18 DECEMBER 1999, page 30

The Ghost Of Christmas Repast

Peregrine Worsthorne dreads the festive season of over-indulgence, excess and gluttony IN spite of my sense of what is expected of a grandfather, I don't look forward to......

Second Opinion

I WALKED into a prisoner's cell the other day and found the following state- ments inscribed on the wall, in a material that looked uncommonly like blood: I AM Al THE CENTRE OF......