Slightly Foxed 85

The independent-minded quarterly that combines good looks, good writing and a personal approach. Slightly Foxed introduces 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: Stephen Bayley falls in love with a car • Noonie Minogue is invigorated by The Story of San Michele • Tony Hufton gets a new slant on Dorothy Wordsworth • Pauline Melville meets Dostoevsky’s difficult adolescent • Roger Hudson admires the indomitable Mrs Thrale • Maggie Fergusson is moved by Alan Johnson’s childhood memoir • Martin Sorrelljoins Richard Cobb at The End of the Line • Ariane Bankes is intrigued by Nigel Nicolson’s portrait of his parents’ marriage, and much more besides...