19 SEPTEMBER 1987, page 54

Television

Nothing like a dame Wendy Cope A nice item at the end of ITN News on Sunday evening showed an American sena- tor called Joseph Biden delivering, with an air of grave sincerity,......

Gardens

Season of mists . Ursula Buchan N o one seems to grow much fruit any more. All over the country people are throwing out their strawberries, failing to net their whitecurrants,......

Cinema

Rita, Sue and Bob Too (`18', selected cinemas) Bonkers in Bradford Hilary Mantel S uppose you lived in Bradford, on the Buttershaw Estate. You could — accord- ing to this film —......