18 AUGUST 1984, page 30

Art

Summer fling Alastair Hicks M ost picture buyers avoid the heat of London's summer. Paintings are de- finitely off season from mid-July to mid- Se ptember. After all, every......

Television

Eye-catching Peter Levi 'Television sets are widely believed to be 1 dangerous even when they are not turned on. I have been warned that if you stroke the blank screen it gives......

High Life

Snags Taki T o say that I've hit a snag in the pursuit of the high life would be an understate - ment. The morbid fascination with self - destruction has also come to a halt.......