23 APRIL 1994, page 48

Low Life

The Bottomley line Jeffrey Bernard T he media have the natural knack of making anything, however awful, however serious, however tragic, into a bloody bore unless, with some......

Long Life

Terrors of the night Nigel Nicolson I n about 1550 a terrible crime was com- mitted in the house where I now live. The then owner, Sir John Baker, who was Speaker of the House......