29 APRIL 1995, Page 33

The Media

The air is full of noise, The screen of caper: Reality enjoys' No inch of paper.

The most expensive lies Flourish in every home: Great gulps of froth and foam Win the first prize.

Go to the quiet wood To hear the beating heart: Leaf fall and breaking bud Will play their part.

And so the truth is'out Which only quiet tells, And as it does, its voice Sounds like a peal of bells.

C. H. Sisson