7 JANUARY 1995, page 41

Office Life

A tale of two cats Holly Budd T e first casualty of 1995 can be chalked up to Byron, the office cat. I don't suppose many offices still have cats; modern `Who says you can't......

Low Life

Cooking my goose Jeffrey Bernard h e lead up to Christmas was even a lit- tle worse than the celebration itself. A few days before my goose was cooked I was given a particularly......

Long Life

Tricks of memory? Nigel Nicolson A Roman senator would employ a slave with an exceptional memory to remind him of the names of people encountered in the street. He was called......