15 MARCH 1986, page 39

Gardens

Coming down in the world Ursula Buchan L ike displaced Russian noblemen driv- ing Parisian taxis to pay the rent after 1917, magnolias cannot quite hide their sense of innate......

Opera

Shiny little things Rodney Milnes I have acquired a new toy and nothing, save for the timely intervention of the editor, is going to stop me telling you about it. It is called a......