17 JANUARY 1987, page 34

Home Life

Lost cause Alice Thomas Ellis A long time ago when I was too young to know better I went beagling on a snowy day and got stuck with a girl whose name , as far as I remember, was......

Low Life

Mein Kampf Jeffrey Bernard I have just had to bale out of Berlin where I have been attempting a magazine piece on the wretched place. We should have waited until the spring. It......

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......