27 NOVEMBER 1993, page 49

Present Laughter, Or Not

Alan Coren I t is a bit bloody peculiar, reviewing books which will never be read by the per- son to whom the review is addressed. Normally, when a hack sits down to assess a......

Setting Suns And The Round Ocean

John Colvin R epulse and Prince of Wales, unsupported in the air, were sunk off Malaya by Japanese bombers on 10 December 1941. Among those killed was Captain John Leach, Flag......

The Second Most Fashionable Society Painter

John McEwen SIR JOHN LAVERY by Kenneth McConkey Canongate, 130, pp. 232 T his is a worthwhile book about a worthwhile artist, 'modest and retiring' in character but who enjoyed......