1 JANUARY 2000, page 40

Country Life

Out of it Leanda de Lisle I t must be hard work looking after a min- imalist home — never forgetting to hide away the paperback you've just put down, keeping every surface......

No Life

Some consolation Toby Young B y the time you read this I'll be holed up in a chalet in Val-d'Isere with a beauti- ful, 25-year-old girl. If you think this dis- qualifies me from......