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Leonardo’s ‘first painting’ discovered in London 


A .PAINTING ra die National Gallery 
attributed to Verrocchio actually features 
the hand of the masters most i 
student Leonardo da Yinri, a 
Americanscholar daims. 

Since Her than 20 pamtmgs by 
Leonardo survive — and there have been 
no aaxp^rfiscnverieswidiin memory— 
the identification of bos hand on another 
work would be sensational. It could also 
mean a tenfoU increase in the value of the 
picture, Tobias and the AngeL One art 
expert suggested ihat k would put it in the 
$100 millio n Van Gogh league.. 

David Brown, curator of Italian Re¬ 
naissance painting .at the National GaL 
tezy in Washington and author of 
numerous studies on Leonardo, believes 
that the figure <tf Ibbias. the fish and dog 
are all by Leonarda “This is young 
Leonardo’s first panning;” he says — 
aHfboogh he btdds that die rest of the work 


American scholar detects young master’s hand in 


f National Gallery picture, reports Dalya AEberge 


is correctfy attributed to Andrea dd 
Verrocchio (d-435-88). Leonardo went to 
study in Verrocchio’s Florentine 
workshop in the 1460s and would have 
been perhaps 14 when the painting was 
done. Verrocchio was in his thirties. 

Pointing to the Baptism in die Uffiri, 
Florence, as another composition on 
which they collaborated, and to stylistic 
evidence examined under a microscope. 
Dr Brown said: “Passages can be distin¬ 
guished from Verrocchio's manner and 
are connected in many ways with Leonar¬ 
do’s established works.” 

He likened, for example, the shafgy 
dog’s coat to the long rippling hair of 
Leonardos angd in the Baptism, describ¬ 


ing them as “strikingly similar^ “Indeed, 
die terriers and the angel’s curls are 
almost interchangeable. With its head 
turned and foreleg raised... the dog also 
anticipates the oversized ermine in 
Leonardo's later Portrait of a Lady in 
Crakow: both animals, hotrever realistic 
in form and action, are interpreted in the 
same unmistakably personal idiom.” 

Mon revealing, perhaps, is dial he has 
detected traces of left-hand brushwork in 
Tobias's hair “Leonardo was left-handed. 
There strokes indkaie that they were done 
witb the left hand. It is in die direction of 
the strokes. You see it in the drawings 
Comparing the hair of the two figures, he 
said: “They seem dearly by two different 


artists.” The curls forming a forelock on 
Tobias's hair are “a kind of Leonardo 
signature". Also, Tobias’s delicate fea¬ 
tures are more sensitively modelled and 
superior in their grasp, he said, noting 
that the head is “effectively silhouetted 
against the darkest part of the angel, just 
as Leonardo set off Gabriel’s profile 
before a tree in the Uffizi Annunciation 
Tobias was acquired by the National 
Gallery from Milan in 1867. Academics 
have long been divided over whether it is 
a Verrocchio or from his workshop. The 
main Verrocchio scholar, Gunter 
Passavant. believes it is by him, but a 
scholar called William Suida suggested 
some 45 years ago that the animal motifs 
were by Leonarda Martin Davies, who 
was then director of the gallery, suggested 
that die claim deserved careful discus¬ 
sion, but later scholars dismissed the 
theory along with Simla's other proposi¬ 


tions. Dr Brown has, however, now 
concluded that Suida was not only right 
about the animals, but that the figure of 
Tobias is also by Leonardo. 

“The vitality of the dog and the fish, and 
the sympathy with which they are 
portrayed are the dues to Leonardo's 
participation," he said. “This has his 
expression and personality. Verrocchio 
was not a great interpreter of nature, so 
it’s what Leonardo was able to contrib¬ 
ute." Of the fish, he said: “Its iridescent 
scales are brilliantly captured in shim¬ 
mering specks. Even more striking is the 
head, especially the liquid eye. which is 
rendered with a painterly freedom that is 
truly astonishing." 

Dr Brown’s theory is explored exten¬ 
sively in Leonardo da Vina — Origins of 
a Genius, a study of his earliest work to be 
published next month. The National 
Gallery declined to comment 




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BRACING himself for the 
most perikws monient qf his 
presidency, Bffl Ctintorr -was 
yesterday ready to admit hav¬ 
ing had sexual contact with 
Monica Lewinsky. ' ' ’ 

Mr Clitttoa was raid to have 
held intensive discussions 
with his timer aide of advfc-. 
ers about the legal..and polit¬ 
ical imptirations of ac¬ 
knowledging an intimate 
rdatian^ip'witii the former 
White House trainee when he 
testifies under oath to the 
grand juiy-on; Monday. v - 

In an attempt to’avoid a. 
charge of perjury, be would 
need to argue thatfoe admis¬ 
sion was not inconsistent witii 
his earlier denials because of. 
the narrow definition of “sexu¬ 
al relations" he was given 
during his sworn deposition In 
the Paula Jones case last 
January. The definition canbe. 
construed to exdude oral seal. 

' If Mr-Cfinlbndoes go ahead 
with this jrtan.: -andaides 
insisted.that he. had made no 
final deasioihi the dissembling 
- involved* ' wouW' exceed bis 
earlier pseudndojiaJs — '“I 
did not mhale” whariie ttfed 
marijuana, and .T have ac¬ 
knowledge caustic pain in 
my marriage” when asked 
about his affair with Genmfer 
Flowers. 

When Mr Otixten does de¬ 
ride whai to say to the grand; 


ray, heniu^’aj^d^adefKW; 
-he tefls tile.Americanpeople. J 
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. a brief televise^address from 
foe;Oval Office. 'He'would., 
then leave immediately for his 
family holiday on Martha'S 
Vineyard*''newer, to mention 
foe subject again.. ' - • 

In' this way Mr Clinton 
could get his point of view 
across before the inevitable 
arid possibly biased leaks .' 
from his grand jury, testimony.' 

:MrmdayV showdown with 
Kenriefo Starr, the indepen¬ 
dent prosecutor, appears to be 
. tefcinj* its.toll on Mr Clinton. 
Americans were shocked by 
hjy gaunt appearance at the 
. memorialserafoe.un Thursday 
. for victims of the East African 
erabassybombtngs- Adnritted- 
fy* he had gone through a 
wrenching private session 
/.vtift-grieving families, but he 
had never wej# nor looked so 
drawn m.puhiic before. 

There are only four people 
beyond foe reach of Mr Starrs 
subpoena power in whom Mr 
Cfinton can candidly confide. 
rThey are his three private 
lawyers who are protected by 
aminieyHilient pnvilege, and 
Hillary Clinton, ; who has - 
spousal privilege. 

Political advisers outside 
-this circle need to be guarded - 
in their discussions with the 


J^eSifttotiarideanen more so in 
their public comments. Still, 
tiie White House refused to 
cammentinn a front-page re¬ 
port fri yesterday^ The New 
YflrkTlmes that an admission 
of sexual encounters with Ms 
Lewinsky was under dis¬ 
cussion. 

- His ; only alternative to 
obn&ssirig to oral sex with Ms 
Lewinsky would be to admit a 
dose ' relationship but then 
refaseto answer further ques¬ 
tions on the grounds that they 
would invade bis privacy. An 
advocate of this evasion is 
Dmny Davis, fbnnerty a law- 
yer m the Clinton White 
House, who said: “The Ameri¬ 
can people don’t want Mr 
Starr to tress that line.” 

However. Mr Clinton 
promised two weeks ago that 
he would testify “completely 
and truthfully” to the grand 
jury- 

Two thirds oF Americans 
still appiwe of tiie way Mr 
Clin ton is doin g his job and 60 
per cent wish they knew less 
about the Lewinsky matter. In 
a CNN/USA Today poll yes- 
today only 26 per cent said 
they would lose confidence in 
him if he says he had sex with 
her, 71 per cent would not 


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A NATfONAL riadcdown on. 
police abruption'.'has-' been, 
branched by Jack Straw after 
fresfi evidetice' that there are 
fay; more crooked officers than 
commanders and . ministers 
bdieved.. ,V .. - 

Officers will base to alride 
by anew code of ethtis, which: 
is ej®ected ..to bah rttinqr.. 
A T»rks” such as the use of a 
prficeideDtity card to gain free 
admission ; to dubs and iwffl 
give advice on whether semforr 
officers should be allowed to 
drink during business 
lundies - The code is likely to 
be draconian because of foe 
belief that serious icorruption 
flows from petty ctidionesty. 

The HoraeCftfeedemanded 
secret reports from all 43 chief 
constables in En^arid and 
Wales to assess ife stale of 
corruption after initial mvestih 
gntirms showed that Sleaze 
vies a.prdb3eni in rural as wril; 
-asdfy forces/ 

' One Home Office sourre 
said: “Tltere is corruption m 
every type, of‘force. None is- 


immune." There are susp- 
□ons even in rural forces, 
about the' recycling of drugs 
which haw been seized. 
Crooked officers are also in¬ 
volved in using informants to 
cream off rewards.” 

: The Home Office made 
initial inquiries among chief 
constables ater Scotland Yard 
'launched a massive investiga- 
tion into corruption in London 
. 4 Sir Paul Cbndon, the Metro- 
potitan Police Commissioner 


have up to 250 crooked 
tiers. Ted Crewe, the West 
Midlands Chief Constable, 
has also, raid that he has 
corrupt officers who would 
never get a job in - a 
supennarioct . 

The. initial soundings sug¬ 
gest worrying “pockets” 
corruption arm the larger in¬ 
vestigation under Colin 
Smith, a senior inspector of 
! constabulary and former head 
of this Thames Yalfoy force, 
will try to establish how 
honest bffiobrs generally ate. 


Marines set 
for Congo 
evacuation 


THE Royal Marines were 
on. standby to move about 
250 Britons ootof foe Demo¬ 
cratic Republic of Congo 
lad night as rebel forces 
advanced on the capital 
Kinshasa. 

A company group of 150 
marines from 40 Comman¬ 
do was ordered to be ready 
to fly'to Ascension Island in 
the South Allaotti; about six 
hours from the Congo, as 
the Foreign Office urged afl 
British nationals to leave 
immediately. 

America and France are 
also preparing for an evacu¬ 
ation — America has de¬ 
ployed two warships off 
Congo and France is send¬ 
ing.an. Airbus a ^r and 
Germany is advising its 
citizens to move out But 
embassies reported' the 
many foreign residents were 
reluctant to leave Kinshasa 
on the grounds , that they 
had “seen lt.aH before”. 


Kinshasa blackout, page 15 


Priest ‘comes out’ in 


protest at church vote 


By Dominic Kennedy 


AN ANGLICAN priest has 
responded to the Archbishop 
of Canterbury* plea for foe 
OTmxh t o “listen to the experi¬ 
ence, of homosexuals” by an¬ 
nouncing that he has had a 
“gay wedding" with foe man 
who shares his rectory. 

Simon Long. 58. is risking 
his job by “outing" himself in 
protest against foe over¬ 
whelming vote condemning 
homosexuality by the Lam¬ 
beth conference of bishops a 
week ago. : 

Mr Long, a divorced father 
of three who met his partner 
Kevin Crowe in a gay dub 
nine years ago, said: “I have 
sometimes wondered why on 
earth I have bothered in be an 
Anglican. 

“The reality is that the 
Church has nurtured me and 
sustained me through all sorts 
of major lift; issues — my 
divorce was only one. It means 
a lotto me. 

The way 1 live now I have 
come to see as the .only way 
that I can live. I find myself 


saying. “Why should I allow 
the Church’s negative attitude 
to drive me away from some¬ 
thing I value as deeply as 1 
value the Church and the 
liturgy.’ 1 want to be able to 
work towards change from 
within the system." 

Gays in die clergy have 
been forced to keep their 
relationships secret or face the 
sack since the Church of 
England’s House of Bishops 
declared in 1991 that homosex¬ 
ual priests must remain 
celibate. 

Mr Long arrived ar the 
rural parish of the Six Saints 
Circa Holt in Leicestershire in 
1968 as a single divorcee 
finally faring up to his own 
homosexuality. 

He had gay experiences at 
theological college with other 
students at a time when it was 
still illegal but became a priest 
when he was 26 and married 
when he was 29. His marriage 
lasted 18 years. 

“It was obviously a reason 

Continued on page 2, col 5 


Hoddle faces FA 
book showdown 


By Matt Dickinson 
and Adrian Lee 


GLENN HODDLE, accused 
of betraying the confidences of 
his players with a book about 
the World Cup, is to face the 
anger of his Football Associ¬ 
ation bosses next month. 

The FA’S international com¬ 
mittee. ultimately responsible 
for appointing and dismissing 
England coaches, is concerned 
by the mounting criticism and 
the poor publicity generated 
by the book. One FA source 
said yesterday that Hoddle 
faced a “grilling" for his 
apparent indiscretion. The 
England coach will meet the 
I+*trong committee when he 
presents his report on the 
World Cup. 

Hoddle is to undertake an 
extensive seven-dale national 
book promotion tour which 
ends six days before he flies 
his England team out to 
Sweden for one of the most 
important qualifying games of 
the European Champion¬ 



ships. He intends to travel to 
Leeds. Manchester, Swindon, 
Birmingham. Thurrock and ar 
least two book shops in 
London. The tour wiU take 
place during FA working 
hours. 

David Davies, the FA’S di¬ 
rector of public affairs and the 
ghost writer of ihe book, said it 
was always understood that 
Hoddle would be absent. 


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GARRICK CLUB members over* 
came the temptation to line their own 
pockets yesterday when they voted to 
use part of a £50 million windfall to 
set up a charity to help struggling 
artists and disadvantaged children 
from London's East End. 

The £8 million charitable trust will 
be funded by the proposed sale to 
Walt Disney of the television and film 
rights to the Winnie the Pooh stories, 
which are part-owned by the club. 

At a special general meeting in 
London yesterday senior figures 
from the chib turned out in force to 
overrule suggestions from some 
members, including Lord Lamont of 
Lerwick, the former Chancellor, that 
die cash should be parcelled out to 
members in lots of £39.000. 

But, after yesterday’s decision, club 


Club will share Disney windfall with charity, writes Peter Foster 


members will still have an estimated 
£12 million to spend as they see fit 
Anthony Butcher, chairman of the 
men-only establishment, said they 
would decide what to do with the 
spare cash in the coming year, before 
voting at next July's annual meeting. 
If the 1.280 members decided to 
divide the spoils between themselves, 
each would receive £11.700. 

