7 SEPTEMBER 1985, page 26

Not Minding His Fs And Qs

Antony Lambton GENTLEMEN IN ENGLAND by A.N. Wilson Hamish Hamilton, f9.95 N omenclature is an art which Mr A.N. Wilson has not mastered, as in his Victo- rian pastiche he has......

Foreseeing Death And Greatness

Peter Levi KEITH DOUGLAS: A PROSE MISCELLANY edited by Desmond Graham Carcanet f8.95 P oets often go on improving, like mecl - • lars which 'are never ripe until they be......