16 DECEMBER 2006, page 70

Adages And Articles

Bevis Hillier A S T HEY S AY IN Z ANZIBAR : P ROVERBIAL W ISDOM FROM A ROUND THE W ORLD by David Crystal Collins, £17.99, pp. 717, ISBN 000721202X ✆ £14.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870......

A Meditation

I ’m at Washington airport on a book tour. My escort, an agreeable man whom I have encountered on several previous occasions, says farewell and then asks, ‘Are you still......