25 APRIL 1998, page 55

High Life

Artistic antics Taki uring the late-Fifties, I was a regular at El Morocco, the trendiest and chicest nightspot of the Bagel. Elmo's was zebra- striped, had a strict hierarchy......

Country Life

Excuses, excuses Leanda de Lisle L ast year I praised Anthony O'Hear's essay 'Against Nature', which was pub- lished by the Social Affairs Unit. It attacked environmentalists......

Bridge

Discouraging Andrew Robson WHEN a defence has gone astray, it is more constructive to ask `What could I have done to make it easier for partner?' than 'Why am I playing with......