29 JULY 2000, page 47

Country Life

In a bait Leanda de Lisle W omen have always been given the gross jobs: wiping babies' bottoms, getting the lunch, nursing the sick or cleaning the bathroom. 'Swallow hard'......

No Life

Weighty matters Toby Young The only time I have got down to my ideal weight was in New York two years ago when, for a magazine article, I hooked up with a personal trainer......