June 2018 Issue Christopher Hart What the Doctor Ordered The World in Thirty-Eight Chapters or Dr Johnson’s Guide to Life By Henry Hitchings LR
January 1991 Issue Alan Bell Earned His Pension A Dictionary of the English Language (2 Vols) By Samuel Johnson LR
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November 2008 Issue Claire Harman The Best of Friends Hester: The Remarkable Life of Dr Johnson’s ‘Dear Mistress’ By Ian McIntyre LR
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