23 MAY 1998, page 27

City And Suburban

The tidal wave is bringing down our sea walls, so you'd better read the crib CHRISTOPHER FILDES N ow, class, pay attention. Today's sub- ject is Eurospeak, so don't think you......

. . . So Everything Must Go

NOW, on to lot three, the finest surviving example of an English vintage car maker, no, hang on, I'll rephrase that, anyway, on the market by order of Vickers, what am I bid for......

Close Harmony

IN FACT, you'll find Mr Leach's book is good reading. I like his entry for Luxem- bourg: 'The smallest and richest state of the European Union and one of the founders of the......

Down, Down, Down

THE MILLENNIUM Hole in the City of London — site of that hideous block on the corner of Fenchurch Street, before Bar- clays pulled it down — has set a good example. The......

White, Pure White Inside

I OPEN a harmless-looking letter in a pure white envelope and find that it is from the Inland Revenue. It might at least have made a ticking noise. We all know the tax- men's......

It's The Albion Sale .

AT ALBION CASTLE, the auctioneers are in. This will be the country-house sale of all time and make Mentmore and Hackwood look like jumble sales in parish halls. Lot one, a fine......