19 MAY 1979, page 37

(breakfast With Milton) Hence, Loathed Porridge, Hence,...

Chaos rear'st unask'd, Thy horrent swamp, with spacious sugar mask'd, Out of the tepid, dense, lactescent sea! Away! and take with thee This Forage for benighted brutes......

A Cold Buffet We Had Of It Just At The

worst time of the day For a wedding reception, and such a reception. Teatime is the cruellest time With the champagne cheap and the fondue tasteless The hearty men winking and......

(pub Lunch With Beowulf)

Sh ouldering the swing doors the saloon he entered. C heerful the chatter as he champed his lunch, P lateful for a ploughman — onion in pickle, Of Cheddar cheese a hearty chunk,......

(afternoon Tea With Mr Browning) That's My Last Crumpet,...

upon the plate — But for all that, you're welcome — take it, do! And if it choke you .. . No, lam content — Let's sit and talk as we were Englishmen — AY, that's the sun, i'......

Pouring The Milk Out Stevie's Hands Trembled At The Sound...

'It's the Devil,' she said, And making the sign of the cross she cried, 'In the name of Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Limb of Satan, avaunt.' But the Devil roared defiantly. 'It......

Chess

Bionic? Raymond Keene Gary Kasparov (ex-Weinstein) of the USSR celebrated his 1 6th birthday by winning the Banja Luka International Tournament, held during April in Yugoslavia.......