Mine eyes have seen
Nunc! By QUENTIN LETTS (CONSTABLE, 272 PP, £18.99)
The Nunc Dimittis, still sung every day at monastic compline and Anglican evensong, spoke so deeply to the great political sketch writer Quentin Letts that he’s written an enchanting short novel based around the Simeon story.
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