february 2020 Issue 483 £4.50

Lowell’s Betrayals Richard Davenport-Hines the finance racket Ian Fraser fearsome feminists Joan Smith painting for nabobs Peter Parker how the west lost its allure John Gray rabbits of woman born Norma Clarke eimear mcbride checks in James Purdon www.literaryreview.co.uk palestine’s plight • fascist bashers • quantum quackery how women saved fiction • build-a-baby • hat tricks