23 SEPTEMBER 1995, page 57

Long Life

Heirs to The Land Nigel Nicolson T he Peking manifesto on women's rights insisted that sisters should benefit with their brothers from whatever their parents bequeath to them,......

Half Life

Blackhead humour Carole Morin S tupidity is a powerful weapon. It's not the mobile phones that make me want to commit suicide, it's the conversations you're forced to listen to.......

Bridge

Can you count? Andrew Robson THE GREATEST breakthrough to one's bridge is acquiring the ability to count and thus to reconstruct the hidden hands. I rec- ommend short cuts: say......