Three major books on art
Robert Tanitch’s round-up of books No 2 BODY OF ART (Phaidon £39.95). This is a splendid and engrossing book, wide in its scope and each page a joy: the poise and elegance of Raphael, the bravura brus ...
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Biographies of Guy Burgess, Francis Bacon, Richard Wagner and Ian Fleming
ROBERT TANITCH’S ROUND-UP OF BOOKS No 1 STALIN’S ENGLISHMAN by Andrew Lownie (Hodder & Stoughton (£25). Guy Burgess was the most important spy in the Cambridge Spy Ring. Traitor, Marxist, hom ...
How Dick Jones prisoner of war escaped
This account of a prisoner of war, who found himself stranded in Soviet occupied territory at the end of the Second World War, has been sent to us by his son in law and is a fascinating insight into t ...
Book clubs for everyone
Book groups are a very popular way of meeting new people and sharing a common interest, but it is often hard to find one locally as they are normally set up by word of mouth. Reading is usually a soli ...