23 FEBRUARY 1991, page 42

New Life

. . . and snail soup Zenga Longmore I t was astonishing to discover what a nonentity I became when I ventured forth alone, without a child. Since the birth of Omalara, I have......

Low Life

Cucumber sandwiches . . . Jeffrey Bernard I t is so awful here that I sometimes think dying will be like going on holiday. The dry-cleaners keep stealing my shirts, the local......