23 JANUARY 1988, page 47

Pop Music

Radio gaga Marcus Berkmann F rom the safety of January, Christmas and its horrors now seem gloriously dis- tant, almost ludicrously so, in fact: season- al artefacts like holly,......

High Life

The Suzy streak Taki T hey say that sycophancy is tolerable if it's applied discreetly, but when spread thick in, say, the manner of Suzy (a New York gossip columnist) it......

Television

Screen print Wendy Cope A bby has a nice new hairstyle. Victor has a big new car and another nutty girlfriend. Roxanne seems to be per- manently cured of longing for Arnold,......