23 FEBRUARY 1985, page 32

Home Life

Power of speech Alice Thomas Ellis I have an early work by Mrs Beeton which she wrote for the smaller establishment; that is, a household with only a cook, a couple of maids and......

Low Life

Catastrophic Jeffrey Bernard T have just received a rather moving letter .1.from an old horseracing friend called Rufus who is an awfully nice rotter. For some 20 of the......