6 MAY 1989, page 40

High Life

Capital crimes Taki T Washington, DC here are far worse places to be than the nation's capital around this time of year. Throughout last week the tempera- ture was a perfect 75......

Television

Death of a thousand cues Wendy Cope h e first I heard of spontaneous human combustion was in the staffroom at school about 12 years ago. No, I hadn't read Bleak House at the......