25 MAY 1985, page 32

Cherry Blossom Black

Kneeling like some strange four-footed beast And cleaning my unfashionable shoes, By which I mean elastic-sided boots On an old newspaper's forgotten news, I dab the brush into......

Mountainside Of Heavenly Thistles

Peter Levi POETRY OF THE CAROLINGIAN RENAISSANCE by Peter Godman Duckworth, f29.50 T he case against Carolingian Latin poetry was put with perverse severity by Roger Hinks in......

Nature Red In Tooth And Claw

Wilfred De'Ath IN DEFENCE OF ANIMALS edited by Peter Singer Basil Blackwell, f15, f4.95 The heat of the summer city was unbearable. The pigs were waiting, small eyes intent on......