7 MARCH 1992, page 43

Long Life

Remembering Vita Nigel Nicolson O n 9 March 1892 my mother, Vita Sackville-West, was born at Knole. She might forgive me if I celebrate her cente- nary in what was always her......

Moving Home Last Week I Found, In One Of Many

cardboard boxes, a restaurant col- umn written in 1985, my first year of office, in which I lamented the impudent expen- siveness of restaurants. 'It has become almost......