The Garrick, the lunchtime refuge 
for many actors, lawyers and jour¬ 
nalists. was left a quarter-share of the 
Pooh estate by A. A. Milne, a stal¬ 
wart former member. Some 400 
members, including Sir Robin Day. 
the broadcaster Sir Donald Sinden. 
the acton and Frank Thornton, who 


played Captain Peacock in the BBC 
sitcom Are You Being Served?, 
trooped from the dub to The Fortune 
Theatre in the West End for the pre¬ 
lunch meeting. 

The precarious crocodile of ageing 
artistes, bristling with walking sticks 
and sporting the dub’s bilious salm¬ 
on pink and cucumber tie, was led by 
Mr Butcher. Afterwards, as his 
members returned for a hard-earned 
lunch. Mr Butcher explained that the 
dub would receive about £30 million 
after deductions for tax. administra¬ 
tion costs and a £75 million gift to the 
estate of E. H. Shepard, the illustra¬ 
tor of the Pooh stories. 

Last night a Garrick Club member 


played down any prospect that the 
views of Lord Lammt. who was not 
at yesterday's meeting, would pre¬ 
vail “The feeling was very much that 
the prospect of a shareoiit "had been 
defeated." 

If completed, the proceeds of die 
Walt Disney deal, worth £200 mil¬ 
lion. will be divided between the 
Garrick. Westminster School. The 
Royal Literary Fund and 8 member 
of A. A. Milne's immediate family. 

The deal between Disney and the 
Pooh Property Trust, which has an 
initial deadline of October l. depends 
on . the US Congress granting a 20- 
year extension on the copyright for 
the Pooh stories. Disney already has 


the film and television rights until 
-2006. but is offering £3X1 million for 
the extra 2D years. 

Both the Trust, Westminster 
School and the Royal UferaiyFund 
were in favour of the deal before the 
Ganidt Club signalled its agreement 
in principle yesterday. 

The mist will keep the paperback 
and hardback book rights, which 
should continue to yield six-figure 
royalty cheques for the beneficiaries, 
who also include the surviving family 
Of E. H. Shepard,, who are expected 
to receive £30 million before tax from 
the television rights sale. The other 
main beneficiaries, who currently 
receive about £2 million a year in 
royalties, have yet to declare what 
they will do with the lump sura 
should the deal come off. 


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Row over 
Labour’s 
‘flights for 
votes’ offer 

By James Landale 

POLITICAL REPORTER 

LABOUR is offering its mem¬ 
bers the chance to win free 
flights to America in an at¬ 
tempt to increase die number 
of telephone voters in the 
elections to the National 
Executive Committee. 

The decision to use tele¬ 
phone balloting for the first 
time sparked bitter internal 
fighting reminiscent of the 
1980s yesterday as left-wing 
candidates voiced fresh claims 
that the process could be open 
to abuse. 

Lord Sawyer, outgoing gen¬ 
eral secretary, insisted that the 
election was safe from ma¬ 
nipulation and said the Left 
was trying to hijack iL He was 
accused by Ken Livingstone, 
Labour IMP and NEC mem¬ 
ber, of betraying the trust of 
the parry’s grass roots. 

Any Labour members vot¬ 
ing by telephone between now 
and September will automati¬ 
cally be entered into a compe¬ 
tition to win two free Virgin 
Atlantic economy tickets to 
Washington DC. Those voting 
by post do not automatically 
enter the competition and 
instead have to fill out a 

sepanttoiocm.. .._ 

Participation in previous 
NEC postal ballots has tradi¬ 
tionally been low and. the 
results have tended to be 
determined more by-activists 
than by ordinary members." ’ 




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in protest at vote 


Continued from page I 
why the marriage wax unsat¬ 
isfactory right from the start” 
he said. “I was in total denial 
for all those years." 

Mr Long, minus clerical 
collar, was at the Street Life 
homosexual dub in Leicester 
in 1990 when he met Mr 
Crowe, a gay activist who 
works as an HIV, Aids and 
sexual health adviser. 

Soon Mr Ltmg was allowing 
his lover to stay overnight at 
the rectory. After three years 
together they agreed to have a 
blessing ceremony, the nearest 
homosexuals can come . to 
marriage. The Anglican 
Church does not officially 
approve these so, like many 
gay Christians, they turned to 
the Metropolitan Community 
Church for a “service of 
union”. .. 

. In Birmingham, surround¬ 
ed by 100 friends, they stood in 
matching white dinner jackets 
to exchange rings and wills, a 
gesture of protest against foe 
absence of inheritance rights 
for homosexual couples under 
British law. 

Mr Long has not officially 
"come out" ro his parishio¬ 
ners. “Kevin was around." he 
said. "They started to draw 
their own conclusions. I don’t 
know that they have ever 


heard it from my own mouth. 
It is perfectly dear they wish 
the situation were different 
They turn a blind eye to it 
because they quite like me.” 

Mr Long feels ambivalent 
about the threats by gay 
militants in Outrage! to expose 
homosexual dergy whom they 
perceive as taking a hypocriti¬ 
cal stance by officially backing 
anti-gay policies. 

“I can understand the anger 
of the people in Outrage! over 
what they see going on. While 
J can understand what they 
are doing, I think that for 
Outrage! to out certain bish¬ 
ops is an invasion of their 
privacy." 

He added: "If the church is 
serious about listening, then 
that listening has got to in¬ 
dude foe gay dergy. Our 
Christian experience is just as 
serious as anyone CISC’S. Gay 
dergy work just as hard as all 
the other dergy. It is time we 
were heard from,” 

The Archbishop of Canter¬ 
bury Dr George Carey said to 
gays after the Lambeth confer¬ 
ence voted against homosex¬ 
uality: “1 can only try to 
reassure them of my commit¬ 
ment to continue to listen and 
to cry to understand more of 
their experience of the 
Church.” 


NEWS IN BRIEF 


Boating survivor says 
boy died in his arms 

A survivor of foe boating tragedy in northern Italy in which 
a father a nd his son drowned and another son. is mis si ng, 
presumed told last nighthow one boy died in his anus 

two hours before they were rescued after a night in the 
water, John Littey. 43. lashed Luke Harris to foe 15ft; 
Speedboat to stop him drifting away, as foe seven-year-old 
boys father and brother had already done, and turned his 
attention to Saving his own children. 

Luke’s father, Richard, 50. died, and his brother, Timothy. 
13, is missing after the boat was caught in a freak gale on 
ijtke- Garda- Mr Litiey, from Aberdeen, said that Luke died 
as dawn broke over the lake. "I kept feeling him go. 1 was 
scared for fa™ and kept shaking him- Just before dawn I felt 
him goi I tried to resuscitate him, but be was so cold. 1 did 
Vhnt i could for foe lftfle one.” The four who survived after 
IS hours in foe water were Mr LiUey his son Andrew, 14, 
daughter Alison, 12, and Lukefs mother; Katherine, 42, from 
Renhold, Bedfordshire, who was in hospital last night 
recovering from hypothermia- Mr LilJey said: “The lake 
looked as smooth as could be. We were out for an hour and 
not far from foe coast when, all of a sudden, the waves 
started getting bigger and bigger and the wind rose." 

Stag hunting revolt 

A campaign to overturn the National Trust’s ban on 
staghunting on Exmoor and foe Quantock Hills in Somerset 
is being mounted in rural England. Friends of foe National 
Trust is urging the hundreds who left the Trust over the ban 
last year to rejoin before August 28 so that they can vote for 
seven pro-hunting candidates to foe organisation’s ruling 
council. Two are tikely to be foe Hon George Lucas, 
proposed by Lord Carrington, foe former Foreign Secretary, 
and seconded by foe actor Jeremy Irons; ami Luanda 
Green, foe former international three-day even ter. 

Farm campaign protest 

More than 4.000 sheep were transported across foe Channel 
yesterday as fanners launched- a campaign to win new 
markets by increasing livestock exports. Some 50 animal 
welfare activists demonstrated outside foe docks in Dover 
as II lorries carrying about400 lambs each entered foe port 
and drove aboard a ferry bound for Dunkirk. Richard 
Hardy, of Compassion in World Fanning, said: “Farmers 
are flying in the face of public opinion by trying to escalate 
this cruel and uneconomic trade." The number of live sheep 
shipped in the Continent has fallen after recent protests. 

Video ruling overturned 

A derision to deny a rating certificate to video containing 
explicit scenes of sexual intercourse has been overruled. 
Matin' Whoopee! had been refused a certificate by foe 
British Board of Film Classification in April despite an indi¬ 
cation last September that it would be rated RI8 for licensed 
sex shops. The board said that foe Video Appeals Committee 
was unanimous that the video was not obscene within the 
toms of the Obscene Publications Acts. Hie committee said 
that, apart from one lesbian scene, all the activity was 
heterosexual and non-violent 

Mooning tourists jailed 

Four British tourists were jailed after two of them pulled 
down their trousers and showed their buttocks at an ancient 
Minoan palace in Crete, according to reports from Greece. 
The four, identified as Shiva Mahalingam and Mit Kopeha. 
both 22. Daniel Mahen 26, and Vimal PateL 23, had been 
arrested in foe palace at the archaeological site of Knossos 
on charges of “causing a scandal by engaging in obscene 
acts", the reports said. Three of the fourwere sentenced to 
ten months in prison and foe other for seven months. The 
men. who expressed regret for their actions, are to appeal 

Judge bottles out 

A judge adjourned a hearing after discovering that foe 
defendant was his milkman. Vincent Gallagher, 35. of 
Henley Green. Coventry, had denied causing the death by 
dangerous driving of Cart Giles, 14. The teenager, who was 
helping the defendant with his milk round, drowned when 
foe van was swept away into foe River Leam during flash 
flooding near Eathorpe. Warwickshire, at Easter. Judge 
Wilson told Warwick Crown Court “I am somewhat 
embarrassed in that 1 am one of his customers." He 
adjourned foe case for trial at a date to be fixed later. 


Grandfather and baby vanish 


for Joanna Bale 

CONCERN was growing last night for 
the safety of a retired police inspector and 
his baby grandson, who disappeared 
after going out for a car ride bn Thursday 
afternoon. 

Fears that Gwilym Evans. 61. may have 
fallen ill close to his home in North Wales 
and been unable to return with 13-month- 
old Liam have ncri been confirmed. Thirty 
local people, including friends of Mr 
Evans, joined 60 police officers, an RAF 
helicopter and specialist -rescue teams 
yesterday in searching the coastline 
around Old Colwyn. 

Detective Superintendent Eric Jones, of 
North Wales Police, said that Mr Evans 
and his wife, Barbara, had been caring 
for Liam at their home while the child's 
parents, Gareth and Ruth, took their 
daughter. Sophia. 3. for a doctor's 
appointment. 

"Liam grew a bit boisterous at around 
3.15pm while Mrs Evans was playing 
with him. so Mr Evans offered to take the 
child off her hands," he said. "At that time 



Gwilym Evans and grandson Liam 

she assumed that the child had been 
taken upstairs or outride as he was due to 
be fed at 4pm. It.was only, some minutes 
later foot she realised that her husband 
had taken the car and she assumed that 
he had taken. Liam out in the local area. 

“After 4pm. concern grew for her 
husband and the child and at 6pm they 
were reported missing to the police. As 
far as we are aware. Mr.Evans wasin' 
good health, apart from an arthritis, 
problem in his back, for which he toed: 


some medication, but no tablets have 
gone missing. We are not aware of any 
history of depression. 

“There is the possibility that he has 
collapsed at the wheel, which has led to 
some sort of unfortunate car acddenL 
There is nothing whatsoever to suggest 
any haim would befall Liam at the 
hands of his grandfather. He is a doling 
grandfather, a mild-mannered.maiL" 

Mr Jones said that 'two sightings had 
been reported. On Thursday afternoon a 
friend spoke to Mr Evans, who was 
driving a maroon Vauxhall Vectra, at a 
filling station in Colwyn Bay. At Criccietb, 
50 miles away, a child was seen on swings 
ai 5pm with a man who rai led him L fem- 
Mr Evans's credit cards have not been 
used since he left home. • - • 

M r Evans, who isabout 5ft Sin tall with 
greyhnir and glasses, retired as. a 
detective inspector in 1986. He was 
deputy duef of foe CIO at COlwyn Bay. 
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bags are given short shrift 


FOR Ji months, MikeStorey made, 
shortwni k of delivering mail to200 ■ 
hoosehoWs in the Yorkshire Dales. 
He wore his navy shorts in rain 
and -shine..for two hours every 
morning, six days a wade. 

. Now, m a derision he saysis long 
cm officialdom and short bn com¬ 
mon sense. Mr Storey has been 
suspended. In shprt, the Royal 
Mail says his shorts are too just' 
short And unless he relents and 
agrees to wear the regulation 19 * 2 - 

tnch pair, he will not be allowed ib 

deliver mail again. 

The former Army FT instructor 
gives the Royal Mail's argument 
. short shrift, and claims the compa¬ 
ny's choice makes him look like an 
extra from It Ain't Half Hot Mum. 
“irs not as if I wanted to walk 
around in a G-string. I know irs 
the current style for young people 
to-wear long shorts, but I am 61 
yearsofage and I should be able to 
wear what I want 
When die Royal Mail 
sent me a pair of blue 
shorts, they virtually 
came down to my 
knees. They looked 
ridiculous. 

“My shorts are 
smart they are 13 
indies long, but the 
Royal Mail's are 6 b 
indies longer. They 
are the same colour 
as mine, but they are 
so long they, make me 
look like a character 
out of the TV show.” 

Mr Storey said he 
was wearing his " 
shorts when he was 
interviewed for the 
job in the North York- 
shire village of 
Ingfeton. “No one 
was in the least bit 
bothered then. $0 I 
can’t see what the. 


Paul Wilkinson 
on why a postal 
worker’s unofficial 
uniform led to 
his suspension 

about shorts, not my honesty or 
integrity. Some people say you 
have to stick to the rules.hut some 
rules need to be questioned and 
same need to be bent" . 

V His problems beganwhen a new 
manager appeared as he was 
sorting out mas to be delivered, 
halfway through his round. The 
manager insisted that Mr Storey 
go home to change and, when he 
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wear their shuts. They are too 

mriook ridfeukus.” 

The amateur actor — who has 
appeared in ITV&A Touch of Frost 
said dial people in the village 
were angry ai the decision to 
suspend him from his £54-a-week 
job. ”1 do a tot of fdlwapting and I 
wear them for that. It suits me to do 
my postal round in shorts" 

Anita Bany, secretary of the 
lnglemn Comrannity Cenire, said: 
“It is a stupid decision. Everyone 
around here knows Mike and it 
wouldn't be him if he wasn't 
wearing ids shorts.” . 

