10 JUNE 1995, page 53

Low Life

A game of patience Jeffrey Bernard I received some bad and discouraging news last week. Well, not discouraging, it is too late for that, but I wish I had been told it in my......

High Life

A season of small talk Taki Now there is nothing like a child's smile when he or she feels a bit embarrassed when meeting adults. It's innocence, sweet- ness and beauty......

Television

All a matter of class Nigella Lawson F irst Tony Blair, now the makers of tele- vision soap: everybody's wooing the middle classes. Of course it makes us all very happy: at last......