Topics include:

James appreciation of the interest taken by Philip Larkin in his writing

'London Magazine' interview and Mr. Lal

'All What Jazz'

'Visions Before Midnight' and 'Fan-Mail' (both by James)

Albert Einstein

'Larkin at Sixty', edited by Anthony Thwaite, and James chapter in it ('On His Wit')

ABBA (pop group)

James achievement as a television critic

the LRB ['London Review of Books'], Cape (publishers) and 'Poem of the Year' (by CJ)

Mark Cox

[Rory Buckton]

'Required Writing'

Blake Morrison