15 JUNE 1985, page 24

The Happiest Years Of Ruskin's Life

J. G. Links JOHN RUSKIN: THE EARLY YEARS 1819-1859 by Tim Hilton Yale, £12.95 F ew of us can approach the subject of John Ruskin without preconceptions — few, at any rate,......

On The Trail Of Vivian Winter

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