21 DECEMBER 1991, page 47

Anything To Declare?

A cautionary tale by Vicki Woods concerning Arthur, the Moroccan tortoise I FIND it an endearing national character- istic of the British that in the small things the rule of......

Rose Wept

A short story by WILLIAM TREVOR 'HOW nice all this is!' Rose's mother cried, with dishes on the way to the dinner table Rose had laid. 'What weather, Mr Bouver- ie, don't you......