A Royal MaD spokesman said 
that it recognised the need for 
postmen and women to wear shorts 
in wanner weather, but added: 
“Rules are rules. We issue shorts in 
different sizes but. if 
someone wants to 
wear their own. pro¬ 
viding they . are 
deemed to be suitable 
by the line manager 
and compatible with 
Royal Mail uniform, 
that is ail right 
. “If the manager ob¬ 
serves that an im¬ 
proper item is being 
worn, he can take' 
action.” 

□ Knee-length shorts 
were first introduced 
into the British Array 
in the 1920s. The first 
written record of 
them was in the 1936 
army clothing regula¬ 
tions when, “at the 
discretion of the com¬ 
manding officer, two 
pairs of khaki drill 
shorts could be worn 
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1 he longer the better m 
the cool fashion stakes 

Don’t become a walking disaster, says Alex O’Connell 


MR STOREY’S shorts, which 
cut off the rirculationai the lop 
of the thighs, sag at the crotch 
and hug the bottom, are 
“totally uncool”, according to. 
the style police. Menswear 
buyers, sho^ assistants and 
soldiers say they wouldn’t be 
seen dead in'them. 

Short Shorts are SQttmfesh-- 
ienable that — unKke the 
polyester shht arid the fiqdb-, 
tube — fcey haven't .even 
gained the sort of second¬ 
hand, ironic cool associated'. 
with dothes so horrible feat 
they’re hipu If you don’t want 
to be a fashion disaster this 
summer, it seems you most let 
your shorts hang looser and- 
wear everything else baggy,... 

John Morgan. Times colum¬ 
nist and associate editor of 
GQ magazine, confirmed that 
Mr Storey was definitely 
going against the trend. “The- 
fashion row is , for longer 
drafts, combat shorts that are 
fairly long but above the knee, 
and board shorts; -which are- 
an the knee,” he saxL He 
added that the look for 1998-99 
would be “rally, really king 
shorts. Realty shprt shortsare 
only for athletic purposes — 
they show far too raudvteg 
and are unattractive.” 

Nick Walker, men’s casual- 
wear buyer at Harv^ Nich¬ 
ols, agreed, insisting that the 
realty fashionable are. step¬ 
ping out in die male equiva¬ 
lent of the now ubiquitous 
summer staple, the pedal- 
pusher. However, he offered. 


some sympathy to Mr Storey. 
_ “He is obviously wearing a 
short that be likes, but then 
' again. 1 have to wear a shirt, 
tie and snhtowork everyday, 
which I don’t always, like 
doing, and the Post Office has 
an image to maintain.” 

Steven Davies, manager of 
die men’s fashion shop Duffer 
of St'George, eh West London. 

. whose; bwp-fabel. " over^he- 
knee shorts and big trunks are 

popular this year, is convinced 

that die nattiest shorts to wear 
■this summer scrape die shins 
and leave -die knees weU- 
covered. “I certainty'wouldn’t 
: wear short shorts for die same 
reason that a woman wouldn’t 
wear them. I’d be so conscious 
.of how my bottom was 
looking." 

Camartt, a “workweai” 
. chain frequented by members 
of the pop group Shed Seven. 
Zoe Ball, Steven Berkofi and 
numerous Blue Peter present¬ 
ers, sells three styles of shorts 



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in cotton twill and paty-cotton. 
Jts shorts have many pockets 
and “hammer'’ loops at die 
waistband. Its “Master Ber¬ 
muda" line grazes the knee. 

T don’t- think shot shorts 
have -been fashionable for 
ages, not even with football¬ 
ers,” said Ben Joseph, a 
spokesman for Carhartt, yes¬ 
terday. They have a hideous- 
tyTjervcree image, the whole, 
idrapfdiinhis disgusting/^^ 

you want^tQ 1 look smart in 
shorts, you should wear the 
classic Bermuda variety, 
winch come , just above the 
knee. “They resemble, to an 
intents and purposes, abbrevi¬ 
ated trousers.” 

Mr. Walker was also con¬ 
cerned about Mr Storeys 
choice of footwear and admit¬ 
ted that he would never advise 
his customers to wear Hade 
shoes and grey socks with any 
pair of shorts. “From a fashion 
-point of view, a sandal is the 
most fashionable thing to 
wear with diem," he said. “But 
never with socks." 

The Army does not issue 
shorts to soldiers unless they 
are posted to tropica] coun¬ 
tries. Then they are given 
combat shorts a good few 
Indies longer than Mr Sto¬ 
reys. An Ministry of Defence 
spokesman said: “Our priority 
is to protect ourselves from 
biting insects and die last 
thing we want is bare flesh. 
Thestylenowisthe baggy 
things.” 


Reports of UFOs vanish 
mysteriously into space 

-•James IAnbaie, political reporter 


THE little green men from 
outer space have packed 
their bags, fired, up their 
flying saucers and headed 
home. Or perhaps we have 
just become a little, less 
credulous. 1 ■' 
Reported sightings of 
UFOs haw fallen dramad- 
«-aii y in Britain in the past 
year, according to die Min¬ 
istry of Defence. In 1996 609 
people told the ministry that 
they had seen an unidenti¬ 
fied flying object Last year 

the figure dropped to42&_In 

the first six months of this 
year only 88 people reported 


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Ministry officials differed 
from UFO experts yesterday 
in explaining the dedjn&A 

s pokesman suggested that 
Hollywood was to blame 
The unusually high 1996 
figures had been, prompted.' 
it said, by the fflm lodepen- 
deuce Day, with its story of 
aftss dying to-., desttw 
Earth. This was compound¬ 
ed by Men in Binds; fast 
yearti fibn labour aliens fiy* ■ 
mg an our planet Su mfarty 
high - numbers - occurred 
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Third Kind in the late1970s. 


when sightings rocketed 
from 435 to 75a - 
The^ spokesman' added 
that ffie Hak-Bopp comet 
-and last year’s 50th anniver¬ 
sary of an American pile* 
coining the term -“flying 
saucer" bad contributed , to 
the figured ‘There.was-a 
series of films and events, in 
1996 and 1997 which trig¬ 
gered off a spate qf reports 
from. the - public;*'be saldL 
“In cantrast. tbis year we 
have had the Worid Cup." ■ 
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attempt tofry to trivialise the 
UFO project” 

Gr^ram BirdsaH, editor 
of UFO Magazine, said 
offidal reports of settings 
had declined because the 
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the ministry. 

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Hill-NoTtofl. fte 83-year-oki 
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NEWS 5 



■WORE CAMARA 


Performer hails judge’s ruling in schizophrenia case as 
vindication of stage hypnosis. Deborah CoUcutt reports 


PAUL MCKENNA promised 
yesterday to bring bade his 
audience-partitipatibn^hypno¬ 
tism to Britain after -being 
cleared of turning a stage 
volunteer into asduzophremc. 

A High .Court-judge ruled 
that Christopher Gates, who 
was seeking £250J)00 in dam¬ 
ages and lost namings, had 
not proved his psychiatric 
illness was triggered fey the 
hypnotic spdJ McKenna put 
him under four years ago: ; 

McKenna. 34, a multimil¬ 
lionaire, said the verdict was a 
vindication of stage. hypno¬ 
tism but had cost mm . £1 mil¬ 
lion in lost, business and 
sponsorship. Hesaid he 
would npt change the tech¬ 
niques he used to convince Mr 
Gates that he could strut like 
Mick /agger, babble in' an 
-alien ■" language and see 
'through people’s .clothes using 
special glasses. 

Mr Gates was admitted to a 
psychiatric hospitalsuffering 
an acute schizophrenic epi¬ 
sode nine days after; being. 
hypnotised tty McKenna, who 
described.him in court as the. 
“star of the show".. 

Yesterday McKenna said: 
“Everything - stays aie same 
.This includes the warning 
about who should not partid- 
pate in my show. It was an 
adequate warning which he 
audience has to consider care:, 
fully before volunteering.^ 

He . added: “While we ted 
great sympathy for Mr Gates 
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nosis was not and could not 
have been the cause of his 
schiz o phrenia.” 

Mr Justice Toulson ruled 
dial Mr Gates's disease was of 
natural origin. Mr Gates, 29, 
was not in court to hear the 
judgment but was said to be 
bitterlydisappointed. V. 

The judge, said: Mr. Gates 
relapsed after he,'recovered 
from the initial attack because 
he stopped taking Ins rhedka- 
ttom Herejected claims by Mr 
Gates’s counsel drat he would 
never.work again. 

Mr Gates has been unable 
to returii to his trade as a 
■furniture po Esher since bring 
hypnotised: fay- McKenna -at 
the Swan Theatre in High 
Wycombe in 1994' His solici¬ 
tor,; Martin Smith, .said it was 
significant that the judge did 
nipt refer directly to the safety 
of stage hypnosis. “We are 
quite certain that in future all 
! stage hypnotists will givea full 


and proper wanting of the 
dangers involved." 
r Margaret Harper, of Cam¬ 
paign Against Stage Hypno¬ 
sis, who believes that the death 
of - her daughter, Sharron 
Tabarn, was caused by a stage 
hypnotist, said: “This judge 
has opened the floodgates. 
Every entertainer in pubs, 
dubs and nightclubs across 
the country wOl now think it’s 
okay ip hypnotise people." 

The combined court costs 
are estimated to be £500X100. 
.Mr Gates was awarded legal 
aid but McKenna, who chal¬ 
lenged that derision, will pay 
his own legal costs. 

Yesterday McKenna said he 
planned a comeback in which 
he would even return to the 
theatre where Mr Gates was 
hypnotised. The Swan Theatre 
said it would welcome him 
back with open arms. Stuan 
Griffiths, die general manag¬ 
er. -said: “He was always 
extremely good business for us 
and was so popular." 

McKenna, who gave up live 

stage performances in Britain 
in 1995 because he was “toured 
cniT after seven years on the 
road, said he missed the 
excitement of the stage. “It’s 
like a certain food that you eat 
too much and cant see any 
more. .. 

.“When you leave it for a 
while when you come baric to 
if again, it tastes great again.” 

Even before Mr Gates 
served his writ. McKenna was 
plotting his career on tele- 



Act ‘was a 


trigger 
for illness 


waiting 
to happen’ 


Paul McKenna with his manager and former fiancee. Clare Staples, after his High Court victory yesterday 


vision and in the United 
Stales. When the BBC tried to 
lure him away from his two- 
year £2Jj million contract at 
Carlton Television at the end 
of 1995. he used it to secure 
himself two television shows 
watched by an audience of 12 
million — The Paranormal 
World of Paul McKenna, with 
UFOs, reincarnations and 
frith healers and The Hypnot¬ 
ic World of Paul McKenna, 
where subjects believed them¬ 
selves to be models. Elvis 
Presley or a washing machine. 

He landed a deal in America 
worth £670,000 with ABC for 
a series of his own shows. 
There followed self-help tapes. 


business conferences and ce¬ 
lebrity clients. 

McKenna was invited onto 
the most popular chat show in 
America as a guest of Howard 
Stem and made a dancer, 
Amanda Ray, believe she was 
having an orgasm, securing 
his position in the gossip 
col umns up and down the 
county. Now he earns £15.000 
for live performances and 
£8.000 for business functions. 

Bom into a workingriass 
family in Enfield, North 
London, where he “fled” 
school at 16. he names his 
mam influences as Margaret 
Thatcher, Jesus and Billy Gra¬ 
ham. but now favours Bud¬ 


dhism. “I’m virtually a Bud¬ 
dhist I like it that Buddha was 
an ordinary man who perfect¬ 
ed himself.” 

He sought solace in books 
as a teenager, locking himself 
away for hours reading about 
acupuncture, rebirthing, 
shialsu and meditation and 
fantasising about becoming a 
James Bond-Style secret agent 

It was while hosting the 
breakfast show on Chiltem 
Radio that he was hypnotised 
by a guest and became fasci¬ 
nated by it He practised 
hypnotising his friends and in 
1987 put on a small show in a 
pub m Cambridge when 50 
people turned up. The follow¬ 


ing week, 100 came and by the 
next year he filled the Duke of 
York's Theatre in London. 

Now McKenna is head of 
his own empire, advising 
Frank Bruno, curing Bobby 
Davro*s fear of spiders and 
ftula Yates of migraines. 
From a private clinic in Ken¬ 
sington he treats all his celeb¬ 
rity clients, from the Duchess 
of York to Spike Milligan, for 
a charitable donation. 

Next door is the £650.000 
house he shared with his 
former fiancee Clare Staples. 
They split after a five-year 
relationship three years ago 
but she still manages his 
American business. 


CHRISTOPHER GATES was 
a latent schizophrenic whose 
illness would have developed 
at some stage in his life, 
according to medical evidence. 

The 29-year-old french pol¬ 
isher was the star of Paul 
McKenna's show an March 

10, 1994. strutting on stage 
like Mick Jagger and dancing 
like a ballerina. He also had 
to pretend to be an alien, and 
"babbled incoherently” 

In his witness statement, 
Mr Gales said: ”1 certainly did 
not believe that there was any 
risk of coming to any harm by 
being hypnotised, not even to 
any small exicnt. 1 had no fear 
at all. 1 though! f was in safe- 
hands.” 

Within hours of returning to 
his home. Mr Gates started 
giggling and crying uncontrol¬ 
lably. Nine days later he was 
admitted to the psychiatric 
ward of his local hospital and 
diagnosed as a schizophrenic. 

Edward Sedgewick. profes¬ 
sor of neurophysiology at 
Southampton University, 
said: “The experience of Chris¬ 
topher Gates being hypno¬ 
tised showed only that it 
triggered or unlocked the vul- 



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patients. Mesmer, however, 
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of his mistaken belief that it 


was an occult force; which be. 
termed “animal magnetism'', 
that flowed from: the hypno¬ 
tist to the subject. - 
- Mesmerism, named- after 
him, continued to fascinate 
medical practitioners until 
the middle of the 19th century 


when die English physician 
Janies Braid studied ft and 
coined the terms hypnotism 
and hypnosis. . 

In the 1880s Ambroise- 
Auguste Debeauh, an ob¬ 
scure French country phys¬ 
ician who used mesmeric 


techniques, excited the inter¬ 
est of Sigmund Freud, the 
founder of psycho-analysis, 
who visited France and was 
impressed bythe therapeutic 
potential of hypnosis for neu¬ 
rotic disorders. 

On his return to Vienna, 
Freud used hypnosis to help 
neurotics. recall disturbing 
events they had apparently 
forgotten but he later rejected 
the practice because of the 
difficulty he experienced in 
hypnotising some patients. 

