28 MAY 1994, page 37

Brightest And Best

William Scammell POETRY REVIEW: NEW GENERATION POETS edited by Peter Forbes Poetry Society, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2, tel, 071 240 4810, £4,95, pp. 127 S hould poetry be......

Leaving The Sure Behind

Andro Linklater DEBATABLE LAND by Candia McWilliam Bloomsbury, £14.99, pp. 216 I travel for travel's sake', R. L. Steven- son wrote early in his career. 'The great affair is to......