Unlike his grasp on politics, Mr Major’s grip on the statistics and history of cricket has never been questioned. But neither does there appear to be an absolute right of a tenancy at all. Dr Gipps said there were ’some very good invertebrate exhibits in the world, but this will be the best’;Establishing a conservation [...]

We made it through the first barrier just by being dressed for the part, but were stopped at the second.Rupert was furious We tried each of his three ways of dealing with authority. Speaking after the launch of the British Overseas Trade Board annual report, he said that there must now be a focus on [...]

‘I talk to police during their training, lecture at Birkbeck College, and meet individuals who want to speak to me: sometimes offenders, sometimes victims. Parnevik had started the day one stroke off the lead and was playing directly in front of Price. The mark gained ground to become the strongest currency in the ERM for [...]

Redknapp, who was having one of his best matches for Liverpool, provided a constant threat with his runs from deep positions. The seeding committee, weighing one win in four Wimbledon matches against a 1991 grass-court title in Manchester, decided that here was a logical case for demotion.Ranked No 3 in the world, the American was [...]

We are getting the worst of all worlds.We have to decide on something soon but, whatever it is, my announcing it will do nothing to restore confidence. Next morning I discovered L’Equipe and red wine for breakfast and we drove down the Rhone valley with no mishaps and the smell of Provence growing heavier in [...]

‘We are all one big happy family down at the casualty department.’Sally Patterson had a scare when she thought Flora had swallowed some morphine tablets. The ends split, the weight of it broke, a kind of frizzed fur replaced the gloss. My favourite exchange was a discussion over lunch of the short-lived marriage of Freya [...]