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  • Finest Hour

    A Gentleman and a Scholar

    Feb 12, 2021 2 minutes
    Review by Allen Packwood

    I had two immediate reactions upon reading this collection of essays in honour of the late Paul Addison (see 188). The first was personal and was to wish that I had made more of my few meetings with Paul; the second was to reflect that an alternative title for this volume might be “Roads to and from 1945,” reflecting the seminal and its impact on such a distinguished and diverse group of contributors.

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