The respectable branch of 
hypnosis, known as hypno¬ 
therapy, is used to aDievate 
patients' symptoms or to con¬ 
trol pain. It Is also used to 
conquer phobias, give up 
smoking or lose weight. 

John Gruzelier. professor 
of psychology at Imperial 
.College School of Medicine. 
London, said hypnosis and 


hypnotherapy were used ex¬ 
tensively and effectively 
throughout the medical pro¬ 
fession. “There are a number 
of areas where hypnosis can 
be far more effective than 
conventional medicine or can 
be used to complement it. It’s 
widely used to combat stress- 
related illnesses and to boost 
the immune system. 

“In laboratory tests with 
students we were able to 
improve their health at exam 
time, despite the stress, with 
hypnosis. A study we have 
done also shows that cases of 
patients suffering from geni¬ 
tal herpes were reduced by 
half after hypnosis.” 

He said the British Society 
of Medical and Dental Hyp¬ 
nosis ran regular courses for 
GPs and dentists who want¬ 
ed to use hypnosis as part of 
their treatment 


nerability which then became 
schizophrenia rather than dir¬ 
ectly causing it There is not a 
single report that says schizo¬ 
phrenia comes from hypnosis.” 

Doctors found no history of 
mental illness in the family. In 
his statement, he said he had 
been affected by the break-up 
of his parents' marriage. He 
described his childhood as 
very strict and recalled being 
beaten often by his mother, an 
alcoholic. 

When he was 15. he was 
accused of sexual assault “I 
found this experience extreme¬ 
ly traumatic involving as ft did 
a detailed interview in the 
presence of my father and 
having to explain intimately 
what 1 did.” 

He said that hi s first wife 
had confessed six weeks after 
their wedding that she was 
haring an affair. and eventu¬ 
ally left him. 

Since developing the schizo¬ 
phrenia he has been taking 
medication and will probably 
do so for the rest of his life. He 
spends his days at his flat in 
High Wycombe:, Bucking¬ 
hamshire, and says that he is 
unable to motivate himself to 
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Hippy ideals that powered a 
pile of junk across Atlantic 



Son of Town Hall In Castletown bere harbour 

63-day voyage in boat made from 
recycled rubbish c the high point 
of my art*. Audrey Magee reports 


THEY met ten years ago 
during a music festival in 
Canada: an ageing hippy, his 
wife, rhe manager of a hostel 
where they were staying, and 
an artist. This week, the four 
of them sailed into a harbour 
in southwest Ireland after a 
63-day Atlantic crossing in a 
boat made from the rubbish 
discarded by New Yorkers. 

"We didn't simply wake up 
one day and decide to cross the 
Atlantic," said Ed Garry, Son 
of Town Hall's 37-year-old 
skipper. “It evolved very grad¬ 
ually. but once it had set in we 
could not get rid of the idea." 

That idea had surfaced 
when Mr Garry, a Canadian, 
met D3vid. 65. and Betsy 
Pearlman, -16. who had taken 
their five children to Nova 
Scotia to busk, and their host 
Rodger Doncaster, 44. The 
four quickly discovered a com¬ 
mon love of sailing and the 
two single men developed a 
great admiration for the 
Pearlman’s attitudes to life. 
“They were not sitting back 
and letting things go by. but 
were making the most of life. 
We met initially through 
music but our relationship 
quickly turned to boats." Mr 
Gariy said. 

They began discussing the 
possibility of crossing the At¬ 


lantic in one of Mr Pearl man’s 
boats. The jazz musician, phi¬ 
losopher and artist had al¬ 
ready made six boats out of 
recycled material. He. his 
wife, children and numerous 
dogs lived on them on the 
Hudson river. 

They started working on the 
boat in 1992, naming it Son of 
Town Hall after one of Mr 
Peariman's earlier construc¬ 
tions. Town Hall. The only 
rule during the design and 
building of the craft was that 
all the materials used had to 
have been discarded by others 
to highlight the wastage of the 
consumer society. 

They completed the boat in 
1994 and took it on its first 
voyage, travelling from New 
York to Provincetown, Massa¬ 
chusetts, the following sum¬ 
mer. From there, the crew and 
boat gradually made their 
way up the coast to Newfound¬ 
land. Mr Garry is still embar¬ 
rassed by the Canadian 
coastguards' decision to tow 
them back to land when they 
got into difficulty last year 
during their failed first at¬ 
tempt to cross the Atlantic. 
“People accused us of wasting 
state resources," he said. “But 
we are prepared to pay our 
way." 

As he spoke, the boat 



NEWS IN BRIEF 


One-armed man swims 
ashore after boat sinks 

A oseaxmed yachtsman was recovering last night after 
swimming 4*4 miles in darkness and staling a 150 ft dift 
when ius boat sank. Bruno Jourdren, 37, below, from 
Brittany,was taking part in the Solitaire du Figaro race 
from .Cherbourg to Dublin when his boat Nintendo, hit 
rocks off St David's Head, Pembrokeshire. He managed to 

put out a mayday signal before __ 

jhrowmg himself into the water. ~ 

M Jourdren, who lost the use of Jflr ffUk 

'his right arm in a road aeddent 

when he was 9. swam for several ' 

hours; wearing a lifejacket and 

survival suit to reach the bottom - jf r 

of sheer diffs at Gesall Bay. He . 

was found on the cliffs by the • • 

Milford Haven coastguard, who 

had begun an air and sea search 

for him, and was given a check-up 

arMomston Hospital in Swan- —B 

sea. " Everything happened very, 

very quickly.” be sail! The sea was very rough at the time 
and swimming was extremely hard, especially with just otic 
aim. Once I got ashore 1 bad a rest in a little cave. Then 1 
dimbed up the dift where 1 knew 1 would be safe. I waited 
there for what seemed like hours until T heard the sound of 
the helicopter.” 


David and Betsy Pearlman celebrating their Atlantic crossing with a pint of stout at McCarthy’s bar yesterday 


moored in Castletown bere. Co 
Cork, came under scrutiny 
from a growing crowd of 
tourists curious to catch a 
glimpse of the crew and their 
three dogs, two rottweilers 
(Thor and Sigfried) and a 
short-haired Mexican terrier 
(Willy). They had been aiming 
for France, where they still 
intend to go, but were blown 
off course after being be¬ 
calmed: in 12 days they had 
travelled less than 200 miles of 
the 2J00-mile joumey. 

“It became a bit worrying 
because we had enough food 
for 90 days and at the rate we 
were going in early June it was 


going to take us 200,” Mr 
Doncaster said. “We thought, 
■What the hell, well end up 
somewhere— Europe, Asia or 
Iceland’. We knew we would 
hit land eventually." 

In mid-Atlantic they were 
hit by a force nine gale. “I lived 
through levels of fear 1 never 
knew I had." said Mr 
Pearlman. who calls himself 
Poppino Neutrino after his 
family's jazz band. The Flying 
Neutrinos. When they sur¬ 
vived the storm, he said that 
he knew he was safe.. 

“At times, in the middle of 
the ocean. 1 thought I was a 
silly old fool. But for years I've 


been drawn to adventure like 
a moth to flame, irspartofmy 
philosophy that all things can 
be many things, and that's 
why this voyage has been the 
high point of my art so far." 

Mrs Pearlman, a jazz musi¬ 
cian and painter from San 
Francisco who acted as cook 
and navigator, said: "There 
were no disasters because we 
were very thorough about 
what we did and we followed 
all the rules. We never left our 
cabins without our lifejackets 
and never, ever went on deck 
without our harnesses. We 
were not reckless.” 

The bedraggled crew, who 


still aspire to the ideals of the 
1960s. circumvented most 
rows through negotiation. Mr 
Garry said: “We had our own 
cabins, so we had a place to go 
to be alone, but we were aware 
that being hemmed up in such 
a confined space for such a 
long time was difficult for 
everybody. We talked through 
any problems we had." 

When not repairing sails 
and fiddling with the engine, 
the crew sang songs, played 
music and told stories. They 
also watched videos on their 
well-equipped craft: it has a 
self-steering, radar and a glob¬ 
al positioning system. 


Man killed wife 
after sex taonts 

Thomas Reid. 41, was jailed 
for life by the High Court in 
Edinburgh after admitting 
the murder of his wife 
Margaret 42. Reid, a paint¬ 
er ana decorator, from Edin¬ 
burgh. had nursed his wife 
Of 20 years through a long 
fitness, but had been taunt¬ 
ed about his sexual prowess 
after she recovered. He was 
said to have stabbed and 
beaten his wife to death, 
unable to take siy more and 
believing his family of four 
chfidren. was bring torn 
apart by arguments. 


Solicitor became 
pregnajatbydient 

A solicitor was sacked after 
becoming pregnant by a cli¬ 
ent whose divorce case she 
was handling, an industrial 
tribunal-in Middlesbrough 
was fold. Katherine Scaife, 
39, was dismissed for gross 
misconduct She is claiming 
compensation for sex dis¬ 
crimination from Richard 
Krtaggs. who runs the Red- 
car practice where she work¬ 
ed. alleging dial he sacked 
her because she was preg¬ 
nant. not because of the af¬ 
fair. The tribunal's findings 
wfll be issued later. 


Sailors meet boy they helped 

A 12-year-old boy from Sierra Leone can look forward to a 
healthy life; thanks to the crew of a Royal Navy frigate. 
Sailors from HMS Cornwall, who raised £3,000 to send 
Hallasan Kamara to England for a life-saving operation to 
remove a giant tumour on his face, were reunited with him 
yesterday-when their ship returned to Plymouth after a six- 
month mission to die wartom West African state. When the 
crew first met Hallasan, he had trouble eating, breathing 
and talking and did not have long to live. The tumour was 
removed a month ago at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East 
Grinstead, West Sussex. Hallasan, who will return home 
. next Tuesday, said: “I cant wait to see my friends." 


Boy dies in drug clinic pool 


A BOY aged four drowned 
after felling into a swimming 
pool at a drug addiction 
treatment clinic, police said 
yesterday. 

Angus Grimes, from Yeovil 
in Somerset, had been staying 
with his mother at the drug 
and alcohol rehabilitation 
centre near BidefordL Devon. 
The incident, which happened 
on Thursday, was described 
by police as a "tragic 
accident". 

It is understood that the 
swimming pool at Hele 
House. Littleham, had been 
unused for a number of years 


By Simon de Bruxelles 

and Was full of dixty rain water 
and leaves. Angus was discov¬ 
ered floating in the pool by his 
mother who raised the alarm 
after realising he was missing. 
A doctor and the air ambu¬ 
lance went to the scene, but 
attempts to resuscitate the 
child failed. 

His distraught mother and 
father, who are separated, 
were being comforted by hos¬ 
pital staff yesterday. A spokes¬ 
men for Somerset County 
Council, said the aeddent was 
being investigated by the 
county's social services depart¬ 
ment to discover who was 


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responsible for referring the 
woman to the centre. 

He said: *We will be looking 
into this although there are no 
suspicious circumstances. 
This would seem to be a tragic 
aeddent and we can only 
express our shock at this 
woman's loss.” 

Heale House, a private drug 
and alcohol rehabilitation 
centre owned by Rosemary 
Slee, has three registered care 
beds and seven hostel beds. 

It was Mrs Slee who recov¬ 
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never regained consciousness 
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MICHAEL OWEN is feeing a 
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after his prodigious football 
talent — his most precious 
asset. The day after the World 
Cup final an opportunist with 
an eye on Owen’s fantastic 
marketing potential applied to 
register the striker’s name as a 
trademark. 

The Patent Office has yet to 
examine an application by 
Michael Ellis, of Bishop's 
Stortford, Hertfordshire, on 
July 13 to exploit the football¬ 
er’s public image to sell shoes, 
leisure wear and clothing. If 
an examiner accepts the appli¬ 
cant’s case, Owen's name will 
be published in the Trade¬ 
marks Journal, forcing the 
player to object or risk losing 
control of a trade in Owen 
shins and boots potentially 
worth millions of pounds. 

The blow comes as sources 
close to Owen say that he is 
expected to sign two or three 
new contracts in the coming 
year, doubling his portfolio of 
commercial deals. Owen, IS, is 
believed to be the youngest 
person whose name has been 
lodged at the Patent Office for 
registration as a trademark. 
Even if the application fails, it 
is expected that, before he is 
20. he will be referred to as 
Michael Owen ®. 

He would be joining an elite 
group of footballers including 
Alan Shearer. Ryan Giggs 
and the retired Manchester 
United star Eric Cantona 
whose names are so valuable 
that they are classified as 
intellectual property. David 
Seaman, the England goal¬ 
keeper, has had “Safe Hands” 
accepted by the Patent Office 
as his trademark. 

Helen Holiier. at Tony Ste¬ 
phens Associates. Owen's 
agents, said: “Obviously other 
players have their names reg¬ 
istered as trademarks. It 
would be something that 
Michael would do.” 

Opportunists often register 
trademarks that are likely to 
become valuable so that they 
can sell them to the perceived 
rightful owner. Ted Blake, of 
the Chartered Institute of Pat¬ 
ent Agents, said: “People go on 
holiday and think, Thars a 
good product. Ill register it as 
a trademark and if they come 
here they will have to buy it off 
me for millions of pounds.’" 

Timing is everything. The 


England’s young 
striker is having 
to defend the 
rights to his own 
name, Dominic 
Kennedy reports 

family of Diana, Princess of 
Wales, were beaten in their 
attempts to turn her into a 
trademark by people who, 
within hours of her death, 
were applying for the rights to 
her name and sobriquets such 
as the People’s Princess. 

Owen made such an im¬ 
pressive start to his interna¬ 
tional career in the World Cup 
that Joao Havelange, former 
president of football's govern¬ 
ing body Fifa, has made an 
unprecedented request to Eng¬ 
land for a replica of the 
striker’s No 20 shirt. Within a 
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FOOTBALL 
SATURDAY 
Pages 32-35 


the world’s top five earners in 
football, making between 
£8 million and £10 million and 
overtaking Shearer, as well as 
David Beckham. 

The present highest earners 
are all Brazilians. Luiz 
Nazario de Lima, otherwise 
known as Ronaldo, leads the 
field with an annual E20J5 mil¬ 
lion. followed by Denilson 
de Oliveira, Rivaldo and 
Roberto Carlos, according to 
BusinessAge magazine. 

Their enormous earnings 
from transfer fees and dub 
salaries are often matched by 
the amounts they get from 
sponsorship and promotion of 
products including sports¬ 


wear and computer games. 
Owen has only two commer¬ 
cial contracts: a six-year deal 
with Umbro sportswear worth 
£5 million, and one with Tissot 
Watches of Switzerland for an 
estimated £100.000 a year. 
Both were signed before the 
World Cup. 

