11 MARCH 1995, page 35

A People Of Polite Persuasion

Zenga Longmore THE WEATHER PROPHET by Lucretia Stewart Chatto & Windus, £14.99, pp. 248 T he most important ingredient for a good travel book is a likeable writer. So many......

Something Old Out Of Africa

John Hare FREELAND by J• D• F. Jones Sinclair-Stevenson, £14.99, pp. 293 D enied access to the ocean by a series of ancient islands, 'splashed like cowpats across the chart',......

Trouble With Yer Men

Michael Bywater DIVORCING JACK by Colin Bateman HarperCollins, £4.99, pp. 282 P oor Colin Bateman, peace breaking out in Ireland like that. His book is about an Ulster......