15 FEBRUARY 1992, page 37

Not Sand

Not dribble of sand through neck of a glass but the shift of scree beneath the tread of a man as he makes his traverse, as he climbs between the sheer heights in a resonant......

An Improbable Headmaster

John Dancy S it Walter Oakeshott published the first edition of this anthology in 1950 when he was headmaster of Winchester. It is now reprinted by the Friends of Winchester......

What Is So Bad About Feel-good

William Boyd THE DEVIL'S CANDY by Julie Salamon Cape, £15.99, pp. 434 A mongst the many gobbets of received wisdom that make up what purports to be the lore and logic of the......