24 JANUARY 1987, page 41

Home Life

Silly questions Alice Thomas Ellis I had supposed, with some justice, that I was the most unfortunate creature in the universe. Flu, frozen pipes, power cuts, an incipient boil......

Low Life

End of the line Jeffrey Bernard I have just had a letter from an old lady who lives in Suffolk. She is 82 years old and she wrote to say that it wasn't much fun for her to have......