6 MAY 1978, page 27

On Violence

George Gale The Twilight of the Young Klaus Mehnert (Secker £6.90) Britain in Agony Richard Clutterbuck (Faber £6.95) There are many kinds of violence. Only one of them — the......

Brighter Once

P hilip Hope-Wallace Shton Eric Underwood (Batsford £5.95) Elst Sussex: A Shell Guide (Faber £4.50) S ussex by the sea and all that can be a bit of a bore. Too much about prep......

Lit. Mags.

Emma Fisher Reading some poetry magazines is a bit like going to jumble sales. You have to disentangle each object mentally from it surroundings -often dreary and ask yourself......