7 JANUARY 1995, page 40

High Life

Snow princess Taki Gstaad T hirty years ago I climbed the Wassen- grat daily in the company of Irwin Shaw, who had left his beloved Klosters to be near his son Adam, back then a......

Low Life

Cooking my goose Jeffrey Bernard h e lead up to Christmas was even a lit- tle worse than the celebration itself. A few days before my goose was cooked I was given a particularly......

Television

Thaw in law Nigella Lawson A ctors always love playing barristers. What they extract from these roles is sheer essence of showing off, the necessary germ from which acting......