9 JULY 1988, page 55

Mark Amory

Mark Amory Being literary editor here has taught me little about books, except that a great number are written about Ireland, Israel, nuclear warfare and Marilyn Monroe. What it......

Ferdinand Mount

; Ferdinand Mount Those Cambridge savants like Dr George Steiner who are always proclaiming the Death of the Book ought to try a spell in the literary editor's chair. Outside,......

A. N. Wilson

A. N. Wilson Being Lit Ed gave me the chance to commission work from writers I admired. The names of Angus Wilson, Caroline Blackwood, Sara Maitland, John Stewart Collis, Peter......

Patrick Marnham

Patrick Marnham Lunch played a central role, I seem to remember that, frequently in an Italian restaurant. I was literary editor twice. Once in 1981 and again, after an......

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