He has already turned 
down a reported £30 million in 
sponsorship deals in the 
month since France 98, but 
will probably sign a further 
two or three contracts with 
blue-chip companies during 
die Premiership season that 
begins today. It he follows the 
lead of sports stars such as 
Gary Lineker. David Ginola 
and the boxer Prince Naseem, 
who all have lucrative con¬ 
tracts to endorse products 
from crisps to shampoo, he 
will become exceedingly rich. 

The conditions for accepting 
a deal are that the products 
must be nan-conflicting, so he 
would be unlikely to promote 
rival brands of soft drinks, 
and that they must use his 
image more than his time. 
Owen’s associates say that he 
wants to stay focused on his 
football. 

Since die World Cup finals, 
he has started a column for the 
News oj the World rumoured 
to be worth £120.000 a year. 
He has also taken delivery 
of a Jaguar XK8 convertible 
worth £55.000. Shearer and 
Beckham, also on the books of 
Tony Stephens Associates, 
have the same model. The 
value of this kind of deal to a 
motor manufacturer is shown 
by yesterdays Daily Star. 
which devoted its front page 
and two inside pages to pic¬ 
tures of Beckham parking his 
new car. 

BusinessAge estimates that 
Beckham earned £8.1 million 
last year and Shearer 
£7.75 million. Sponsorship 
deals typically include a large 
signing-on fee. so both play¬ 
ers' incomes are expected to 
decline in the coming year, 
after the advertising frenzy 
that preceded the World Cup. 
Tony Stephens Associates’ 
greatest coup has been to get 
Umbro to pay E25 million for a 
14-year deal ending when 
Shearer is 42 and, presum¬ 
ably, retired. 

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them aged under 40, wiD 
descend (Hi die Royal Festival 
Hall tomorrow for seven 
hours of non-stop ballroom 
dancing. • -. 

The event, run by Peggy 
Spencer, is die climax of the 
three-week E90.000 “Blitz 96" 
and will feature both Olympic- 
style “dance sport" and social 
ballroom dancing. It comes as 
dance promoters report a re¬ 
surgence of interest in social 
and competitive dancing, 
thought to be the result of 
Olympic recognition granted 
last year. 

Fortnum and Mason an¬ 
nounced yesterday that it was 
to introduce twice-weekly tea 
d a n ces with a live orchestra in 
its St James’s restaurant in 
October. The Savoy reintro¬ 
duced big band dancing this 


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V \ 


Dancing atClaridge’s 
in the earfy 1900s , 


summer, and tea dances at the 
Waldorf in London are regu¬ 
lar sellouts, sometimes weeks 
in advance. ■ 

Piers Marlow-Thomas, of ' 
Fortnum and Mason, said: 
‘There is a huge interest in 
social dancing. It is part of a 
long-running campaign we 
have to rebuild interest in tea. 
Wheii you hdp people to make 
the Hint betweoi. tea and 
dandng. it becomes vay : obvi¬ 
ous. People Kke to -have the 
opportunity to do something 
slightly different." 

No research has been done 
info die number of ballroom . 
dancers in Britain, although 
estimates vary from500JXX) to 
five milGoh. There are about 
3,000 registered dance sport 
competitors. ' r 

But, according ~ to John 
Leach, the: editor of Dance 
News, individual schools, such 
as the Manchester-based one 
ran-by die .promoter Nigd 
Honrocks, are being filled to 
capacity by social dancers and 
do not have space to meet the 
demand - . 

The British Dance Council, 
tiased in Terpsichore House, 
London, which oversees die 
professional side'of ballroom 
dandng. has been holding a 
series of meetings with, teach- 
ers and coaches to.cfiscass how 
better, to market; ballroom 
dandng.... . . . 

' AtJ the. -same time, dance 
associatibn& through die Cen¬ 
tral Council for Physical 
Recreation, are" lobbying to 
have it introduced toprunary 
and secondary schools as pan . 
of the sports curriculum. 

Jonathan Crossley, 2A, who. 
with his partner Kytie Jones. 
20^ will be demonstrating the 








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Rupert MeDor and Jayne Dowle they say ballroom dancing is cool and radical 


an of competitive dance sport 
at the Festival Hall tomorrow, 
and who will represent Eng¬ 
land in the United Stales open 
championships next month, 
said: “ Ballroom dancing is 
definitely changing. 

- “On the dance spent side, it 
has become exceptionally 
competitive." he added. 
“Feople are starting to think of 
it more as a sport rather than 
associate it with people in 


funny outfits going round the 
floor." 

However, he drew a distinc¬ 
tion between soda! and com¬ 
petitive dancing: “1 started 
dandng when I was four. 1 
also played football and could 
have become a professional 
footballer. When 1 was 15 1 
was invited to Arsenal for a 
day. 

“Dancing is not just a game 
to us. I have never danced 


sod ally. I always dance for a 
reason, and that is to win if it 
is a competition, or to improve 
if it is a practice." 

Admittance to Peggy Spen¬ 
cers Blitz 93 at the Festival 
Hall, which will also include 
demonstrations by two forma¬ 
tion teams from Wales and by 
amateur Latin champions 
Matthew and Nicole Cutler, is 
free. 


AS A child in die 1970s, I 
adored watching dandng on 
television. The synchronised 
glitter of Sunday Nigkt At 
The London Palladium, the 
cleverly co-ordinated outfits 
of Seaside Special and — 
meat of treats—the big bucks 
and impossible hairdos of 
Come Dandng. Show me a 
couple cha-cha-chaing in 
nothing more than a catsuit 
and a wisp of glitter and 1 was 
enthralled. 

By 14. though. I was more 
concerned with acquiring the 
latest Cure single. The ball¬ 
room bug didn’t bite again 
until the second year of univ¬ 
ersity. I had a friend and 
together we were dynamite. 
Or thought we were. Every 
party, every ball we threw 
ourselves across dance floors 
without a formal step between 
us. When a sign went up for 
ballroom dandng lessons, 
that was iL 

The waltz was our speciality 
and. alter six weeks of hell 
and private tuition, we came 
second in the inter-collegiate 
competition. There was talk of 


Jayne Dowle 

loves a chance 
to show off 

university level, but the loom¬ 
ing threat of finals pul paid to 
that. 

I didn't dance properly 
again until last year. A chance 
conversation with a colleague 
and an invitation to the Rjvoli 
Ballroom in Crofton Park, 
southeast London, and all die 
old excitement came bade the 
legitimised showing-oH the 
discipline and the sheer thrill 
of learning something physi¬ 
cal when ! spend all day at a 
desk. I coerced a partner and 
started lessons again and now 
go dandng at least once a 
month. 

And I'm not the only one. 
Ballroom dandng for plea¬ 
sure is increasingly popular 
with those in their late twen¬ 
ties and early thirties. Bui big 
beat nights are in little danger 
of being invaded by couples 


tangoing through the dry ice. 
Diversity of choice is the point 
of Nineties dub culture. 

The dub explosion of die 
late 1980s and 1990s created a 
dimate where anything went 
and cabaret provided a wel¬ 
come relief to boring 
shoegazing, it was smart to 
dress up and look as if you 
cared, to watch a floor-show 
in a sweaty nightdub. Then 
the easy-listening boom devel¬ 
oped, li became fashionable 
to listen to Bun Bacharach 
and go to dubs where you 
could dress as your mother 
did in 1965. 

Buf what is the appeal for 
me now that I’ve grown out of 
wanting a big Come Dancing 
frock? Well the fun aside, it 
has to be the look on a style 
victim's face when you tell 
them what you did on Satur¬ 
day night For what such 
"trendsetters" don’t realise is 
that being outrageously un¬ 
cool is just about the coolest 
thing you can do. 

□ The author is the editor of 
The Times Metro section 


Strictly for supersmoothies 


I AM a 31-year-old male, in 
good health and sound mind, 
and I am a ballroom dancing 
enthusiast What's more. I’m 
not alone. If you want to stay 
a step ahead in the dubbing 
stakes, there’s no statement 
more radical than a sultry 
tango. Ballroom or Argentin¬ 
ian. it doesn’t matter. The new 
punk, ladies and gentlemen. 
is baBroom dandng. 

For me, h all began one 
summer evening in 1992, 
when 1 was knocked out from 
frame one of Baz Luhrmann's 
Strictly Ballroom and be¬ 
came part of the generation 
who saw that film and said “I 
really must Jeam." 

Two years later. I had 
become a member of a still 
newer generation — who saw 
Strictly Ballroom, said “1 
really must learn,'’ anefhever 
got round to it But finally 1 
booked a place on "Brian’s 
Ballroom For Beginners” at 
London’s Drill HalL And 
never looked back. 

I thought I’d only ever get to 
step out at weddings, but 
opportunities to practise my 


Rupert Mellor 

on the joys of 
being cheesy 

new skill seemed to multiply. 
Easy listening one-nigh ters 
sprang up all over town. 1 was 
introduced to vast gorgeous 
ballroom venues packed to 
capacity with twenty and 
thrrtysomethings quickstep¬ 
ping Saturday nights away, 
then Mike Flowers appeared, 
joyously (o reinvent the 
cheesy sensibilities of bad 
1960s light entertainment. 

This is no wholesale rerun 
of a bygone era of bow-ties 
and beehives. My generation 
has done its cultural duty: we 
chucked out our cultural in¬ 
heritance in our youth and 
now. at the safe distance of 
more than a decade, can 
reimport the bits we like. Such 
as over-orchestrated pop 
music. And sharp outfits 
rkrangecore” evenings saw 
the return of the “dressed-up 


crowd" long before ravers 
ditched their Nikes for Gucci 
loafers). And asking strangers 
if they’d care to cha-cha-cha. 

What hasn’t been invited 
bade is the stiffness, the 
formality, the prissiness, of 
the ballroom of yore. I want 
to trot out the kind of 
supersmooth tango that 
James Bond would be proud 
of, not grin and glide like one 
of those lacquered peacocks 
on Come Dancing. 

So is ballroom poised to 
sweep the nation? Or have 1 
merely stumbled into a tea- 
dan ring underground that al¬ 
ways existed? Six of one, half 
a dozen of the other. I’d say. If 
you're holding out for a 
sequinned revolution, don’t 
shine your dandng shoes just 
yet But an evening of Latin is 
definitely easier to find than 
five years ago. And if you 
can't find a wedding guest 
with a few moves up her 
sleeve, well perhaps you’re 
not trying hard enough. 

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green light, ^writes Arthur Leathley 


THE prospect of being able to 
travel around by bus. Under¬ 
ground and even taxi without 
having to show a ticket,'gain¬ 
ing loyalty bonuses in the 
process, came nearer reality 
for miliums of passengers' 
yesterday when the worid's 
biggest smartcard system fora 
transport network was un- 
veflecL 

The £1 billion deal to revolu¬ 
tionise travel in London is the 
precursor of a national elec¬ 
tronic transport ticket It win 
enable passengers to pass 
through ticket gates and on to 
buses without removing the 
cards from their wallets or 
handbags. • 

The smartcards can be 
topped up with funds directly 
from a bank account— includ¬ 
ing via telephone banking —. 
ending the need for tickets to 
be bought in person. 

The smartcards, initially 
available to regular travellers 
on London Underground and 
buses, are expected to be 



Travelcards will run fn : 

tandem with smartcards 

taken up rapidly by strain , 
companies across the country. 
Some six million passengers a 
day use buses and Under- : 
ground trains in London each 
day; almo st half using season 
tickete, which are best suited 
to tiie smartcard system. 

Frequent travellers wtH be 
rewarded for their loyaltywith •' 
extended season tickets, free- 
journeys or spatial services 

duringthefr^d^T^- ' 1 . 

The can&atie dsoatqpectod 
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the capital 

would ^^^SpMeTbl? 
leisure activities sucfras entiy 
to museums; mid even for use' 
atmajorretailers. : 

Hie prqjecfc named IT Presr 
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London TrarfcporF and Tran- 
Sys, a fburipartnec , consor¬ 
tium that wfll fund a hhge 
overhaul of ticket maduaes 
and automatic barriers. Work 
will begin at the start of next 
year to renew ticket machines 
on 5.800 London buses and 
later next yearjdertronfc gates 


enabting smartcard use wfll 
be'fitted to the first of 180 
Underground stations that do 
. not have automatic barriers. 

The cards are designed to- 
Hcnd the “fumble faaor” in 
which queues quickly buildup 
because passengers are sear- 
. cfaing for cash or tickers. 

For the transport operator, 
the benefits are fee greater. . 
The cards, which, cany a 
photograph of the user, reduce 
invalid travel to nfiglible lev¬ 
els. Already. electronic gates 
on London-Underground are 
thought to have reduced the 
amount of ticket fraud by 
£30millionayear. 

The cards also enable trans¬ 
port companies to bufld up a 
profile of travel pattens. 
However,^ TranSys insists 
that users' wfll not be identifi¬ 
able individually. . 

By 2000, new ticket ma- 
dunesvAll be installed at Ti*e 
. and bus stations and hun¬ 
dreds of retail outlets indud- 
■ ing newsagents.. Ticket 
machines at busy stations will 
also offer touchscreen infor¬ 
mation and a multilingual 
.service. 

The smartcards are expect¬ 
ed to be in use across the 


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• buying season tickets, whether 
annually or weekly. The exist¬ 
ing tickets with magnetic 
strips will continue to be used, 
.probably indefinitely. 

• The TranSys consortium in¬ 
cludes EDS, the controversial 
US-hased information tech¬ 
nology company that .was 
accused last year by Labour 
MPs of' having too great a 
dominance of gov&nment ser¬ 
vices. The company has con¬ 
tracts worth nearly £3 billion 
to run computer services for 
foeInland Revenue. Depart¬ 
ment for Education and Em- 
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Security -D^artment. Other 
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ihe leading -.airaTOaer;^c»m- 


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:wodd leader ' in automated 
tid&sysfans. ; - r - 

Contactless smartcards are 
.1 already 1 used . bn transport 
systems in Hong Kong, Mos¬ 
cow and Seoul as wdl as 
smaller schemes in Britain. 
Hertfordshire County Coun- 
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Old trainspotter 
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sadder but wiser 


Bv Paul Wilkinson 



New name, same anorak; tnunspotters now prefer to call themselves gricers 


THE language of train¬ 
spotting has changed so 
much that a middle-aged 
enthusiast returning to his 
youthful passion found that 
he could hardly communicate 
with the new breed. 

