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Perfecting the art of rudeness

Roger Lewis

11th December, 2007

Fawlty Towers by Graham McCann

Sunlight on stucco

Rachel Johnson

11th December, 2007

Notting Hill by Derry Moore

Literary critics of a certain stripe may have been exulting over the death of the author for decades, but happily, in the world of art publishing, monographic studies of the careers and works of individual artists are still alive and kicking. Indeed, almost half of my festive selections fall into that category this year.

Children’s books for Christmas

Juliet Townsend

11th December, 2007

The best presents to give this Christmas

A gathering of ghosts

Patrick Marnham

11th December, 2007

Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky, translated by Sandra Smith

How to ruin a country

Robert Salisbury

11th December, 2007

Mugabe: Power, Plunder and the Struggle for Zimbabwe by Martin Meredith

Conservative iconoclasts required

Peregrine Worsthorne

11th December, 2007

In Praise of Prejudice: The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas by Theodore Dalrymple

The full-blown country-house look

Deborah Devonshire

11th December, 2007

John Fowler: Prince of Decorators by Martin Wood

A master of self-invention

Anthony Blond

11th December, 2007

Harold Robbins: The Man Who Invented Sex by Andrew Wilson

Surprising literary ventures

Gary Dexter

11th December, 2007

Amazons by Don DeLillo

All passion spent

Philip Ziegler

5th December, 2007

Balfour: The Last Grandee by R. J. Q. Adams

A choice of cookery books

Elfreda Pownall

5th December, 2007

Elfreda Pownall

Recent books of photographs

Christopher Howse

5th December, 2007

Christopher Howse

Too funny for words

Kevin Brownlow

5th December, 2007

Silent Comedy by Paul Merton

Fear and loathing in old Europe

Allan Mallinson

5th December, 2007

Napoleon’s Wars by Charles Esdaile

Don’t judge a book by its cover

Christian House

5th December, 2007

The Journal of Dora Damage by Belinda Starling

A love story

Daniel Swift

5th December, 2007

Spitfire: Portrait of a Legend by Leo McKinstry

A choice of first novels

Archie Bland

5th December, 2007

A selection of works from new authors

Life & Letters

Allan Massie

5th December, 2007

A Kipling novel that still defies comprehension

Mill! thou shouldst be living at this hour

Samuel Brittan

28th November, 2007

John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand by Richard Reeves

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