15 MAY 1982, Page 28

THIS WEEK'S CONTRIBUTORS

Eric Christiansen is the author of The Northern Crusades and the translator of Saxo. He is a Fellow of New College Oxford, where he teaches mediaeval history.

Jo Grimond has been M.P. for Orkney and Shetland since 1950. His memoirs were published in 1979. John Guest is the author of Broken Images and the editor of The Best of Betjernan.

Julian Jebb is a producer for BBC TV music and Arts. He has made films about Virginia Woolf, Dame Edna Everage and Nancy Mitford. Jeremy Lewis is a Director of Chatto and Windus Ltd.

Violet Powell's most recent book is Flora Annie Steel, Novelist of India. Peter Quennell's Customs and Characters is to be published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson this autumn.

Barbara Trapido's novel Brother of the More Famous Jack will be published shortly.

David Williams will publish a life of George Borrow later this year. He is the author of books about George Meredith and about the Benson Family.