Commonplaces

Abstract

THOSE FEW OF YOU, comparatively, on the receiving end of the much‐heralded £1000m cuts in government spending announced in mid‐July needn't feel lonely for long. The cuts were cosmetic in relation to the problem, like a smatter of eye‐black to prepare Edith Evans to play Ophelia, and there will be more in the annual November budget, and again next year. I have long reckoned that recession hits the world of books 1½‐2 years after the mainstream industrial economy, and the first sign of upturn in the latter means a bumpy ride still to come for us. So keep the purse‐strings tied up tight yet awhile.

Citation

Bingley, C. and Kempson, E. (1976), "Commonplaces", New Library World, Vol. 77 No. 9, pp. 171-173. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038314