17 JANUARY 1987, page 33

Radio

Here yesterday Noel Malcolm W hen John Timpson was asked why he was leaving the Today programme after so many years, he said that he thought he ought to get out while he was......

Television

Best dressed Wendy Cope At this time of year there is a great A t to be said for being a television critic. T he onset of the nasty weather coincided, in inY case, with the......

High Life

Divided loyalties Taki aymundo de Larrain is a Chilean charmer, a multi-millionaire philanthro- pist, a successful ballet director, a dubious marquis, and a widower who is......