28 MAY 1994, page 40

Rude But Effective

Richard Lamb THE LONELY LEADER: MONTY 1944-1945 by Alistair Horne and David Montgomery Macmillan, £17.50, pp. 381 S o many books have been published about Field Marshal......

Psycho-cricket

and he makes a firm sweep to leg, clearing the mantelpiece of its clutter. Don't hunt for obscurities, he frowns. I give him my panic dream of missing the last train home, and......