15 JUNE 1996, page 49

Ottoman Eloquence

Edward Lucie-Smith visits the new gallery at the School of Oriental and African Studies P ure coincidence, and the vagaries of my opera subscription, led me to a perfor- mance......

Gardens

Chelsea bliss Ursula Buchan E ver since the days of Lord Abercon- way, the last president of the Royal Horti- cultural Society but two, it has become tradition for each year's......