27 APRIL 1996, page 47

Low Life

On heroines and heroine worship Jeffrey Bernard O ne df the winners of last Sunday's London Marathon was David Coleman who managed to waffle for no fewer than 135 minutes......

Country Life

Charity plonkers Leanda de Lisle T here is little glamour attached to char- ity work in the country. I once sat on an NSPCC committee in London. All I was expected to do was to......

Madeira

BRIDGE Assume the best Andrew Robson `TWIXT optimist and pessimist the differ- ence is droll. One sees the doughnut, the other the hole.' Assume your contract is makeable and......