July 1984 Issue This is an incomplete listing of issue contents Jump to: General Reviews | Theatre General Reviews Martin Walker Military Diplomacy Overlord By Max Hastings LR Jonathan Meades Filthy French Harraps Slang Dictionary English – French/French – English By Georgette A Marks and Charles B Johnson (Ed) Jane Pratt LR Theatre Antony Beevor Cutting Edge Federico Garcia Lorca By Reed Anderson LR
Jonathan Meades Filthy French Harraps Slang Dictionary English – French/French – English By Georgette A Marks and Charles B Johnson (Ed) Jane Pratt LR
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'Thirkell was a product of her time and her class. For her there are no sacred cows, barring those that win ribbons at the Barchester Agricultural.'
The novelist Angela Thirkell is due a revival, says Patricia T O'Conner (£).
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'Only in Britain, perhaps, could spy chiefs – conventionally viewed as masters of subterfuge – be so highly regarded as ethical guides.'
https://literaryreview.co.uk/the-spy-who-taught-me
In this month's Bookends, @AdamCSDouglas looks at the curious life of Henry Labouchere: a friend of Bram Stoker, 'loose cannon', and architect of the law that outlawed homosexual activity in Britain.
https://literaryreview.co.uk/a-gross-indecency