19 MARCH 1988, page 48

Low Life

Paradise with snakes Jeffrey Bernard T h Bangkok is is an extremely attractive oven. At lunchtime yesterday the mercury touched 90°F. I have now thawed out and heat has to be as......

Home Life

why, oh why? Alice Thomas Ellis M ysteries, mysteries. Why, wonders the fifth son, does walloping a bottle on the edge of the table enable one to remove its lid, and why does......