Home and away: a lesson in relative value

WE have just returned from a week in Lanzarote — island of endless sunshine and no tribunals.
Wed, 12 May, 2004 - 01:00

People sat in bars and restaurants, enjoying a fag and a drink, and the sky didn’t fall in. Children under 18 socialised with their parents in the many bars of Puerto del Carmen until all hours, and the world didn’t end.

I bought fruit and juice in a supermarket and, horror of horrors, I got a free plastic carrier bag, and the island environment survived.

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