23 AUGUST 1986, page 32

Low Life

No sooner said than done up Jeffrey Bernard T here is an area of low pressure in my flat and I can feel a depression creeping up on me. The leaves in Regent's Park are turning......

Home Life

Fly in the ointment Alice Thomas Ellis H igh on the list of things a mother would prefer not to know comes the following. 'Hi, Mom.' `Hello, my darling, how are you?' `I'm fine,......