17 FEBRUARY 1990, page 40

High Life

Bond junked Taki am once again happily ensconced in the Nelson Mandela suite of the Palace Hotel, feeling far better than the brave man my chambers are named after as there is......

Television

Delayed reaction Wendy Cope W here was I on the day Nelson Mandela was released?' Jonathan Dimb- leby, , who told viewers that they might one day ask themselves that question,......

Gardens

Beginner's luck Ursula Buchan Some people have a more self- deprecating attitude: `When we moved to the Old School House Grange Lodge, Herefordshire, the garden was a neglected......