21 JANUARY 1995, page 48

Long Life

Great celebration Nigel Nicolson T he ballroom at Grosvenor House is our nearest equivalent to the 18thscentury Assembly Rooms at Bath, York and else- where. It is the perfect......

Office Life

Say no to Newport Holly Budd cs Creaky' Bacon, chief gossip, bustled in. 'Where's Newport?' `Gwent.' `Isle of Wight,' called Debbie from the other room. 'I was born there.'......

Low Life

Smelling the Fifties Jeffrey Bernard I n one of the Sunday papers last week I forget which one and can only tell them apart from the slowness with which they pay contributors......