12 JULY 1975, page 21

Talking Of Books

A very good year Benny Green The type is familiar enough to have become an archetype; the between-the-wars expatriate English public schoolboy who sits on the terrace......

Thereby Hangs A Tale...

Eric Baker Once upon a time, back in the 'fifties, a young man there was with three young children and they enjoyed being read to. After exhausting all the well-remembered......