6 NOVEMBER 2004, page 47

Magic Mushrooms

Elisabeth Luard investigates the allure of the truffle I t can't be all in the mind. No one would pay silly prices for a lump of subterranean mushroom whose scent is not so very......

Shelf Life

Christopher Howse T he man from the electricity company, before making a dive for the meter under the stairs, looked at my shelves and said, 'Have you read all these books,......