Rod Warrington. 54. from 
Chester, who had not scrib¬ 
bled down an engine number 
for 15 years, decided to write 
a spotters' dictionary aft e r 
being at a loss for words on 
his favourite line across the 
moors between Settle and 
Carlisle. His Trainspotters' 
Almanac is the result. 

Mr Warrington. 54. said: "1 
was told that ‘gritting’ was 
now the correct term for what 
we would be doing. Appar¬ 
ently ‘trainspotting' had be¬ 
come paste. There's a lot 
more jargon these days that I 
have never heard of. I had to 
write this dictionary so more 
people can get involved and 
enjoy it as much as ! do." 

Although the new Oxford 
dictionary out this week in¬ 
cludes “gricers" it offers no 
explanation for its origins. 


and nor can Mr Warrington. 
Among other in-terms is the 
derogatory “festoons" for 
those collectors of train pic¬ 
tures and sounds often seen 
covered in cameras and tape 
recorders. 

The festoons in turn ridi¬ 
cule the number collectors as 
“bashers", who can be sub¬ 
divided into steam bashers, 
wagon bashers and even line 
bashers, who get their thrills 
riding different routes. 

Signals are known as 
“pegs" or “sticks" and engines 
with a gap between toiler 
and main chassis are “dough¬ 
nuts". The name “chopper" 
denotes one dass of engines 
from the noise it makes, and 
“nodding donkeys" means a 
bumpy ride 

A railwayman at Settle 
station said yesterday: “I have 
recently heard a Tew spotters 
use 'gricer' and some other 
words I haven't heard before. 
It's not the same as it was. 
The older ones did it to relax, 
but now it seems to be a bit or 
a competition." 


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No barks, bites or fleas 
with Rover the robot 


AIMING to improve on na¬ 
ture. engineers at electronics 
giant Sony have created a 
robot dog that is obedient, 
house-trained and guaranteed 
not to bite. 

The dog that emerged from 
the laboratory after four years 
of hush-hush research can 
walk, run. chase a ball, sit up 
and beg, all in response to 
voice commands. In place of a 
brain, the hi-tech canine is 
endowed with a microcom¬ 
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era and microphone take the 
place of eyes and ears. Con¬ 
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tury" is anything resembling a 
mouth. This is expected to be a 
big selling point for people 
who like the idea of owning a 
dog. but not the chores of 
feeding, watering and clean¬ 
ing up after it. 

“We wanted to produce a 
trouble-free animal compan¬ 
ion for home entertainment." 
says Gene Huh. of Sony's 
planning department. “The 
robot dog is idea] for yuppies 
and other people who want a 
pet without the mess." 

Most Japanese city-dwellers 


Hi-tech canine 
is likely to be a 
millennial must, 
writes Robert 
Whymant 
in Tokyo 


live in cramped apartments, 
where rules forbid the keeping 
of pets. Mr Huh points out. 
Deprived of the company of a 
dog or car. many will leap at 
the chance to own an anorexic 
substitute that does not smell, 
sheds no hairs, and only barks 
when its internal battery is 
running low. 

Sony shies away from boast¬ 
ful claims, but by all accounts 
this will be the first sophisti¬ 
cated home robot for the mass 
market. The images and 
sounds picked up by the 
camera and microphone are 
processed by a central process¬ 
ing unit, which controls indi¬ 
vidual motors inside the neck. 



Prototype: Dr Who's K9 

legs and tail. The robot repro¬ 
duces various movements of a 
dog. following patterns set by 
computer programs. 

Sony hopes to put its clean 
dog on the market around the 
year 2UU0. In the meantime, 
engineers who developed the 
prototype in the laboratory 
code named “D2I" — dream of 
the 21st century — are under 
orders to keep their creation 
under wraps. Requests by The 
Times to see the robot proto¬ 
type were refused “because 
many things still have to be 
unproved", according to a 
company spokesman. 
Yoshikazu Ochtai. 

Just how intelligent the dog 


will be is dearly a bone of 
contention. One of the initial 
teething troubles was to devise 
software that could teach the 
robot to recognise its name 
and turn round on cue. 

“Whether the robot dog is 
more intelligent than a real 
dog will depend on what 
programmes we can install," 
said Mr Ochiai. 

Also in need of improve¬ 
ment, he admits, is the robot's, 
steely appearance. Cuddling 
the robot is tike wrapping 
one's arms around a can of 
lubricant 

The robot’s most unusual 
feature is its multiple identi¬ 
ties. The head and limbs have 
their own motor and control 
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Prime Minister, sacked Winston Peters, the Treasurer and 
her deputy {Astrid Smeele writes). Mrs Shipley said she was 
prepared to govern as a minority administration. To date, 
her National Party has been supported by New Zealand 
First- But the 19-month-oki, centreright Government was 
thrown into turmoil on Wednesday when Mr Peters and 
four other NZ First ministers walked out of a Cabinet 
meeting in protest at plans to sell the state's 66 per cent 
stake in Wellington, international airport 
To run an effective administration, Mrs Shipley wQl need 
to persuade at least eight New Zealand First MJPs in the 120- 
seat Parliament to join her forces. 

Balloonist’s wind of change 

Steve Fassetrs hopes of dhtvnnimvigating the world in a 
balloon are rising (Gabriella Gamini writes). After days 
trapped in a slow wind zone over the Indian Ocean, he was 
reported to have successfully. manoeuvred his helium 
balloon towards faster winds. To achieve this, the American 
had to take his Solo Spirit balloon tp 28,000ft, die highest ; 
altitude of his seven-day flight.JRob.Rice. chief meteorohg' 
gist af the mission comrol centre in SrLouis, Missouri, saiaS. 
"We are still in the race for a global, flight.” • 

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Bering: Floodwaters cm the Nen River in northeast China;. 
bum a dyke, threatening the nearby Daqing oilfield, the 
country’s largest producing one million barrels a day, 
Xinhua news agency reported.-About . 2QCLOOO workers . 
toiled round the clock to build new flood defences after the 
Nen ripped a '1,640ft hole in the dyke. Another 20.000 
people were evacuated before the dyke burst The agency 
said that the majority of the 20.000 wells were still 
operating normally. (Reuters) 

Copernicus book stolen 

Kiev: A rare book by the Polish 
astronomer Copernicus, right 
published .in 1543 has been stolen 
from Ukraine's National Vern¬ 
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work in the world,” Aleksei' 

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was written in Latin. /Reuters/ • 

Burma expels activists 1 

Rangoon: Eighteen foreign activists were sentenced to five 
years in prison with hard labour for handing, out pro- 
democracy leaflets, but will be deponed from Burma today. 
Moments after a judge sentenced the activists — six 
Americans, three Malaysians, three Indonesians, three 
Thais, two Filipinos and one Australian — an official from 
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sentences and saying they would be expelled on condition 
they would not violate Burmese laws again. AP 

Child-eating wolves hunted 

Lucknow: Government-appointed hunters are scouring the 
countryside in India's most populous state for wolves that 
have killed 30 village children aged between one and nine 
since. March. The hunters combing jungles around villages 
in the northern Uttar. Pradesh province have so far killed ll 
wolves. “Operation Wolfirack" was launched shortly when 
the first killing was reported- Similar killings of wolves in 
1996 after attacks on children led to protests from'animal 
rights activists in the state. (AP) 



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foreign residents from using a local pool, claiming that 
some non-Japanese swimmers molested chflflrai, The 
village elders of Azuma banned them from using-the public 
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Paris as-the couture capital of 
the world. R»r years, Ameri¬ 
can designers have shown 
their wares at the end of the 
six-monthly cycle of fashion 
shows, behind the three Euro¬ 
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by Helmut Lang. Helmut Lan 
the Vienna-born fashion garni 
designer who re¬ 
cently relocated to stylish 
S 0 H 0 after making his name 
in Paris with dean, modernist 
styles. Last season Lang 
shocked the fashion world by 
showing his collection on CD- 
Rom. Now he has-thrown a 


too late in the cyde. It doesn’t 
make sense in the rhythm of 
fashion. Paris really closes the 
excitement, it's London. Milan 
and Paris, and then New York 
Fashion .Week is something 
everybody still has to do.” 

Lang’s gambit provoked a 
mixture of consternation and 
excitement in the garment 
district, with some designers 
welcoming the chance to beat 
Europe to the 
punch and others 
worrying that 
they would not 
have time to as¬ 
semble their col¬ 
lections. So far. 
such big names as 
Calvin Klein. 
Donna Karan; 
Vivienne Tam 
and Nicole Miller 
Lang: have decided to 

lament recast their sched¬ 

ules to join Lang 


ules to join Lang 
in showing during the week of 
September 14. 

Others, like Ralph Lauren, 
Bill Blass, Isaac Mizrahi and 
Anna Sui, are staying put in 
early November—at least for 
now. As a result. New York’s 


spanner in the well-oiled inter- fashion shows wfll be spirt this 
national fashion calendar by year between die renegades. 


declaring he win show his 
Spring V9 collections on Sep¬ 
tember 17 — six weeks earlier 
than the official New York 
Fashion Week and earlier 
than the back-to-back shows 
in London. Milan and fciris. 

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just too far bade for -our 
house," Lang explained. “It’s 


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sticking 10 die traditional 
timetable. - 

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York Fbshion Week, an outfit 
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rubbing their hands at (he 
prospect of “the Goldman 
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DNA" of her new monthly magazine. The 
former editor of the Sew Yorker, who quit last 
month to launch a magazine, film and 
television venture with Disney-owned 
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aide as her new executive editor. David Kuhn, 
38. worked hand-in-glove with Ms Brown for 
four > , ears at the New Yorker, first editing the 
“Talk of the Town" and then becoming features 
and special issues editor. He also spent seven 
years with her at Vanity Fair. In between, he 
squeezed in a two-year stint developing film 
material in New York for a Hollywood 
producer. After lengthy discussions with Ms 
Brown. Mr Kuhn promises a feisty start-up that 
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cosmopolitan mix of news, politics and culture. 
“Anyone who thinks that we are starting a 
monthly magazine for the main purpose of 
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turn into movies would be totally wrong." he 
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smart.” So far. the magazine, due out in 
September 1999. still has no name. 


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styled gangsters for a Million Youth 
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Semite. Khalid Abdul Mohammed, a former 
spokesman for the Nation of Islam, has invited 
members of such violent street gangs as the 
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Giuliani the Mayor, has denied a permit for 
the march along Malcolm X Boulevard in 
Harlem, and is proposing an inaccessible 
island in Long Island Sound instead. Mr 
Khalid now talks of “Adolf Giuliani” — ironic, 
perhaps, since he is a Holocaust revisionist. 

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SEX AND THE PRESIDENT 


Clinton hopes 

to slip through 
legal loophole 

What constitutes sexual relations is central to the 
US leader’s claim that he never had an affair with 
‘that woman’, writes Ian Brodie in Washington 


PRESIDENT Clinton’s nar¬ 
row meaning of what does and 
does not constitute sexual 
relations was forcing Ameri¬ 
cans yesterday into reading 
and hearing graphic defini¬ 
tions not normally encoun¬ 
tered outside the pornography 
business. 

This astonishing — and 
widely unappreciated — can¬ 
dour about presidential sex 
ratified a sea-change from a 
country that once kept the 
mating game hidden behind a 
veil of rectitude. 

Well into the 1950s Holly¬ 
wood lived by the Hayes Code 
that consigned even married 
couples to twin beds and 
dictated that at least one foot 
had to remain firmly on the 
floor in any romantic clinch. 
The prevailing view yesterday 
was that the CHnton-Lewinsky 
scandal had taken the ro¬ 
mance and mystery out of sex. 
"Yuck" said a headline in The 
Washington Post over an arti¬ 
cle expressing public disgust. 

To understand the linguistic 
loophole through which Mr 
Clinton is thinking of wrig¬ 
gling. it is necessary to exam¬ 
ine the clinical but limited 
definition of “sexual relations" 
admitted into the Paula Jones 
case last January by Judge 
Susan Webber Wright. 

It said: “For the purposes of 
this deposition, a person en¬ 
gages in ‘sexual relations* 
when the person knowingly 
engages in or causes: (1) Con¬ 
tact with the genitalia, anus, 
groin, breast, inner thigh or 
buttocks of any person with an 
intent to arouse or gratify the 
sexual desire of any person." 

Robert Bennett, Mr Clin¬ 
ton's adroit lawyer in the 
Jones case, persuaded the 
judge to eliminate two other 
definitions as being too broad. 
They were: “(2) Contact be¬ 


tween any pan of the person's 
body or an object and the 
genitals or anus of another 
person: or (3) contact between 
the genitals or anus of the 
person and any part of 
another person’s body. ‘Con¬ 
tact’ means intentional touch¬ 
ing. either directly or through 
clothing-“ 

Mr Bennett argued that 
these two clauses could in¬ 
clude such innocent gestures 
as shaking hands. Judge 
Wright agreed and limited the 
definition to Section I only. 

Mr Clinton, a lawyer him¬ 
self. fully understood the nu¬ 
ances. When asked if he ever 
had sexual relations with 
Gennifer Rowers, something 
he had never admitted beyond 
saying he had caused pain in 
his marriage, he replied: “The 
answer to your question, if the 
definition is Section 1 — there 
in the first piece of paper you 
gave me — is yes." 

The questioning continued: 
Paula Jones's lawyer: Did you 
have an extramarital sexual 
affair with Monica Lewinsky? 
Mr Clinton: No. 

Q: if she told someone that she 
had a sexual affair with you 
beginning in November 1995, 
would that be a lie? 

A: It's certainly not the truth. 


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It would not be the truth. 
Q: l think 1 used the term 
“sexual affair" and, so the 
record is completely dear, 
have you ever had sexual 
relations with Monica Lew¬ 
insky? 

A: I have never had sexual 
relations with Monica Lew¬ 
insky. I’ve never had an affair 
with her. 

Mrs Jones’s lawyers did not 
press the President about oral 
sex. Mr Clinton went on to 
repeat the careful formula of 
saying he never had "sexual 
relations" with Ms Lewinsky 
when he issued his public 
denial and referred to her as 
“that woman". The Clinton 
argument apparendy daims 
that the oral sex Ms Lewinsky 
reportedly performed on him 
does not qualify as sexual 
relations under Section 1 of the 
definition agreed to by Judge 
Wright, a former law student 
of the President. Therefore, he 
did not commit perjury. 

