18 MAY 1991, page 28

The Generosity Of An Essex Man

John Biffen MINISTERS DECIDE by Norman Fowler Chapmans, £18, pp. 372 P ublish and be damned can be the only policy of any self-respecting news- paper', writes Norman Fowler. It......

The Shade And Loneliness And Mire

Andro Linklater THE BURN by James Kelman Secker & Warburg, £13.99, pp. 244 E om his photograph on the dust-jacket of The Burn, James Kelman stares at the camera with a......