15 FEBRUARY 1986, page 25

A Mild And Magnificent Eye

Philip Glazebrook BIZARRE BRITAIN: A CALENDAR OF ECCENTRICITY by Roy Kerridge Basil Blackwell, £12.50 T his is a delightful and amusing book of wanderings, packed with......

An Outstanding Maiden Aunt

John McEwen • AN AESTHETIC OBSESSION: A PORTRAIT OF SIR WILLIAM EDEN, BT by Lyall Wilkes Oriel Press, £12.95 T his book is as slim as a sandwich, and like one too in that there......