2 MAY 1987, page 41

Low Life

Party politics Jeffrey Bernard W ho the hell invented the wine-and- cheese party? It has to be one of the most ghastly functions devised by man since the stag party. It was......

High Life

Table manners Taki I f you think comedy is dead, you should have been with me in Washington DC for t he White House correspondents' dinner last week. Seeing Ronald Reagan giving......

Television

Yan tan bletherer Peter Levi T he trouble with being a stand-in televi- sion critic is that one begins to neglect the bland screen when not being paid to watch it, so one misses......