11 NOVEMBER 1995, page 58

Horrible

Horrible, that small calf they dragged today To the abattoir, who struggled and pulled away And tried to lick the raindrops trickling down The grey walls of the little wretched......

East, West, Homer's Best

Mark Almond BALKAN ODYSSEY by David Owen Gollancz, £20, pp. 394 T ortuous peace negotiations may still be going on in Dayton, Ohio, but already another front in the propaganda......

Some Sunday Afternoon

Some Sunday afternoon what I should like Would be to drive down in the dusty light To dine with some old girl in a big house, Warm-built, with all the washing hanging out, Where......