The Observer Review, 13 August 1995





The cover of this review section of The Observer has an uncredited image of William S. Burroughs sitting on residential steps.

Pages 2-4 contains “Anything in my life I regret? Madre de Dios!”, excerpts from William S. Burroughs’ My Education: A Book of Dreams.

Published in London, England by The Observer in August 1995.

This copy of the newspaper insert was acquired from The Poetry Bookshop (Ham-on-Wye, Wales).

Bibliographic Information:

  • Not in Shoaf
  • Not in Schottlaender
  • Raven 19950813OREV.X.X
Selected Contents:
  • William S. Burroughs: "Anything in my life I regret? Madre de Dios!" (except from My Education)
  • Shane McGowan: illustration
  • Jan Moir and Tilda Swinton: "Life and the incredible stillness of being" (interview/essay)
  • Gavin Smith: photographs
  • Kate Kellaway: 
    • "The undiscovered country" (essay)
    • "Theatre: Safe inside the wooden O" (reviews)
  • Philip French: "Cinema: To give and not to count the Costner" (reviews)
  • Michael Coveney: "Theatre: Innocence dies in a fatal spring" (reviews)
  • Sam Taylor: "Edinburgh Comedy: Pickled herrings" (reviews)
  • Bill Woodrow: "Art: The art of falling apart, naturally" (reviews)
  • Richard Mildenhall: photograph
  • Murdo MacLeod: photograph
  • Neil Spencer: "Pop" (reviews)
  • Richard Witts: "Classical: Eastern promises sadly broken" (reviewS)
  • Dave Gelly: "Jazz" (reviews)
  • Daniela Soave: "Pop: Lazing on a sunny afternoon" (review)
  • Peter Conrad: "Books: A renaissance on the scrapheap" (review of Arts and Cultures: The History of the 50 Years of the Arts Council in Great Britain by Andrew Sinclair)
  • Geoff Swaine: photograph
  • Valentine Cunningham: "Low thrills, primitive cravings" (combined book review)
  • Sally Laird: "Travels with Vodka" (review of Little Is the Light: Nostalgic Travels in the Mini States of Europe by Vitali Vitaliev)
  • John Naughton: 
    • "Newt's 15-pound turkey" (review of 1945 by Newt Gingrich)
    • "Television; Floundering in a sea of soap suds" (reviews)
  • Jane Dunn: "Heart and Mind" (review of The Letters of Charlotte Brontë, Volume One 1829-1847, edited by Margaret Smith)
  • Eavan Boland: "Jewels set in blood" (review of The Irish Country House: A Social History by Peter Sommerville Large)
  • Shyam Bhatia: "Pandering to prejudice" (review of Muhammad: Man and Prophet by M. A. Salahi)
  • Adam Thorpe: "Poetry: Fugitive from a modern hell" (reviews)
  • Tom Lubbock: "Radio: Crimes and misdemeanours" (reviews)
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