16 JANUARY 1988, page 32

A Room With A Viewfinder

Peter Quennell FRIENDS IN FOCUS: A LIFE IN PHOTOGRAPHS by Frances Partridge Chau° &Windus, £12.95 W eekly book reviews are sometimes all the livelier if they reflect a violent......

Sonnet

No other language but that of the Creed Will serve to say the things which must be said. And what things are they? All things, I said: Or did not all things come from the same......

An Immortal In Pink Drawers

Peter Conrad SELECTED LETTERS OF RICHARD WAGNER translated and edited by Stewart Spencer and Barry Millington Dent, BO A nyone who loves Wagner's music will be horrified by his......