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Thursday 4 December 2008

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Michael Henderson

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A poem

Kit Wright

11th December, 2007

Kit Wright

From Charles Lamb to ‘netiquette’

John Gross

11th December, 2007

At Large and At Small by Anne Fadiman

More marks on paper

Victoria Glendinning

11th December, 2007

The Writer’s Brush by Donald Friedman

A poem

Greta Stoddart

11th December, 2007

Greta Stoddart

A Poem

Vernon Scannell

11th December, 2007

Vernon Scannell

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

A choice of art books

David Ekserdjian

11th December, 2007

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

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