Cover: Peter Campbell

CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE

• Jane Binyon
• Jason Brown
• Stephen Burt
• Patrick Carnegy
• Terry Castle
• Inga Clendinnen
• Richard Davenport-Hines
• August Kleinzahler
• Zachary Leader
• Charles Nicholl
• Dennis O’Driscoll
• John Reader
• Richard Rorty
• David Rose
• John Upton
• John Vincent
• A.N. Wilson

Contents

• Terry Castle

  • Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman

• Letters
  Edward Luttwak, Theresa Wells-King, Donald John Lachowicz, Freeman B. Crouch III, Richard Thompson, Julian Burgess, Nicholas Murray, Richard Gott, John Kane-Berman, Christine Sypnowich, Lindesay Irvine, Bernard Bergonzi, Phyllis Wright King, Michael Coates, Jim Cook, Diana Hendry

• Dennis O’Driscoll
  Poem: ‘Not Yourself’

• Inga Clendinnen

  • Mirror Talk: Genres of Crisis in Contemporary Autobiography by Susanna Egan

• John Vincent

  • Reforming the House of Lords: Lessons from Overseas by Meg Russell

• Jane Binyon
  Delays that Kill: rail safety

• David Rose
  When the mortar doesn’t hold: accidents in the construction and demolition industries

• Zachary Leader

  • Morgan: American Financier by Jean Strouse

• John Upton

  • King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero by David Remnick
  • Muhammad Ali: Ringside edited by John Miller and Aaron Kenedi

• Richard Rorty
  Being that can be understood is language: H.-G. Gadamer

• Patrick Carnegy

  • In House: Covent Garden, 50 Years of Opera and Ballet by John Tooley
  • Never Mind the Moon: My Time at the Royal Opera House by Jeremy Isaacs

• Stephen Burt

  • Collected Poems by Les Murray
  • Fredy Neptune by Les Murray
  • Conscious and Verbal by Les Murray

• John Reader

  • The Politics of the Independence of Kenya by Keith Kyle

• August Kleinzahler

  • Where I Live Now: Stories 1993-98 by Lucia Berlin

• Richard Davenport-Hines

  • Cult Criminals: The Newgate Novels 1830-47 by Juliet John

• Jason Brown

  • Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age by John Jakle and Keith Sculle

• A.N. Wilson

  • Prince Charming: A Memoir by Christopher Logue

• Charles Nicholl
  Diary