29 JULY 2000, page 48

Country Life

In a bait Leanda de Lisle W omen have always been given the gross jobs: wiping babies' bottoms, getting the lunch, nursing the sick or cleaning the bathroom. 'Swallow hard'......

Singular Life

Naming and shaming Petronella Wyatt O nce I took three sleeping pills by accident. They were mixed up in a bottle with some other tablets for indigestion. The pills turned out......

Bridge

Toil and trouble Susanna Gross A DOUBLE is potentially one of the most lethal weapons in bridge. If the opponents have overreached themselves in the bid- ding, the rewards are......