6 MAY 1978, page 22

Uncle Me No

Alastair Forbes Conversations with Willie: Recollections of W. Somerset Maugham Robin Maugham (W. H. Allen £5.00) 'Fifty years, it's a very long time,' remarked Willie Maugham,......

Twilight Days

Geoffrey McDermott The Goebbeis Diaries Edited and intro duced by Hugh Trevor-Roper (Secker £7.50) This hobgoblin, who came into the world scarce half made-up, left it after......