According to The New York 
Times. White House discus¬ 
sions of this strategy have 
been extensive enough to in¬ 
clude its major political draw¬ 
back in any public admission 
of sexual contact. It would 
reinforce his critics’ view of 
Mr Clinton as a lawyerly 
manipulator of language, ‘us¬ 
ing it in a way to evade 
responsibility, arid as some¬ 
one who may be technically 
truthful but not fundamental¬ 
ly honest 

There were earlier sugges¬ 
tions that Mr Clinton did not 
consider oral sex as adulter¬ 
ous and that the Bible could 
back him up. This intriguing 
notion has been described as 
widespread among Mr Din- 
ton’s fellow Southern Baptists 
when he was growing up in 
Arkansas. A woman of Mr 
Clinton’s age described the 








sexual parameters of her 
youth: "There was a distinc¬ 
tion between ‘going all the 
way’ and very heavy petting. It 
was a mind game. You could 
do everything else without 
guilt, but once there was 
penetration you were a slut" It 
was based on a Puritan view of 
purity. 

Today's American teenagers 
are far less coy. They are apt to 


leave condoms issued to them 
at school on the dining room 
table at home. 

For all that, the alleged 
presidential dalliance strokes 
Americans as tawdry. As a 
majority of diem see it, a 
besotted, delusional and ado¬ 
lescent'young.,woman threw 
herself at a powerful figure 
who did not have the courage 
to say: “This is wrong, go and 


find someone your own age." 
Instead, he allegedly indulged 
in yet another of the reckless 
improprieties that have 
marked his life, according to 
many accounts. The Paula 
Jones episode, where he alleg¬ 
edly exposed himself, and 
asked for oral sex at their first- 
meeting, was described as not. 
dial unusual among gover¬ 
nors and other powerful 


whites in the South in years 
gone by. ' 

Under the “going all the 
way" distinction, die women 
involved could keep their vir¬ 
ginity and their reputation 
intact In those days, though, 
no one talked about it let 
alone sued. 

Diary, page 18 
Leading article, page 19 


instinct 
may yet 
save son 

By Ian Brodie 

THE late mother of President 
Clinton loved to gamble and it 
seems as if a sizeable chunk of 
that instinct resides in her 
son's genes. 

Not inhaling marijuana, not 
serving in the-armed forces 
during Vietnam, not : having 
an affair with Gennifer Row¬ 
ers and possibly as many as a 
dozen others, he is a man who 
has often veered dose to die 
edge in his political career, 
only to save himself at the last 
minute. If he does offer a mea 
culpa apology over his rela¬ 
tionship with Monica Le¬ 
winsky. he could again glide 
away from catastrophe: 

There is scant appetite on 
Capitol Hill for going through 
the process of impeaching die 
president over his alleged 
relationship with Ms Lewin¬ 
sky. It does not rank anywhere 
dose in seriousness to Water¬ 
gate, when Richard Nixon ami 
his accomplices were dying to 
undermine the very founda¬ 
tions of the nepubfiffs "We The 
People" system. 

True, this is said to be about 
perjury in Paula Jones’s dvQ 
suit, but it is really about sex 
and, as Jerry Seinfeld. Ameri¬ 
ca’s top comedian, has said: 
“Everybody lies about sex. 
Everybody even lies during 
sex." 

Republicans who contra] 
both the House and Senate 
could certainly make the most 
of causing the President 
humiliation ova-his indiscre¬ 
tions with Ms Lewinsky. If the 
Republicans retain control 
after the November election, 
they can be expected to hold 
hearings on the report that 
Kenneth Stair, the indepen¬ 
dent prosecutor, is expected to 
send to them. 

IJ will, however, apparently 
dwell mostly on Ms Lewinsky 
and will not find any serious 
presidential misconduct over 
the Whitewater land specula¬ 
tion. toe egregious White 
House travel office saddngs 
and the snafflingiof FBI fifes 
on leading Republicans. - 
Nothing, in short worth 
impeaching'a President over. 


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President Kabila is relying on 
a ragtag army of children and 
unarmed volunteers, writes 
Sam KHey from Kinshasa 


KINSHASA was yesterday 
turned i to Africa's biggest 
village ai x rebels.shut down 
electridtj to the Congolese 
capital, inring tens of thou¬ 
sands of omen to fill buckets 
from the Diluted waters of the 
River Co “a 

Carryi * brightly coloured 
containei on their heads, the 
women c Kinshasa were re¬ 
duced to sing river water for 
18 hours ier the Inga hydro¬ 
electric dpn. about 150 miles 

B the (Democratic 
Congo's capital. 
Is on Thursday, 
water pumping 

Dgical impact of 
ine reoei ains in the west , of 
the forma Zaire has been 
devastating in Kinshasa, 
which wa} reconnected to a 
power statin yesterday after¬ 
noon. "If tip rebels can make 
us feel like e are living in the 
bush, they wont take long 
before the; take over,” said 
Jean-Franc s Mbenda, a rig 1 


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women < 
duced to 
18 hours 
electric d 


us feel like 
bush. thej 
before the; 

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arette haw], 

“The elejxirity has been 
restored froi our dam at In ga 
to tite whm of Kinshasa," 
state radio inounced shortly 
before mlday yesterday 
when it ret med to the air¬ 
waves. Elek Botuna, the En-_ 
ergy Minis’r. appeared on 
television ad said: “The 
breakdown ^as a problem at 
the distribiyon section of 
Inga" He njde no reference 
to rebel activjy.- • -/ 

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bassies to accelerate their 
evacuation plans. 

The rising tension in Kin¬ 
shasa yesterday also prompt¬ 
ed commercial air carriers to 
suspend flights to the city. Hie 
rebels are believed to be more 
than 100 miles away, but 
already there is an air of siege 
as supplies from the poet of 
Matadi. which fell to the 
rebels on Thursday, have been 
cutoff. 

Mr Kabila, who went to 
Lubumbashi on Thursday 
and has not been seen back in 
the capital, in Spile of govern¬ 
ment assurances that he had 
returned, yesterday sacked his 
army chief of staff. In an 
attempt to shore up his crum¬ 
bling regime, he appointed his 
son, Joseph, to the top job.: 

But diplomats said there 
were signs that Mr Kabila’s 
remaining minis ters were los¬ 
ing faith in his ability to hang 
chi to the capital. “A lot of 
ministerial cars are driving 
around empty," said one for¬ 
eign envoy. 

Sylvain Buki, a rebel com-- 
mander in Goma. said: “It is 
too late to talk to Kabila. He 
has to be removed and re¬ 
moved very fast, for the good 
of the country." 

Mr Kabila has pledged to 
aim 19,000 volunteers in a 
citizens’ militia which yester¬ 
day continued to drill and 
dance outside the Camanyola 
Stadium. So far, much to the 
relief of the ritys residents,. 
they have not been issued with 
any weapons.-- 7 . 

Instead, young men fash¬ 
ioned toy guns out of bits of 
wood and ancient car parts 
and took up “defensive posit¬ 
ions” .outside the stadium. 
Such antics appear to be the 
only mffitaiy resistance by Mr 
Kabila’s ragtag army, made 
up of volunteers, child soldiers 
and former members of 
Mobutu's military- 

The rebels, meanwhile, con¬ 
tinued to pour troops into the 
west of the country, using an 
air bridge between Goma and 
Kitona on the Atlantic coast 

Commander Buki said that 
he estimated that his men 
would be able to take Kinsha¬ 
sa by the end of the month. But 
analysts said yesterday that 
they suspected Mr Kabila 
might not last, that long. 


British 
bomb team 
joins FBI 


Yeltsin recalls Duma to 
decide rouble’s future 





From David Orr 
KN NAIROBI 

A BRITISH forensic team will 
soon join American experts 
investigating the explosions 
which killed more than 260 
people in. East Africa eight 
days ago. The Britons-will 
strengthen a team of 22 . FBI 
specialists already at work in 
Kenya and Tanzania. 

The FBI currently has more 
than 200 agents, laboratory 
examiners, evidence . Techni¬ 
cians, computer specialists, 
photographers and transla¬ 
tors in Nairobi and Dar es 
Salaam. Agents are conduct¬ 
ing some 700interviews in the 
Kenyan capital and 200 in the 
Tanzanian city. Examination 
of the two bomb rites will take 
approximately one month.. 

The FBI special agent in 
charge of the’ investigation in 
Kenya has said that “very 
critical and important infor¬ 
mation’’ on the bombers’ iden¬ 
tities had been gathered. 
Among those who have talked 
to. the FBI are two unanned 
Kenyan guards' from a’ private' 
security firm who were an 
duty at the ambassy on the 
morning of the atfack . 

TTiey say the terrorists drove 
»the rear of the embassy in a 
Mitsubishi vehide with Dubai 
number plates. Grenades 
were thrown and gunfire was 
exchanged whh a US marine 
before the bomb exploded. Hie 
- two guards survived the mas- 



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Mr Yeltsin tells Novgorod workers yesterday that the rouble is stable 


PRESIDENT Yeltsin emerged 
briefly from his summer holiday 
yesterday to reiterate his determ¬ 
ination not to devalue the rouble 
and to urge the State Duma to 
break its recess for an emergency 
session on the latest economic 
crisis and the Government's 
planned austerity measures. 

Mr Yeltsin, speaking during a 
three-hour visit to the northwest¬ 
ern city of Novgorod, where he 
flew by helicopter from the 
lakeland region of Valdai, dis¬ 
missed speculation about devalu¬ 
ation: “There will be no 
devaluation — that is firm and 
definite." He blamed Russia's 
woes cm a new wave of global 
financial crises and said the 
Government was ready to resist 
this wave. 

President Clinton was yester¬ 
day said to have called Mr 
Yeltsin, reportedly to discuss the 
financial crisis. 

Mr Yeltsin was unclear mean¬ 
while about when he would be 
ending his holiday and returning 
to Moscow. On arrival in Novgo¬ 
rod, he insisted that he would 
continue his fishing holiday, 
saying that a premature return 
would only give the markets the 
impression that the Government 
was panicking. Sergei Yastr- 


From Robin Lodge in Moscow 

zhembsky, the presidential 
spokesman, said Mr Yeltsin 
would probably go back to Mos¬ 
cow towards the end of next 
week. Interfax news agency 
quoted Mr Yeltsin as saying he 
had had enough of a rest and 
would be ending his holiday. 
“Besides, the fishing is no good, 
only small fry." it quoted him as 
saying. 

Russian shares plummeted on 
Thursday amid new fears of a 
run on the rouble, despite Iasi 
month's stabilisation package 
from the International Monetary 
Fund and the World Bank. 

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day. but traders said they did not 
expect ihe tendency to last long 
and issued a warning ihai any 
more bad news could send the 
market tack into freefall. 

Sergei Kiriyenko. the Prime 
Minister, said he would be 
discussing the crisis with Mr 
Yeltsin and reaffirmed his com¬ 
mitment to the Government's 
austerity measures, which still 
require approval from the 
Duma. Opposition factions, in¬ 
cluding the dominant Commu¬ 
nists, have withdrawn their 
objections to an emergency ses¬ 
sion. which may take place 
before the month's end. 

In Novgorod. Mr Yeltsin said 
he was well satisfied by Mr 
Kiriyenko'S performance^ but 
singled out Yakov Urinson. the 
Economics Minister, for criti¬ 
cism. Mr Yeltsin said: “From the 
theoretical point of view, he 
knows and is doing everything, 
but he knows nothing about 
practice, he cannot get his bear¬ 
ings. As a result, he has fallen 
behind, and so have we.“ 

He also talked of shortcomings 
in the Finance Ministry and the 
State Customs Committee, indi¬ 
cating that senior heads there 
could roll. too. 


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16 NEWS 


THE TIMES SATURDAY AUGUST 51998 


The Beatles get back to No 1 


But the list of our favourite musical 
acts shows most Britons are bom 
to be mild, writes Claudia Joseph 




THE Beatles went straight to 
No 1 yesterday — in a chan of 
the public's Favourite musical 
acts. 

They were followed by Elvis 
Presley and Frank Sinalra in a 
top 100 which contained a 
preponderance of easy-listen¬ 
ing music, reflecting the pub¬ 
lic's essentially conservative 
tastes. 

The only controversy in the 
list lies in those who failed to 
make it: Chuck Berry, one of 
the creators of rock'n'roll: the 
jazz musician Miles Davis: 
and Louis Armstrong. The 
Who and Otis Redding, who 
dominated the 1960s. and the 
Sex Pistols and the Clash, 
icons of the punk era. are also 
missing. 

Even the Seventies fav¬ 
ourites the Bee Gees, who 
have had the most hit singles 
across four decades and made 
the bestselling film sound- 
track, did not feature on the 
list which straddles rock. pop. 
jazz and opera across five 
decades. 

Mat Snow, editor of Mojo 
magazine, which published 
the survey, believes it proves 


BUT WHAT 
ABOUT... 



Chuck Berry, above, 
was among those who 
failed to make the fist 
Others omitted included: 
Louis Armstrong 
The Bee Gees 
Blur 

Marc Bofan 
James Brown 
The Clash 
Miles Davis 
Otis Redding 
The Sex Pistols 
The Who 


the public plumps for "the 
pleasing, healing and memo¬ 
rable". He said: “The most 
encouraging element is that, 
looking at the top three, people 
of all ages and social back¬ 
grounds are listening to really 
good music. 

“Men also seem to have 
broader musical tastes than 
women, with female fav¬ 
ourites being more clearly 
defined." 

Mr Snow added: "While 
many younger voters will 
have changed their minds 
since this survey was conduct¬ 
ed, many older respondents 
obviously gave the same an¬ 
swer they would have given 20 
years ago." 

The survey, of 5,000 music 
fans of all ages and tastes, was 
conducted by the British Mar¬ 
ket Research Bureau, which 
compiles the pop charts, be¬ 
tween April 23 and May 23. 
The Beatles received 261 votes, 
or 5 per cent. Elvis Presley was 
particularly popular among 
women, while Frank Sinatra 
was a favourite with older 
listeners. 

With 30 per cent of the 
population now over the age of 
55. golden oldies featured 
strongly in the poll. Nat King 
Cole was voted twelfth favour¬ 
ite, while Bing Crosby, Shirley 
Bassey and Elia Fitzgerald 
came above such recent chart- 
toppers as the Spice Girls and 
the All Saints. 

Also popular were Glenn 
Miller, Mario Lanza, Perry 
Como, Frankie Vaughan, Vera 
Lynn. Paul Robeson and John¬ 
ny Mathis. 

The Sixties favourites in¬ 
cluded the housewives* Favour¬ 
ite Sir Cliff Richard, die 
Rolling Stones. Tom Jones, 
Bob Dylan andJimi Hendrix. 
But there were notable absen¬ 
tees. including the Who, 
James Brown, the Doors, the 
Kinks, the Monkees and die 
Small Faces. 

