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When To Be Young Was Very Heavy

Michael Horovitz DAYS IN THE LIFE: VOICES FROM THE ENGLISH UNDERGROUND 1961-1971 edited by Jonathon Green Heinemann, f14.95, pp.468 T his is the first publication I've seen on......

Yuco For Breakfast, Paca For Supper

Dervla Murphy IN TROUBLE AGAIN: A JOURNEY BETWEEN THE ORINOCO AND THE AMAZON by Redmond O'Hanlon Hamish Hamilton, £14.95, pp.272 A nyone deranged enough to accom- pany Redmond......

Pipes And Drums

Slow, bandaged hammer-beat of drum is tolled, Three booming spondees; pause, and then three more. Then rattling side-drums chatter out their din Machine-gun rapid as the pipes......