19 JANUARY 1991, page 18

Unpleasant Civilisation

Simon Helfer observes that the old and the new Essex are happy to rub along together WERE one bent on suicide, an efficient way to confirm the atrociousness of exist- ance would......

Anglo-irish Survivors

David Lovibond on the remnants of the Ascendancy Castletownshend, West Cork THE sun is setting behind Slieve Bloom mountain, and in the gloaming the whispering shades of......