21 FEBRUARY 1987, page 41

Television

Throwing the book Wendy Cope L ast week I sneered at Jonathan Ross for saying that the designer of a bad set should be taken out and publicly dis- embowelled. It will become me,......

Gardens

Rex crocorum Ursula Buchan C rocuses, like sorrows, come not sing- le spies, but in battalions. One February day there are none, the next morning dozens have nosed through the......

High Life

Positive thinking Taki s awful as it may sound, it's just possible that Aids is bringing romance back to this most unromantic of cities. Just last week I heard of an incident —......