17 AUGUST 1996, page 42

Low Life

I beg your pardon-.. . Jeffrey Bernard I t seems that I have upset the nurses on the ward that I have become almost a per- manent fixture in. Not long ago, I wrote referring to......

Country Life

A village affair Leanda de Lisle T he Cadeby church fête wasn't held at the rectory as the Church Commissioners sold it off long ago. As a matter of fact, it is up for sale......

Bridge

Starting low Andrew Robson WHAT WOULD you open the bidding with all 13 spades? Given that there are more grains of sand in the world than the number of deals necessary to make......