22 OCTOBER 1988, page 60

Château-bottled Vinegar

THIS is not an attack on certain high- priced wines which have caused dis- appointment. I shall have to explain. Vine- gar is usually regarded as an enemy of wine. No greater......

No. 1548: Giggling Through

There seems to be a new sort of travel book, one which describes the hardships and ordeals experienced with insouciant hilarity. You are invited to supply a pas- sage from such......

Competition

Vox pop Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1545 you were in- vited to anticipate the work by Barbara Cartland soon to be offered to the world by British Telecom's Dial-a-Poem......

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