23 SEPTEMBER 1978, page 46

Poisoned Wells

Benny Green On 20 November 1909, there appeared in the Spectator an unsigned review headed 'A Poisonous Book', which, as is customary in these cases, meant a book of which the......

The Spirit Lives

James Fenton The Taller, the Guardian and the Spectator all bear the names of periodicals written by Addison and Steele. Not one of them has any connection with its predecessor,......