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Country Life

A time to talk Leanda de Lisle 'D o boys still get "the headmaster's talk" when they leave prep school?' a friend asked, knowing my eldest son was to begin his first term at......

Singular Life

Dress to impress Petronella Wyatt e are what we eat, say some people. In my view, though, the truth is closer to this one: we are what we wear, or eogito dresso sum (is that the......

Bridge

Not obsolete Andrew Robson ONE OF the more elegant conventions in bidding is the Grand Slam Force, some- times known as 'Josephine' after its inven- tor, Josephone Culbertson. A......