30 APRIL 1983, page 25

Compelling

Miranda Seymour man has been writing a supposedly sed- itious book about the controllers of his town while living in the house of a recently widowed woman. For this double......

Ageing Radical

Richard Ingrams In Character John Mortimer (Allen Lane £6.95) T he face on the cover is deceptive. Behind the thick spectacles the eyes look sleepy. When you meet him the im-......