5 JANUARY 1991, page 16

If Symptoms

persist . ONE night last week, I agreed to cover the prison for a friend of mine. Normally, nothing happens and one receives one's fee simply for having sat by a telephone all......

The Friendly Bank Manager

Andrew Gimson on the style and substance of the new Prime Minister `IT'S THE money in the end that matters,' replied a Tory over lunch the other day, on being asked whether Mr......