28 MAY 1994, page 49

Long Life

Hostess with the mostess Nigel Nicolson I t is difficult, I find, to be a successful host if one lacks a wife. Guests seldom respond to a host's invitations with the same......

Low Life

My Oxford day Jeffrey Bernard 'spoke to the Oxford Union last Tuesday and I wasn't very pleased with myself, although the organisers and the under- graduates who questioned me......