21 JANUARY 2006, page 25

The Riddle Of The Sands

Bruce Anderson visits St Antony’s monastery, in the Egyptian desert ‘T he monks are fasting,’ said the gatekeeper, with an expression like a locked door. ‘How appropriate,’ we......

Falling In Love

Michael Heath D one the Isle of Wight, been to Brighton, went to Paris in the Fifties when it looked and smelt like a foreign country — I saw Bud Powell play piano and lived off......