY 1990, page 40

Where Have All The Flower Paintings Gone?

John McEwen FRENCH FLOWER PAINTERS OF THE 19TH CENTURY by Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier and Etienne Grafe S ome of the most admired of flower painters — Redoute, Fantin Latour — and......

A Hard Struggle For Social Evolution

Anthony Giddens A TREATISE ON SOCIAL THEORY, VOLUME II: SUBSTANTIVE SOCIAL THEORY by W. G. Runciman CUP, £35, £12.95, pp.512 T his book is sociology on the grand scale, in......

Tomorrow

I expect the sun will rise, and then set, Tomorrow, for it has never failed yet: But one never knows, and all may crack and go Before I realise that it is so. C. H. Sisson......

Qwerty Etc.

Staring it in the face — failure! Staring at the hooded typewriter. At least remove its cover. Look at the words those keys spell! Some of them you've never seen before Others......