Slightly Foxed 69: 'The Pram in the Hall'

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 issueAnthony Wells marvels at Montaigne • Ursula Buchan shelves her literary assumptions • Andy Merrills gets the lowdown on Lyndon B. Johnson • Alice Jolly stays up late with Dr Spock • C. J. Driver spends a month in the country • Sue Gaisford feels the dawn wind • Christopher Rush hears the clock strike thirteen • Ysenda Maxtone Graham gets stuck on the mezzanine • Selina Hastings pays a visit to Don Otavio • Chris Saunders goes tramping, and much more besides . . .The Pram in the Hall • LAURA FREEMANBarbara Hepworth, A Pictorial AutobiographyBefore the Slaughter • JUSTIN MAROZZILaurie Lee, As I Walked Out One Midsummer MorningGrowing Pains • MARTIN SORRELLFred Uhlman, ReunionLyndon B. Johnson, Dad and Me • ANDY MERRILSRobert Caro, The Path to Power; Means of Ascent; Master of the Senate; The Passage of PowerThe Nightmare of Room 101 • CHRISTOPHER RUSHGeorge Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-FourMurder and Walnut Cake • JULIE WELCHHazel Holt’s Mrs Malory crime novelsTorrington’s Tours • ROGER HUDSONThe diaries of John Byng, Lord TorringtonLove at First Sight • CHARLES HEBBERTThe novels of Antal SzerbThank You, Dr Spock • ALICE JOLLYBenjamin Spock, Dr Spock’s Baby and Child CareJudgement Day • C. J. DRIVERJ. L. Carr, A Month in the CountryLight in the Dark Ages • SUE GAISFORDRosemary Sutcliff, Dawn WindA Kind of Cosmic Refugee • NIGEL ANDREWThe novels of Julia StracheyWalking for the Sun and the Wind • CHRIS SAUNDERSStephen Graham, The Gentle Art of TrampingBruised, Shocked, but Elated • SELINA HASTINGSSybille Bedford, A Visit to Don OtavioThe Great Self-Examiner • ANTHONY WELLSThe essays of Michel de MontaigneMaking a Meal of It • YSENDA MAXTONE GRAHAMNicholson Baker, The MezzanineShelving My Assumptions • URSULA BUCHANVolunteering in a local public library