16 JANUARY 1999, page 46

Country Life

`Lovely day' tyranny Leanda de Lisle T rigger the hamster is back . .. After an absence of three weeks she turned up in a bucket in the nursery. Not the one with food in it that......

Singular Life

He didn't even nibble Petronella Wyatt I first met Mr Cook at a racecourse. Cheltenham to be precise. It was in the Grandstand, though I'm not sure it was quite grand enough for......

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......