16 MARCH 2002, page 66

The Turf

Loyalty rewarded Robin Oakley P ie rre Balmain, the French couturier, once said that the art of wearing a mink coat was to look as though you were wearing cloth and the art of......

Food For Thought

Wise words Simon Courtauld T he name of Sir Kenelm Digby was bound to crop up in this column sooner or later. He was, after all — by which I mean after a career as a naval......

High Life

Facts and figures Taki 0Milan h boy, this should be great fun. I'm in Milan, for matters sartorial, and a friend has sent me an article about The Spectator, written by that......