19 MAY 1990, page 30

The Man On The Clapham Omnibus

Watching the bowler hats and the swirls of hair Rising unsteadily up the spiral stair, Percy sat in the corner: Nestles milk, Champions vinegar, Enos, puckered with talk. He......

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John Mortimer THE OXFORD BOOK OF HUMOROUS PROSE a conducted tour by Frank Muir OUP, £17.95, pp. 1198 T he only sure and uncontroversial judgment of humorous writing is that one......

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