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: Flora Watkins relives a golden summer • Christian Tyler goes fly-fishing • Ursula Buchan meets a literary gardener • Ian Thomson takes a train to Budapest • Sam Leith has a bad dream • Pauline Melville drops in on Compton Mackenzie • Nick Hunt travels America’s Badlands • Maggie Fergusson encounters an unwelcome guest • Nigel Andrew follows the Good Doctor • Laura Freeman finds magic in her Hall, and much more besides . . .
A Familiar Country • FLORA WATKINS on L. P. Hartley, The Go-Between
Hooked on Fish • CHRISTIAN TYLER on Luke Jennings, Blood Knots
See also Tortoise • LAURA FREEMAN on James Hall, Hall’s Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art
In Love with the League • ROBIN BLAKE on Frank Moorhouse, Grand Days and Dark Palace
A Damn Good Chap • LAURIE GRAHAM on Hilary Hook, Home from the Hill
The Littlest Ship • ANDREW JOYNES on Paul Gallico, The Snow Goose
Wilderness Years • NICK HUNT on Everett Ruess, A Vagabond for Beauty
The Tiger under the Bed • MAGGIE FERGUSSON on Fiona McFarlane, The Night Guest
A Stroll down Sinister Street • PAULINE MELVILLE on Compton Mackenzie, Sinister Street
Of Mullahs and Magic • TIM BLANCHARD on Roy Mottahedeh, The Mantle of the Prophet
Before Darkness Fell • IAN THOMSON on In the footsteps of Eric Ambler’s spy novels
Fertile Ground • URSULA BUCHAN on Katharine S. White, Onward and Upward in the Garden
The Stuff of Nightmares • SAM LEITH on Nicholas Fisk, Grinny
Having the Last Word • ANTHONY QUINN on Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger
The Benefits of Writing a Biography • FRANCES DONNELLY on Alison Lurie, The Truth about Lorin Jones
In Johnson’s Footsteps • NIGEL ANDREW on Lichfield’s most famous son, Samuel Johnson
About Slightly Foxed
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. More . . .
‘I just want to say thank you for Slightly Foxed. I always love to receive the quarterly magazine . . . it has been a delight to read, so thank you again from the bottom of my heart. ’ J. Richards
- Hunt, Nick
- Graham, Laurie
- Melville, Pauline
- Quinn, Anthony
- Watkins, Flora
- Jennings, Luke
- Hall, James
- Moorhouse, Frank
- Hook, Hilary
- Thomson, Ian
- Ruess, Everett
- McFarlane, Fiona
- Mackenzie, Compton
- Mottahedeh, Roy
- Fisk, Nicholas
- Johnson, Samuel
- White, Katherine S.
- Leith, Sam
- Tyler, Christian
- Lively, Penelope
- Joynes, Andrew
- Andrew, Nigel
- Ambler, Eric
- Blake, Robin
- Blanchard, Tim
- Buchan, Ursula
- Donnelly, Frances
- Fergusson, Maggie
- Freeman, Laura
- Gallico, Paul
- Lurie, Alison
- Hartley, L. P.
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