17 DECEMBER 1988, page 46

Television

Summoned by birds Wendy Cope I . n a week of disasters I have spent several hours looking at scenes of horror and tragedy with a growing sense of inadequacy. Something in me......

Pop Music

Christmas crackers Marcus Berkmann W ith Christmas looming in its usual dispiriting way, it's time to start thinking of those records you're going to buy for yourself rather......

High Life

May the best queen win Taki G New York ood old Prince Philip. By pronounc- ing that wives and hookers are one and the same he said what I've been trying to tell the world about......