25 AUGUST 1990, page 32

High Life

Troubled waters Taki Gstaad w entwent for a drink with the owner of the Palace Hotel and heard some rather in- teresting gossip. It seems that Sheikh Yamani has applied for......

Television

No news is good news Miles Kington I have never got into the habit of watching the news on television, and have never regretted it. Television seems to me to be ill-suited to......

Sale-rooms

Somebody has to buy Alistair McAlpine T he sale-rooms are no exception to the rule that August has always been the silly season. To all intents and purposes closed for the......

Wendy Cope Will Be Bacl, Next Week.

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