15 JUNE 1996, page 56

Country Life

A mean business Leanda de Lisle I f I felt I could afford to buy the Thomire clocks and Old Masters displayed at the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, I would spend a civilised......

Low Life

Shoot-out brewing Jeffrey Bernard A I have said before in these columns, the older I get the more tetchy, irritable and reactionary I become. The tetchiness has reached......

Madeira

BRIDGE Count down Andrew Robson AN ABILITY to count the opponents' hand is essential in the quest to become an expert. Don't be daunted — it comes natu- rally with practice,......