And this is the painting on the cover of the new Biannually – Ford Madox Brown 'The Last of England'. No pun is intended (the picture relates to The New Magdalen by Wilkie Collins) although some Persephone readers might fervently wish they too were watching the white cliffs of Dover fade into the distance and that they were setting off for eg. New Zealand. We can dream. Next week on the Post: the Paul and Marjorie Abbatt exhibition at Margaret Howell.