10 FEBRUARY 1979, page 22

Pope John

Alan Gibson John Wesley and his World John Pudney (Thames and Hudson £4.50) It is difficult to write a good life of John Wesley, as it must be of anyone who has produced his own......

Bitter-sweet

Benny Green The Randolph Caldecott Treasury Ed Elizabeth Billington (Warne £12.40) There are a few creative artists who penetrate the cerebral defences before any awareness is......

Nag, Nag, Nag

Alan Watkins Mr Secretary of State Brian Sedgemore (Quartet £4.95) The political novel, especially perhaps the English political novel, is a notoriously tricky genre. Trollope......