25 OCTOBER 1997, page 26

Blocking For William

Edward Heathcoat Amory on how Tory Central Office is trying to stop Beckenham's candidate being too famous HOWEVER stellar their careers, the 126 Conservative MPs who lost in......

Mind Your Language

THE other day I got one of those silly invitations allowing me to bring a 'sig- nificant other'. 'That lets me out, then,' my husband remarked in his bid-for- humour voice.......