16 JANUARY 1999, page 45

High Life

Only half a dozen Taki I was sitting in the Palace Hotel's grill when the news of Margaret Cook's revenge came in. A South American friend of mine was appalled. He first tried......

The Turf

Just desert Robin Oakley I nstead of heading for Sandown on Sat- urday I was bouncing across the Kuwaiti desert past the tented encampments of so many Bedouin Pop Larkins.......