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April 1990 Issue
- 31 Articles
Ten (Provisional) Theses
Daniel Johnson
, pp. 3-4
Poem
John Levett
, p. 5
Soap Opera (story)
Norman Levine
, pp. 6-16
Poem
Gyorgi Petri
, p. 17
The Maple Leaf For Ever?
Peter Brimelow
, pp. 18-23
Poem
Michael Thorpe
, p. 24
Column
"M."
, pp. 25-26
Poem
Michael Henry
, p. 27
Poem
Dannie Abse
, pp. 28-29
Men & Ideas
Darkness Encroaching
Stephen Watson
, pp. 30-36
Poem
Selwyn Pritchard
, p. 37
Notes & Topics
A Tory Seer
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
, p. 38
Ah, Calcutta!
Carolyne Wright
, pp. 39-42
Special Book Section: Biography & Memoirs
[+]
Dark Corners
(5 Reviews)
Stephen Wilson
, pp. 43-45
Sylvia Plath: Poetry and Existence, by David Holbrook
Sylvia Plath: Poetry and Existence
by David Holbrook
Bitter Fame
by Anne Stevenson
Sylvia Plath: A Biography
by Linda Wagner-Martin
Letters Home: Correspondence, 1950-1963
by Sylvia Plath and Aurelia Schober Plath
Madness, the Price of Poetry
by Jeremy Reed
Lord Byron: Dramaturg
Richard Lansdown
, pp. 46-50
[+]
Two Historians
(2 Reviews)
Max Beloff
, pp. 51-54
Arnold J. Toynbee: A Life, by William H. McNeill
Arnold J. Toynbee: A Life
by William H. McNeill
Lewis Namier
by Linda Colley
[+]
A Talent Unfulfilled
(Review)
J.G. Links
, pp. 55-57
Ackerley, by Peter Parker
Ackerley
by Peter Parker
[+]
Books Encountered
(16 Reviews)
R.M.
, p. 58
Dream of Commonwealth, 1921-42, by Max Beloff
Dream of Commonwealth, 1921-42
by Max Beloff
The Writer's Mind
by Irv Broughton
Exploding English
by Bernard Bergonzi
Unruly Times
by A.S. Byatt
Memoirs of a Mendicant Professor
by D.J. Enright
Lords of Poverty
by Graham Hancock
Baden-Powell
by Tim Jeal
Night Times and Light Times
by David Hay Jones
Red Victory
by W. Bruce Lincoln
Roads to Xanadu
by John Merson
Ginsberg: A Biography
by Barry Miles
Life After Life
by Tony Parker
Opera in Crisis
by Henry Pleasants
Alan Moorehead
by Tom Pocock
In the Nineties
by John Stokes
Acting Solo
by Jordan R. Young
Between Propaganda & Reality: Views on George Urban's "Paradox"
Paradoxical Images
Martin Esslin
, p. 59
Yes, We Have Bananas
Edward Pearce
, p. 60
Finding the Truth
Klaus Schutz
, p. 60
Visions of the West
Victoria Maximova
, p. 61
Elite to Elite
R.V. Burks
, pp. 62-63
Vacuity, & All That
Herb Greer
, p. 64
Authors
, p. 65
Controversy
The Catastrophe of Modern Theatre
Curt Riess
, pp. 66-69
Media
Of Humbugs & Sweethearts
Herb Greer
, pp. 70-73
Theatre
Of Inspiration & Effort
Malcolm Rutherford
, pp. 74-75
In the Margin
Barbarian Sentiments & Civilised Advice
Anthony Hartley
, pp. 76-78
Letters
, pp. 79-80
Life & Letters
, pp. 81-82
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