26 JULY 1986, page 36

Arts

The Proms Big and beautiful Peter Phillips 0 n the day that Bill Athey scored 142 not out for England, and I, after much tribulation, finally passed my General Flying Test, the......

A Silly, Impulsive Eagle

Laurence Lerner ESSAYS ON SHAKESPEARE by William Empson Cambridge, £25, £7.95 E mpson was a professor, but he had all the qualities that academics are often accused of lacking:......