14 JULY 1984, Page 32

Notes on a trying evening

There's cold sweet-corn in clammy rice And sea-green spinach-tart; The murky-looking plonk we drink From pottery-mugs resembles ink - Moroccan, from Liquormart.

'We run weekend discussion groups At our Llanbedrog flat On self-identity' (I wince) `And stress-related syndromes, since That's where, you see, it's at.'

And Penguin pop psychology On what there is of shelves; 0 here and now!, with naught of soul 'Creative life-styles, like' the goal: That's selves, just selves, just selves.

S.E.G. Curtis