A Distant Feast: A History Of New Zealand's Cuisine Tony Simpson Published by Godwit Potatoes sit in fruit shops and supermarkets without making any fuss. They appear as a common offering, surrounded by the bright greens and yellows and reds of other fruit and vegetables. Some have been subjected to the tortuous experience of being cleaned, others are displayed hidden beneath layers of dirt. However, they have a deep sense of pride, knowing that they are the most widely cultivated vegetable i...

T.S. Eliot - The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock When I first read this poem I was eighteen, at university, starting out on a degree in English literature. 20th century American poetry was a highlight for an eighteen year old, the lives and the poetry, the casting aside of tradition, of form and expression, of seeking a new way of saying something, of even endeavouring to say something new, to take literature on a new path. I read this poem once and instantly knew that it was going to take so...