23 DECEMBER 1989, page 46

Lamb And Slaughter

Paul Webb contrasts the humour of Charles Lamb's writing with his tragic life FEW of the .adults who buy Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare (first published 1807) as an educative but......

Christmas At Sandy View

D. J. Taylor shudders to remember the festive season in a bad hotel CHRISTMAS Eve. A small misunder- standing with a railway timetable and a slightly larger misunderstanding......