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Shrine of a connoisseur
SIR JOHN SOANE SMUSEUM , L ONDON by Tim Knox, photographs by Derry Moore Merrell, ÃÂã24.95, pp. 160, ISBN 9781858944753...
Spectator, The, 04/11/09 by Hillier, Bevis · More from publication -
Books of the Year - Bevis Hillier
For Alan Bennett fans, a rare treat is in store this season. His former Oxford college, Exeter, has produced a selection from the Junior Common...
Spectator, The, 11/15/08 by Hillier, Bevis · More from publication -
A laughing cavalier
CARTOONS AND CORONETS: THE GENIUS OF OSBERT LANCASTER introduced and selected by James Knox Frances Lincoln, ÃÂã15, pp. 224, ISBN...
Spectator, The, 10/04/08 by Hillier, Bevis · More from publication -
A Scottish master of caricature
JOHN KAY: A SERIES OF ORIGINAL PORTRAITS AND ETCHINGS introduced by Alan Bell Birlinn, Edinburgh, two volumes in slipcase, ÃÂã200, pp....
Spectator, The, 03/22/08 by Hillier, Bevis · More from publication -
Christmas funny books (Part 1 of 2)
Reading reviews of new books of poetry, I am staggered at how seldom the critics quote from poems they are assessing. Describing what a poet is...
Spectator, The, 12/01/07 by Hillier, Bevis · More from publication -
Christmas funny books (Part 2 of 2)
A pissometer? (Prince Philip, at the top of his voice, visiting a winery in New South Wales, being shown a piezometer, a device measuring water...
Spectator, The, 12/01/07 by Hillier, Bevis · More from publication -
A big talent spotted
L. A. MIRAGE by Anne Lambton Timewell, ÃÂã14.99, pp. 220, ISBN 9781857252200 . ÃÂã11.99 (plus ÃÂã2.45 p&p)...
Spectator, The, 06/09/07 by Hillier, Bevis · More from publication -
Trick or treat
THE GUARDIAN BOOK OF APRIL FOOL'S DAY by Martin Wainwright Aurum, ÃÂã12.99, pp. 182, ISBN 9781845131555 . ÃÂã10.39 (plus...
Spectator, The, 03/31/07 by Hillier, Bevis · More from publication -
Adages and articles
AS THEY SAY IN ZANZIBAR : PROVERBIAL WISDOM FROM AROUND THE WORLD by David Crystal Collins, ÃÂã17.99, pp. 717, ISBN 000721202X ....
Spectator, The, 12/16/06 by Hillier, Bevis · More from publication -
Royal gaffes, writers' mottoes and mating bugs
In the 1960s I lived in Hampstead, though all these years I have managed not to write a novel about Hampstead dinner-parties. The area was, and...
Spectator, The, 12/02/06 by Hillier, Bevis · More from publication
