27 JANUARY 1996, page 14

Napoleon Bad, Critchley Good

Richard Cobb, says his pupil David Gilmour, had definite views on who and what were the Good Things in life `DO YOU think they make wigs in Spain?' Richard Cobb asked me a few......

Mind Your Language

WHEN James Murray was editing the New English Dictionary a century ago he complained half humorously that the shortest words required the longest treatment — put took 21......