18 MAY 1996, page 39

Goodness Had Little To Do With It

Alan Watkins TICKLE THE PUBLIC: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE POPULAR PRESS by Matthew Engel Gollancz, £20, pp. 352 F r some years now Mr Engel has been one of the most consistently......

Direct And Rule Our Hearts

Christopher Hampton DAVID LEAN by Kevin Brownlow Richard Cohen, £25, pp. 809 I nveigled (or Spiegeled, as he puts it) into embarking on this massive book under the impression......