22 NOVEMBER 1986, page 37
God Help Us
In the middle of one of those Interminable domestic wrangles The words 'God is Love' Come from some odd space Between slander and accusation Like a song of irrelevance. One......
Up To The Half-way Point Mr Stannard
Allan Massie EVELYN WAUGH, THE EARLY YEARS 1903-39 by Martin Stannard Dent, £14.95 N othing can be more annoying for an author than the reviewer's trick of declar- ing a book to......
The Forces Of Continuity
Nicholas Budgen MINISTERS AND MANDARINS by Jock Bruce-Gardyne Sidgwick & Jackson, £10.95 L et me declare an interest. I have admired Jock Bruce-Gardyne since 1972 when he......