24 APRIL 1976, page 15

Good Soldiers?

Jim Higgins I n that fine novel The Good Soldier Schweik , there is an episode, early on in the volunle4 where Schweik through no fault of his ovi ll is immured in a hospital......

Balls Of Fire

Brian Inglis During a thunderstorm last summer, a Smethwick housewife in her kitchen saw what appeared to be a ball of fire, about the size of a grapefruit, coming at her. 'The......