20 MAY 1989, page 57

Low Life

Beasts of the field Jeffrey Bernard We ather permitting, I shall take a river boat to either Greenwich or Kew this Saturday to avoid the FA Cup crowds from Everton and Liverpool......

Home Life

Hotfoot into spring Alice Thomas Ellis B irds in the bedroom, bunnies burrow- ing under the barn: spring is here. I watched with approval the swooping of the swallows until two......

High Life

Days of gin and Renoir Taki I never frequent auction houses nowa - days, not that I was ever the stage-door Johnny type who hangs around and sali- vates while overvalued works......