6 SEPTEMBER 1997, page 31

Books

The human comedy Philip Hensher HOGARTH: A LIFE AND A WORLD by Jenny Uglow Faber, £25.00, pp.794 o g arthian' is standard reviewers' slang for a particular tiresome 18th-century......

The Art Of Big Daddy

John Bowen SPEAKING OF DIAGHILEV by John Drummond Faber, £20.00, pp.357 S ome years ago a radio play of mine, The False Diaghilev, was reviewed on Kalei- doscope by the ballet......

Spectator

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