1 JANUARY 1994, page 34

Long Life

A new Ice Age sets in Nigel Nlcolson Y ou're not going to believe this,' said the young woman to her friend as we col- lected our coats. 'The man sitting next to me at dinner......

Low Life

Spare ribbing Jeffrey Bernard I suddenly thought: Hang on a moment, it was never like this. The one sounding off like a Mrs Beeton I met in a pub in the Portobello Road in 1966,......