Richard Davenporthines

Kill or cure

Frederic Raphael was the first man to use a four-letter word in The Spectator: the work of his fellow playwright Stephen King-Hall, he wrote in 1957, made him ‘puke’.

issue 09 April 2011

  • Ifs and Buts: Personal Terms 5

    Frederic Raphael

    Carcanet, pp. 185

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