29 JUNE 1996, page 49

Country Life

Let them eat carrot cake Leanda de Lisle M any people still believe that if one is tired of London one must be tired of life. They also assume that if you live in the sticks......

Low Life

Sago and spirits but no tomatoes Jeffrey Bernard I have been given clearance by a dieti- cian at the Middlesex Hospital to eat all the tapioca and sago that I can lay my hands......

Bridge

Take two hands Andrew Robson Dealer South 4 • 10 9 8 3 2 • J 9 3 2 +K 109 3 4 A Q5 K 5 • Q 108 Q 6 5 Both vulnerable 4 2 4 10 8 6 4 3 IP Q J • 7 6 5 +1 8 7 N w E • K J 9 7 2 •......