Mild And Bitter

'In Utopia, Perfect PlaceEverything s exactly right;No one s virtuous or base,There is neither Day nor Night.But where everything is rightNothing s left for which to fight So goes A P Herbert s vision of Paradise, but whilst still this side of the pearly gates, the versatile APH finds plenty of subjects to satirize, criticize, lament and laugh over be they such eternal preoccupations of gentlemen at cricket, smoking, privacy, speech day, or that most fearful duty of them all being the father of the bride.