25 AUGUST 1984, page 16

Curtain Up

H ere comes the chance to buy a stake in the London theatre. Not, that is, as an angel — one of the eternally hopeful, occasionally rewarded long-shot punters who put money into......

Cows In The Corn

S ay au revoir to your cow, but not goodbye. She will return to you after many days, transformed after a long and subsidised sea voyage. This is the advice from Smithfield,......

Treasury Tea Party

H ow deep. how post-prandial, just now, is the calm of the Treasury, and how sudden the eructations that disturb it! They signal discomfort ahead, and the need to endure a......

Who's Zoo

I Vs feeding time at Guernsey Zoo, where they are looking for companies to spon - sor the animals. Just send £1,000, and they will put your company's name on any enclosure whose......