10 NOVEMBER 1990, page 45

Strife Between His Good And Evil Side

Frances Partridge PORTRAIT OF A FRIENDSHIP DRAWN FROM NEW LETTERS OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL TO SYBELLA LADY LYTTELTON 1881-1891 by Alethea Hayter Michael Russell, £16.95, pp. 267......

On The Death Of Margaret Lockwood

All the old picture girls are dying, The proud posed queens Of the magazines under the cushions The black-and-white touched-up Ladies of all the Annuals. Soft millions of dots......

Confessions Of A Braggadocio

Paul Bailey YOU'VE HAD YOUR TIME by Anthony Burgess Heinemann, £17.50, pp. 403 I f somebody told me that Anthony Burgess can sing 'Annie Laurie' in Swahili, should not be in the......