20 AUGUST 1994, page 42

Long Life

Crime and punishment Nigel Nicolson permissible extension of the hand is one that reduces its impact. I suggest a loofah. I was quite often caned at school, but only once......

Low Life

Greece or Groucho? Jeffrey Bernard I know it sounds horribly like an adver- tisement, but there is no substitute for Vera. Her stand-ins, waiting on the substi- tute bench, are......

High Life

Meeting my heroine Taki Gstaad So, while Sir Denis plied us with gin and whiskey, the greatest Prime Minister of this century and I discussed why there are so few heroes left.......