15 SEPTEMBER 1979, page 22

Daydreaming

Benny Green Test Time at Tillingfold John Parker (Weidenfeld £4.95) In 1924 the novelist Hugh de Selincourt hit on the idea of deploying the structure of a Village cricket match......

Nomad's World

Jeffrey Meyers Desert, Marsh and Mountain Wilfred ThesIger (Collins £9.95) For nearly 50 years Wilfred Thesigcr has lived among tribal people in remote and hostile places, in......