4 NOVEMBER 1989, page 30

From The Greek Anthology

My name is — Who cares? — My birthplace Was — Does it matter now? — I come From ancestors whom I can trace Back to — Supposing they were scum, What of it? — I earned good repute......

Plenty Of Plums In The Pudding

Anthony Howard BRITAIN IN THE EIGHTIES: THE SPECTATOR'S VIEW OF THE THATCHER DECADE edited by Philip Marsden-Smedley Grafton, £16.95, pp.381 T he trouble with anthologies of......