28 FEBRUARY 1981, page 16

A Liberated Woman

Richard West The Women's Movement has not yet, as far as I know, studied the Tale of the Wife of Bath, by Geoffrey Chaucer, which is a pity, for it has much to say about women......

Publishing

Woes of the trade Paul Johnson The slump has now got British publishing firmly in its grip. Cassell's decision to drop its general list by the end of this year (with 50......