Slightly Foxed 68

The independent-minded quarterly that combines good looks, good writing and a personal approach.Slightly Foxedintroduces its readers to books that are no longer new and fashionable but have lasting appeal. Good-humoured, unpretentious and a bit eccentric, it’s more like a well-read friend than a literary magazine.

In this issue:

Henry Jeffreysprops up the bar with Kingsley Amis •Marianne Fisherrings the changes •Adam Sismangoes back toMiddlemarch•Victoria Neumarkenters the realms of gold •Anthony Longdenis intrigued by the story of a fire •Posy Fallowfieldfinds comfort in William Trevor •Richard Crockattfaces up to Gibbon •Frances Donnellyfalls for an unusual private investigator •Laurence Scottsmokes the pipe of peace, and much more besides . . .