14 AUGUST 1993, page 24

The Hair And Fingernails Of The Corpse

Peregrine Hodson T he rot probably set in with Homer. The Odyssey has faults that still plague the genre of travel writing: a threadbare plot of departure, tribulation and......

Recreational Leave

They have come back. The next lot is in, Landing at the port. Soon they will be here, Some a little bit drunk, some a lot drunk, With their money, their condoms, their loud pink......