27 MAY 1989, page 33

A New Professor Of Poetry For Oxford A Partial View

Laurence Target O xford's dons have for some centuries been trying to exclude ordinary graduates from any say in the management or policy of the University. It could be because......

Nice Morning

`Nice morning,' he'd remark. Or, if It wasn't, `Not.so nice today.' And, watching his Jack Russell sniff Our labrador, perhaps he'd say, `There's rain about.' Or, if there was......