Books June 1986 Chaplin disinterred by Vernon Young A review of Chaplin: His Life & Art by David Robinson.
Books October 1985 A vanishing metaphor by Vernon Young A review of On the Shores of the Mediterranean by Eric Newby.
Books March 1985 Strindberg’s ghosts by Vernon Young A review of August Strindberg by Olof Lagercrantz.
Books June 1984 Sailing toward Poland by Vernon Young A review of Joseph Conrad: The Three Lives : A Biography by Frederick Robert Karl. and Joseph Conrad: A Chronicle by Zdzislaw Najder.