6 FEBRUARY 1988, page 39

Television

Temps perdu Wendy Cope A week ago on Wednesday, Stuart Bell, Labour MP for Middlesbrough, appeared on News at Ten (ITV) to com- ment on the health authority's decision to move......

High Life

In defence of Socrates Taki Izzy published his follies in a weekly newsletter until 1971, when heart trouble and failing eyesight forced him to stop exposing the evils of Uncle......

Low Life

Room at the top Jeffrey Bernard I should have known I would end my days in an attic. It has been uphill all the way. Years ago, when I left home, my first bedsitter was in a......