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A Lovelorn And Raffish Housemaid

Patrick Procktor SERIOUS PLEASURES: THE LIFE OF. STEPHEN TENNANT by Philip Hoare Hamish Hamilton, £20, pp. 463 C yril Connolly likened the soul of Stephen Tennant to that of a......

The Theft Of The Vases

The lion-headed vases have disappeared. Someone has stolen them and left no trace (Pity I'm no detective, just a bard). The wall loCiks bare without them: newly painted they'll......

In Eliot's Footsteps

Rupert Christiansen HAYDEN AND THE VALVE TRUMPET by Craig Raine Faber, £20, pp. 498 he title of this rip-roaringly enjoyable collection of critical essays refers to some poor......