18 MAY 1985, page 30

A Very English Story

Paul Johnson Henry Lamb: the Artist and his Friends Keith Clements (Redcliffe Press, Bristol £16.50) E nglish painting, so vigorous and self- confident from the foundation of......

Hellish Flats

Andrew Gimson Utopia on Trial: Vision and Reality in Planned Housing Alice Coleman (Hilary Shipman £16, £7.95) W hen Alice Coleman made a survey of the entrances to the 1,782......

Poem

My voice has lost its Frank Sinatra feeling My trumpet imitations now sound flat, I have no moral feelings about stealing I eat and drink less yet I still grow fat. The love I......