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December 22, 1978 Issue - 43 Articles- Leader, p. 842
Oilgate
- Notes, p. 842
OPEC, Anti-Terrorist Squad, European Assembly, NUJ strike, Nixon's favourite General
- Free Speech, p. 843
- Keeping blacks out of Britain
Anna Coote
, pp. 844-845 - Education
Rick Rogers
, pp. 846-847 - PER
Terence O'Brien
, p. 848 - Vietnamese boat-people
Margaret Van Hattem
, p. 849 - Whisky
Bruce Page
, pp. 850-853 - Spain
Julie Flint
, p. 854 - Law, p. 854
- The Bakke case
William Frankel
, p. 855 - Cyprus
Denis MacShane
, p. 856 - Holocaust
Gitta Sereny
, p. 857 - London Diary
John Mortimer
, p. 858 - Letters to the Editor, p. 859
- Scribble scribble
Arthur Marshall
, p. 860 - NS editor in pay of British security services
Adrian Smith
, pp. 861-862 - Lady Chatterley's Lover
Robert Conquest
, p. 863 - That one talent which is death to hide
Dan Jacobson
, p. 864 - Poems
Christopher Reid
, p. 865 - Blood Sports, pp. 866-867
Kenneth Jennings, L.G. Pine
- Chicken Licken
Roger Woddis and John Minnion
, pp. 868-869 - Lord Acton, Catholic Libertarian
Sir Harold Acton
, pp. 870-873 - Heavy Water
Martin Amis
, pp. 874-875 - Clapham Junction
Paul Theroux
, pp. 876-877 - Edward Pygge's Christmas Quiz, pp. 878-879
Books & Arts
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Those Stay Most Haunting (Review) Peter Porter
, p. 880 The God Approached, by Philip Gardner and Averil Gardner
- The God Approached by Philip Gardner and Averil Gardner
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Tripping Up (Review) Ian Hamilton
, p. 881 The Best of Betjeman, by John Betjeman and John Guest
- The Best of Betjeman by John Betjeman and John Guest
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Secondary Worlds (3 Reviews) Craig Raine
, p. 882 A Vacant Possession, by James Fenton
- A Vacant Possession by James Fenton
- Burning the Ivy by Ted Walker
- The Fiesta, and Other Poems by Geoffrey Grigson
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In the Lift (Review) Hugh Thomas
, p. 883 Thoughts in a Dry Season, by Gerald Brenan
- Thoughts in a Dry Season by Gerald Brenan
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There Was a Young Lady (Review) Gavin Ewart
, p. 884 The Art of the Limerick, by Cyril Bibby
- The Art of the Limerick by Cyril Bibby
- The Prize-Winning Poem
Gavin Ewart
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Gut & Hair (Review) John Jones
, p. 884 Haydn at Eszterhaza 1766-1790, by H.C. Robbins Landon
- Haydn at Eszterhaza 1766-1790 by H.C. Robbins Landon
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A Severed Head (4 Reviews) Helen McNeil
, p. 885 The Origin of Table Manners, by Claude Levi-Strauss
- The Origin of Table Manners by Claude Levi-Strauss
- Myth and Meaning by Claude Levi-Strauss
- Mysteries by Colin Wilson
- The Occult Source Book by Nevill Drury and Gregory Tillett
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Films: Kith of Life (4 Reviews) John Coleman
, p. 886 A Wedding (1978 Film), by Robert Altman
- A Wedding (1978 Film) by Robert Altman
- Superman - The Movie (1978 Film) by Richard Donner
- The Great Train Robbery (1978 Film) by Michael Crichton
- Who'll Stop the Rain (1978 Film) by Karel Reisz
- Theatre
Benedict Nightingale
, p. 887 - Television
Julian Barnes
, p. 888 - Architecture
Andrew Saint
, p. 889 - Art
John Spurling
, p. 890 - Weekend Competition, p. 890
- Chess and Salamanca, p. 891
- Christmas Crossword, p. 892
- Edward Pygge's Answers, pp. 893-896