5 MARCH 1988, page 34

The Day Of Her Death Was A Cold, Dark Day

Victoria Glendinning SYLVIA PLATH: A BIOGRAPHY by Linda W. Wagner-Martin Chatto & Windus, £12.95 S ylvia Plath wanted to be famous. Her suicide ensured that she would be, what-......

Serious Stella Or Humorous Hockney

Ian Dunlop FRANK STELLA 1970-1987 by William Rubin Museum of Modern Art, £26.95 DAVID HOCKNEY: RETROSPECTIVE with the participation of R. B. Kitaj and others Thames & Hudson,......

The Wine And The Moon

`Oh!' cried the glass of Burgundy wine, • `0 Moon, thou horned cup divine That spillest from thy golden rim Thy pale inebriating light Like some soft sacramental hymn Upon the......