16 AUGUST 1997, page 45

Not Motoring

To Ashford with love? Gavin Stamp T ake someone you love to Lille for £49,' exhort the advertisements for Eurostar trains on the walls of the Under- ground. A bargain, as Lille......

Radio

Jibber-jabber, yackety-yak Michael Vestey H ere is the news: 'The lunatics are running the madhouse again — interest rates go up for the fourth time . . . We have a bankers'......

Television

Selective amnesia Marcus Berkmann S oaps know no seasons. The rest of tele- vision may subside into summer lethargy but in EastEnders (BBC 1) the plot lines must prevail. The......