18 JULY 1987, page 35

Sunday Too Far Away

John Ness Barkes SIDNEY NOLAN: SUCH IS LIFE by Brian Adams Hutchinson, £16.95 S idney Nolan's 70th birthday is current- ly being marked by a major retrospective at the National......

Letter And Spirit

'Maps do not hold the spirit of the land!' claim clever folk, who reckon none are wise but through their lore. We learn to understand one point of view from them, but others......