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: Felicity James is spellbound by the short stories of Penelope Lively • Grant McIntyre is thrown off balance by The Turn of the Screw • Sue Gee visits Pooh with Christopher Milne • Tim Pears salutes Zofia Nałkowska, grande dame of Polish literature • Suzi Feay finally gets round to The Pickwick Papers • Martin Latham gets to know Tallulah Bankhead • Laura Freeman joins the inhabitants of Brambly Hedge • David Fleming follows Parson Woodforde on his rounds • Marianne Elliott raises a glass to the makers of perry • Rohan Candappa takes a leaf out of Routledge’s Complete Letter Writer . . .
How Time Remakes Us • FELICITY JAMES on Penelope Lively, Pack of Cards
Christopher and Christopher Robin • SUE GEE on Christopher Milne, The Enchanted Places
Weird and Wonderful • GRANT MCINTYRE on Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
An Affair in Black and White • MATTHEW PORGES on Hugo Vickers, The Kiss
Terrific Tallulah • MARTIN LATHAM on Tallulah Bankhead, Tallulah: My Autobiography
Confronting Nightmares • HARRY EYRES on Richard Hughes, The Fox in the Attic
Glorwious, Glorwious! • SUZI FEAY on Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
A Mischievous Eye • YSENDA MAXTONE GRAHAM on John Gere & John Sparrow (eds.), Geoffrey Madan’s Notebooks
A Mouse for All Seasons • LAURA FREEMAN on Jill Barklem’s Brambly Hedge stories
The Grande Dame of Polish Literature • TIM PEARS Zofia Nałkowska, Medallions
Thorn, Brandy and Yellow Huffcap • MARIANNE ELLIOTT Adam Wells, Perry: A Drinker’s Guide
Haunted Genius • MARTIN SORRELL on W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
Murder in Fancy Dress • PHILIP GOODEN on J. C. Masterman’s detective stories
Closer than Breathing • LAURA VARNAM on Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love
Mince Pye Rose Oft • DAVID FLEMING on James Woodforde, The Diary of a Country Parson
My Dear . . . • ROHAN CANDAPPA on Routledge’s Complete Letter Writer
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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