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Grace Notes

Richard Williams A Jazz Retrospect Max Harrison (David and Charles £5.95) N0 art suffers more at the hands of its critics t han jazz. For almost half a century its , a n,......

Professional

Nigel Cross Behind the Eyes: Collected Poems and Translations Edgell Rickword (Carcanet £3.25) No flash, no self-advertisement, no jokes— almost no style characterised the......

Books And Records Wanted

BENJAMIN BRITTEN OPERAS in good condition (not 'Peter Grimes'). Write Spectator Box No. 724. SCOTLAND. Any volumes of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments, or books on......