CONTRIBUTORS IN THIS ISSUE

• Perry Anderson
• James Davidson
• Jenny Diski
• Boyd Hilton
• Mark Hudson
• Dan Jacobson
• John Lloyd
• Michael Ondaatje
• Sarah Rigby
• Robin Robertson
• Michael Rogin
• Jacqueline Rose
• John Sturrock

Contents

• James Davidson

  • The Greeks and Greek Civilisation by Jacob Burckhardt, edited by Oswyn Murray, translated by Sheila Stern

• Letters
  David Craig, Joseph Nuttgens, Tim Sharp, Peter Platt, Lesley Chamberlain, John Kay, Terence Hawkes, Richard L. Spear, Alfred Webb, Arthur Marwick, Patrick McGuinness, D.P. Morgan, Catherine Wilson, Charles Swann, Very Rev. Alfred Jowett

• Jacqueline Rose
  The Cult of Celebrity on the cult of celebrity

• Michael Rogin

  • Celebrity Caricature in America by Wendy Wick Reaves

• Michael Ondaatje
  Two Poems

• John Sturrock

  • W.G. Grace: A Life by Simon Rae
  • W.G.'s Birthday Party by David Kynaston

• Jenny Diski

  • The Children of Noah: Jewish Seafaring in Ancient Times by Raphael Patai

• Boyd Hilton

  • Free Trade and Liberal England, 1846-1946 by Anthony Howe
  • The Origins of War Prevention: The British Peace Movement and International Relations, 1730-1854 by Martin Ceadel

• Robin Robertson
  Poem: ‘Hanging Fire’

• Dan Jacobson

  • King Khama, Emperor Joe and the Great White Queen: Victorian Britain through African Eyes by Neil Parsons

• Mark Hudson

  • The Catastrophist by Ronan Bennett

• John Lloyd

  • Bitter Waters: Life and Work in Stalin’s Russia by Gennady Andreev-Khomiakov, translated by Ann Healy

• My Father’s Last Years in China

• Sarah Rigby
  Diary on ME