16 AUGUST 1997, page 47

High Life

She's staying single Taki think it was about ten years ago that A.N. Wilson repeated a private conversa- tion he had had with the Queen Mother in these pages. What a brouhaha......

Low Life

A bit of hell on earth Jeffrey Bernard not disturb those with bronchial troubles. I had a dear old friend who was 76 and rapidly dying of cancer in Mytton Ward. The day before......

The Turf

Watching the Cecil stars Robin Oakley I n pink Ralph Lauren shirt, mono- grammed blue suede riding-boots with tas- sels and blue velvet riding-hat, Henry Cecil, astride his wife......