5 JULY 1986, page 38

Wimbledon

Backhand compliments Ferdinand Mount T he strain on a linesman used to be purely mental — the glare from the aggrieved player, the wounding reference in the public prints to the......

Antiques Dealers

A fair deal Geraldine Norman I t would look better, of course, in an old palazzo in the centre of town,' a Milanese antique dealer commented with becoming honesty as he surveyed......

One Hundred Years Ago

The relations between Russia and Bulgaria are said to be becoming more `strained' than ever. The semi-official Russian Press declares that Prince Alex- ander 'presumes to......