4 MARCH 2000, page 56

Country Life

Pleasing cheeses Leanda. de Lisle A n owl hooted as we arrived at THE pIG IN M CK for the masters versus earth stoppers skittles night. I knew 'masters' meant masters of......

No Life

Talking bulls Jeremy Clarke A t Taunton the train was going to be half an hour late and the platform was in cold shadow, so I went outside and stood in the sun. I stood with my......

Bridge

Blockade Andrew Robson TO HOLD good trump support for part- ner can hardly be a bad thing in itself. But if all your strength is in trumps and the rest of your hand is barren,......