22 JANUARY 2000, page 43

Motoring

Why aren't we all on diesel? Alan Judd H e was born in 1858 and died in mys- terious circumstances in September 1913. His invention, known to colleagues as his `black mistress',......

Radio

Speech stranglehold Michael Vestey G ood grief! Can it be possible? Is Radio Four going to be run by someone who knows about programmes rather than structures, someone who......

Television

Viewing for the weary Simon Hoggart went to the preview of Gormenghast I (BBC 2) at the huge Imax cinema in Lon- don, and it made me buy a new television. The phosphors which......