12 OCTOBER 2002, page 87

High Life

In the steps of Demosthenes Taki T o Rockford, Illinois the heartland of America, corny and flat as a pancake, but folksy, nice and with a Fifties, small-town feeling. The......

Low Life

Homing instinct Jeremy Clarke My Buddhist landlords are back from their holidays, looking tanned and relaxed. I've moved out and found temporary lodgings in a house round the......