22 AUGUST 1987, page 35

Home Life

Hidden dangers Alice Thomas Ellis I had a moment of the purest satisfaction the other morning. The magpie has attempted to get into the house (or murder the magpie he sees......

Imperative Cooking: Cheap-jack Dinner Parties ;! •.1

THE GREAT thing, apparently, is to discover the interests of one's neighbour at the table, and the way to do this is to ask, `What is the nicest thing that happened to you......