16 OCTOBER 1982, page 15

Parson's Displeasure

John Wain T he Cherwell is a pleasant river, flowing down towards Oxford through placid farming country to the north. It doesn't take on much volume of water until, at Islip, it......

Watkins's Judgment Day

Byron Rogers I n a book-lined room in Islington a man 1-dressed only in a short dressing gown, and with the alarming habit of suddenly crossing his legs, has for two years been......