2 SEPTEMBER 1989, page 9

A Lesson From America

Nicholas Lezard If the book has a weakness it is perhaps that London is viewed so much in its own light. The civilising influences of its im- mense trade, and of the foreigners......

Then We Went Back To The Bar And There Was

singing in the form of individual recitatives. People took it in turns to stand on a bar stool and sing a song. It was accompanied by a lot of shouting and eventually the......