25 APRIL 1992, page 40

. . . Or Let Them Eat Cake

Alice Thomas Ellis O n the back of Wedding Cakes and Cultural History is posed the question 'Why do we have wedding cakes?', followed by `What do they mean in social and......

Blackthorn

On some rough by the oil refinery Where the road bisects Ellesmere Port, Through the car's nearside window my eye Was for a split second caught By blackthorn out, in patches,......

Meat For A Treat . . .

Jennifer Paterson THE REAL MEAT COOKBOOK by Frances Bissell Chatto, £18.99, pp.384 T his very handsome book is a modern- day Bible for meat-eaters, and also for people who have......