14 NOVEMBER 1987, Page 41

Donkeys and Angels

Balaam's ass tripped on one and knew it. A sight more vision than that gifted to Balaam by Balaam. Within his rights then, he thumped it. For in as much as it is given to donkeys to behold angels, it is given to men to beat them for being such thistle-stubborn lumps of creation rooting themselves to the spot at the sight of nothing on earth.

And again the second and the third