12 AUGUST 1995, page 41

Half Life

What are friends for? Carole Morin S wans are supposed to be monogamous but the bad-tempered ones I feed in Regent's Park, instead of swimming nicely together, are always......

Long Life

Teach yourself Greek Nigel Nicolson M y first visit to Athens was in 1935 when my adulation of the ancient Greeks was as intense as any teenager's devotion to his local football......

Bridge

After goulash Andrew Robson BECAUSE IT IS WRONG to double a slam unless you can be sure of beating it whatever partner leads, a 'Lightner' slam double (after Theodore Lightner,......