30 JANUARY 1982, page 23

Arts

Influences Gavin Stamp have always admired the Finns from I afar: they have bravely beaten back the Soviet army on several occasions; they are, I am told, permanently drunk; and......

Crime

Harriet Waugh The Fury of Rachel Monette Pe ter Abrahams (Frederick Muller £7.50) T he landscape in which a political thriller is set is of the utmost importance to tile success......

This Week's Contributors: The Rt. Revd Graham Leonard Was...

last year from the see of Truro to that of London. He is the author of Growing into Union and has contributed to many books includin g Retreats Today and Communicating the......