17 MAY 1986, page 41

Home Life

Ash, no sackcloth Alice Thomas Ellis T he telephone continues to baffle me. I came home the other day to find a message from Maureen. She had been dusting the drawing room when......

Low Life

Flights of fancy Jeffrey Bernard I was trying to drink a cup of tea in ° 131 bath this morning and I dropped it in th e water. I didn't get out at once but lay there, in the hot......