13 APRIL 1985, page 28

The Poet's Garden

There's a pollen of bees In the heart of the flowers A survival of grubs In the cabbage A compost of words At one end of the plot At the other A stillbirth of garbage. Gabriel......

Villain Into Hero

Peter Levi Diocletian and the Roman Recovery Stephen Williams (Batsford £17.50) N othin g changes as rapidly as the past, and the longer ago it is, the more it changes.......