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: Julia Jones shares a boat with Arthur Ransome • Tim Blanchard revisits the case of the Yorkshire Ripper • Sarah Wedderburn admires Valley of the Dolls • James Runcie discovers the short stories of Stacy Aumonier • Daisy Hay goes shopping with Evelina • Andrew Ryan meets the players of The Biggest Game in Town • Posy Fallowfield is moved and appalled by The Grapes of Wrath • Chris Saunders follows the story of the Great White Whale • Anthony Longden remembers a wartime summer in Suffolk . . .
Sailing On • JULIA JONES on Arthur Ransome, Peter Duck
When the Hating Had to Stop • PATRICK WELLAND on Eric Lomax, The Railway Man
Chips with Everything • ANDREW RYAN on Al Alvarez, The Biggest Game in Town
Growing up Regency-Style • DAISY HAY on Fanny Burney, Evelina
Mystery and Bliss • BOYD TONKIN on the writings of Richard Jefferies
Goin’ Right On • POSY FALLOWFIELD on John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
A Wartime Love Affair • ANTHONY LONGDEN on John T. Appleby, Suffolk Summer
Filling a Vacancy • STEPHEN BAYLEY on Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life
Bad Decisions and Bitter Pills • SARAH WEDDERBURN on Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls
The Pull of the Sea • ADAM FOULDS on James Hamilton-Paterson, Seven-Tenths
The Man Behind the Myth • TIM BLANCHARD on Gordon Burn, Somebody’s Husband, Somebody’s Son
Catching the White Whale • CHRIS SAUNDERS on Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Roman Voices • NOONIE MINOGUE on Thornton Wilder, The Ides of March
A Late Discovery • SIMON SCOTT PLUMMER on Leopoldo Alas, La Regenta
Miss Bracegirdle • JAMES RUNCIE on the short stories of Stacy Aumonier
Riding the Tiger • SIMON DE BURTON on Ted Simon, Jupiter’s Travels
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 . . .
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