17 OCTOBER 1987, page 47

Gardens

Showing off Ursula Buchan I n my own small way I contributed towards reversing a long-established trend this season: on Bank Holiday Monday, I entered nine pickling shallots in......

Pop Music

A song in your ear Marcus Berkmann U p to the minute as always, I have just bought my first Walkman, a mere six or seven years after everyone else. Taking it on holiday to the......

Television

Monsters and machines Wendy Cope Q uite a few people are convinced that it exists and many more would like it to. Some apparently sane individuals claim to have seen it with......