Elton John, whose Candle 
in the Wind V7 topped all 
singles polls last year, was 
No 5 on the list. Rod Stewart, 
Abba, Neil Diamond, Diana 
Ross, Simon & Garfunkel. the 
Carpenters. Fleetwood Mac 
and the Eagles were among 
other Seventies choices. 

Glam rock and punk failed 
to strike much of a chord 
Queen — at No 4 — David 



Bowie, Meat Loaf and Status 
Quo were all included, while 
the only acts on the list that 
could remotely be described as 
punk are Paul Weller and the 
Police — both of whom 
changed their image and their 
music after the safety-pin- 
strewn 1970s came to an end. 

A quarter of the list came 


from.the Eighties. Although 
the Smiths, Duran Duran and 
Spandau Ballet are not includ¬ 
ed, Michael Jackson. Fhfl 
Collins, George Michael, Dire 
Straits and Mick Hucknall’s 
Simply Red feature. 

The list includes many mid- 
dleof-thfr-road performers, 
such as Whitney Houston, 


Barry Manilow, Chris Rea 
and Billy Joel. 

Celine Dion and Oasis were 
the only Nineties artists to 
make the top ten. For all the 
recent popularity of the Spice 
Girls and the All Saints in 
today's charts, they came in 
below Boyzone, the Backstreet 
Boys, die Verve, Radiohead, 


M People, the Lighthouse 
Family. Michael Bolton and 
die Prodigy. 

Rtiibie Williams, at No85, 
beat his old group Take That, 
at No 93, but there was no sign 
on the list of Gary Barlow as a 
solo artist. 

Bob Marley was the tone 
reggae act and there was no 


sign of any rappers, not even 
the current chart favoprite 
Puff Daddy. 

Opera was represented by 
die Three TenorsLuciano 
Pavarotti,; Jose Carreras and 
Ptaddo Domingo — and 
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. 

. Metro music, pages 1045 



In for the comb 
Jane Couch yesterday 

Woman 
boxer set 
for first 
pro fight 

- ByJohnGoodiodv 

THE boxer Jane (ouch is 
planning to fightin Brit¬ 
ain's first official profes¬ 
sional women's -boxing 
bout next raontL after 
warning her legal rattle to 
be given a licence.' 

Couch, who rarived a 
settlement of £15,(90 from 
the British Boxin; Board 
of Control in Maich after 
bringing a sex disrimina- 
tion case, is nep dating 
with promoters for a 
wann-up bout beore she 
defends her work- welter¬ 
weight tide agaast the 
American Diane £wis in 
the United States hi Octo¬ 
ber 30. She has t> fight a 
foreigner becaus she is 
the only woman i Britain 
to have a boxing icence. 

Couch. 3a sa3 yester¬ 
day that she expeted huge 
public interest indie bout 
“Even old ladies rave been 
coming up to me and 
saying ‘WeD due' after 
my victory at tberibiinaL" 
John Morris, le board's 
secretary, said tiat Couch, 
who calls hersel the Fleet- 
wood Assassin had to 
fight on a biD jut on by 
one of the 5* licensed 
promoters, sveral of 
whom are worm. 

. Frank Maloey. . who 
manages Lenox. Lewis, 
yesterday calld women 
fighters freaks saying: “I 
would rather five my li¬ 
cence back did promote 
them. There rill be no 
women on ry shows." 
Frank Warn*, another 
. leading pn>m<tr. hasalso 
said that tewfl not stage 
•women's boxrg. 



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Comedians raise a laugh with Diana death jokes 


COMEDIANS at the Edinburgh 
Fringe are breaking a new taboo 
by making jokes about the death of 
Diana, Princess of Wales. 

Ayear after, the fatal car accident, 
several performers are using g^ps 
about the Princess’s troubled lifem 
their routines. They poke fun at her 
lifestyle, the circumstances sur j 
rounding her death and the over¬ 
whelming grief-that gripped the 
nation at jthe time of her funeral. 

Only one of the comedians who 
use Diana jokes has dropped them 
from his routine since arriving in 
Edinburgh. Richard Morton, who 
wrote a song called Nobody Cried 


Gillian Harris and Dalya Alberge on performers prepared to break the new taboo 


for Dodi. derided he did mot feel 
comfortable ringing it on stage. 

“1 wasn't sure about it and, when 
you are in front of an audience, you 
feel semi-psychic. I felt it was not 
the right time. 1 have heard horror 
stones about other comedians 
uutking jokes about Diana. In one 
case I heard that a guy was 
threatened with a beating after the 
show," he said. :. 

“I make jokes about Louise 
Woodward and Gary Glitter, 
which go down well, but there is 


still a taboo surrounding Diana. 
Anyway. Diana died in a tragic 
accident and you don't make jokes 
about something Tike that" 
However. Tinian dr a Harkness. 
from the Comedy Club, who in¬ 
cludes Diana jokes in her show, 
insists that her audiences find it a 
relief to laugh. "Most of my jokes 
are about the reaction to her death 
and the way in which we were 
expected to be very upset When 
im telling the jokes l can tell that 
the audiences fed relieved that 


someone is saying it's all right not 
to grieve. 

“Sometimes I hear a low rumble 
of disapproval as if I've been a 
naughty girl, but then I say, OK. 
hands up who actually knew her? 
Then they laugh." 

Chloe Poems, who describes 
himself as "a queer subversive 
poet" and promises a “provocative, 
hilarious celebration of life, sex and 
gingham deviance", includes in his 
show an ode about the Princess’s 
death called Crash! Bang! Wallop! 


What a Picture! He said: "1 bring 
an honesty to the whole situation. 
The saintliness and canonisation of 
her is quite abhorrent and has 
become twisted, i actually admire 
her work, but she was a flawed 
woman. She had the cancer of the 
media on her back." 

Mike Gunn, who plays a funeral 
director in his one-man show. 
Good Grief, makes jokes about the 
unseemly rush to market the 
Princess after her death. “1 tell a 
few gags then ask if anyone is 


upset. Normally at least one person 
says they are. then everyone else 
cheers. I do think people are still 
sensitive about Diana, but I don't 
see why they should be. Nobody 
gives a toss about Mother Teresa 
jokes." 

Phil Nicol, a Canadian comic, 
admits lhai he tells Diana jokes for 
their shock value. “The younger the 
audience the better the response." 
he said. “I make jokes about Diana, 
but the point I am making is about 
the way the media handled the 
whole affair Yes. I do it to shock, 
but 1 would soon stop if the jokes 
were not gening a laugh." 


Not so funny, girls 


Women comedians 
are in laughably 
short supply at 
the Fringe, reports 

Dalya Alberge 


W omen don't much 
tickle men’s fancy — 
anyway, not to make 
them giggle. There is 
a dire shortage of female stand-up 
comics and nobody can fathom 
why. For some people, women are 
just not funny on stage. They argue 
that women cannot be both funny 
and sexy at the same time and that 
in trying to compete with men. too 
many resort to laddish and predict¬ 
able jokes about "beer, fags and 
gynaecology". Others think the fair 
sex just needs fa be given a fair 
chance to prove itself. 

Jenny Edair — the only woman 
to have won die Perrier award for 
comedy, for her 1995 show Prozac 
and Tantrums — expressed de- ' 
spair that, on looking through the 
Edinburgh Fringe brochure, she 
did not find any solo shows at the 
three major venues given over to 
other women performers. Accord¬ 
ing to one count, solo female acts 
account far only ten out of 350 
shows on the Fringe and for only 
eight out of 75 comics shortlisted 
for the Perrier. Jo Brand. French 
and Saunders and Victoria Wood 
are among the few who have 
become household names. 

James Herring, of Avalon, a 
comedy agency, said that, however 
hard he and a coUeagne had tried 
during the past seven years, they 
had yet to find a fenutid stand-up ' 
comic fa join Edair on its books: 
"Time and time agaimbe standard 
of women comics is poor. Perhaps 
it's the obsess on with gynaecology- 
cal matters — which never works 
unless you're Edair, who takes it Id 
a level that’s so vulgar it’s 
hilarious." ; 

Edair. 38. said that the reason 
she became so "krad and fasT was ■ 
the heckling^. "You get heckled if 
you're shit not because you're a 
gnt 1 bated it so much." She 
believes that it comes down to 
psychological differences: "Men 
start practising bring funny early 
on. It's the way parents treat them. 
With girls, ifs ‘Doesn't she look 
pretty? 1 Boys;take more tearing. 
Also, men don’t communicate or 
talk to each other. Their way of 
making friends is to make diem, 
laugh. A woman, however, tells 
her friends serious truths, show: 
big, T trust you with secrets.'" 

lisa White, a manager with Off 
The Curb, said that there were 
many more top-ranking females in 


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Raising a smile: clockwise from bottom left, Jo Brand. Jenny Edair and French and Saunders, female comics who have made it; and Veronica McKenzie still trying 


the United States than here as — 
she thinks — they have a more 
established tradition of stand-up. 
She dismissed those who argued 
that it was a male-dominated 
industry, danning that most 
agents, promoters, television pro¬ 
ducers ami commissioning editors 
were women. 

The problem, she said, was that 
it was such a tough profession. 
Getting up- on stage was Dke 
entering a boxing ring: “It de¬ 
mands a l addis h and lough 
performance." 

Nonsense, according to Edair. 
“That’s soppy, suggesting that girls 
are still crying in their dresses. Ifs 
a myth that girls are frightened of 
going on stage." . 

Veronica McKercrie. 28, part of a 
triple bED at Edinburgh, delivers 


laid-back, observational, sarcastic 
humour. She said: "A lot of men 
get on stage believing they’ve got a 
.right to talk. They believe they're 
fanny even if they’re not Women 
are more realistic, asking them¬ 
selves, 'Am I hard enough?* and 
‘Am I funny enough? 1 Women give 
up because they are not confident 
on stage." There was. she said, 
nothing more soul-destroying than 
a visible sigh as one walked out 
onstage, or when people took her 
entrance as an opportunity to go to 
the bar. 

Melanie Hudson is one half of 
Hudson and Pepperdine, an 
earthy duo whose characters in- 
dude The Girls Who Pretend To 
Like Football: “Did you see that 
match? The handball was so 
obvious." “Yeah, Seaman kept 


doing that" She has her own 
theory: "The best comedy is based 
on sadness, and men are sadder." 

Matt Leys, producer of the 
Channel 4-sponsored So You 
Think You’re Funny? competition 
at the Festival said that more than 
a quarter of its entrants this year 
were women, "the highest propor¬ 
tion ever"”. He senses, too, that the 
tide is turning against the laddish 
approach "in favour of something 
more cuddly and surreal". 

In the final analysis, as one 
Edinburgh visitor put it virtually 
all the stand-up comedians, men 
and women, get their laughs from 
people who think it is hilarious to 
hear swearing at every other word; 
but when it comes to being fanny 
— unlike Billy ConnoDy — they 
draw a blank. 


Jo Brand: "I’ve just got back from a holiday in Norway, where 
whaling hasn’t been banned yet — so I couldn’t go swimming, 
obviously." 

“I quite like looking like this because at least 1 don't have to drink 
Martini every time I go to a party.” 

Victoria Wood: "Ills a trying moment when your child asks you for a 
French plait. You say. are you sure? Don’t you warn some Ecstasy or 
something?” 

Shefagh Martin: “I did think it would be interesting to have a 
hedgehog coat because if someone did attack you for wearing it you 
could just roll yourself up into a ball. Unless of course they were 
driving a lorry." 

“I always feel very disappointed whenever 1 see a bottle of mineral 
water that's got 'still mineral water' written on it. There’s always the 
hope that it might have turned into a bottle of vodka.” 


NEWS 17 

Swansong 
Choral shows 
what British 
musical life 
will miss 

HALFWAY through Beethoven’s 
Choral Symphony on Thursday. 
Sir Simon Rattle stopped conduct¬ 
ing and just listened, entranced, 
with the rest of us. That famous 
mop of curls fell into repose; those 
inexhaustible arms dropped. 

Rattle was standing in Sympho¬ 
ny Hall, the magnificent edifice 
that he persuaded Birmingham’s 
hard-nosed civic leaders to build. 
He was in front of the orchesna 
that he has transformed from 
middling-provincial to world-class. 
And he had just conjured up an 
interpretation of the Chora! Sym¬ 
phony that was simply the most 
exciting heard for years. Bliss 
doesni come more perfect than 
ihaL 

Or perhaps it does, because there 
is an underlying sadness about the 
Beethoven symphony cycle that 
Rattle and the City of Birmingham 
Symphony Orchestra have so mag¬ 
nificently mounted in Birmingham 
over the past Tew days (and will 
now take to the Salzburg Festival). 
Just a fortnight remains'of Rattle's 
JS-year musical marriage to the 


CONCERT 


CBSO 
Simon 
Rattle - . 

•; ■ Birmingham -, 

CBSO. And as the day of divorce 
grows nearer, so the enormity of 
the gap he will leave in British 
musical life becomes ever more 
apparent. 

Which other conductor, for in¬ 
stance, would dare to programme 
Harrison Birtwistle’s craggy, disso¬ 
nant and fiendishly difficult The 
Triumph of Time as a prelude to 
the Choral Symphony? And then, 
having programmed "it, exude the 
charisma to HU every seat in the 
house, and to galvanise his orches¬ 
tra into delivering it with stupen¬ 
dous assurance. The answer is: 
nobody else in the world. 

Like the Bruegel canvas that 
shares its name. The Triumph of 
Time portrays human existence as 
brutal, mechanistic and pointless. 
It's not an attractive view, and 
Birtwistle writes music to match. 
But in a performance as well 
shaped as this, the granite orches¬ 
tral textures and sour fanfares 
gripped the imagination. 

As for the Choral Symphony. 
Rattte (aided by Jonathan Dd 
Mar's convincing new edition of 
Beethoven's symphonies) offers 
nothing less than a revelatory 
rethinking. 

From the astonishing liberties he 
takes with the first movements 
paring, to the pulsating energy of 
the Scherzo, to the tranquil beauty 
of the Adagio, and finally to the 
glorious rhetoric of the Ode to Joy 
— this was the Choral Symphony 
approached as if it were a new 
found land. 

A superbly responsive choir 
helped (die CBSO Chorus, singing 
entirely from memory), as did four 
fine soloists. The boss Willard 
White launched the Ode to Joy by 
melodramatically thrusting out his 
arm, as if hailing some transcen¬ 
dental taxi. It could have looked 
corny and ridiculous. In the context 
of Rattle's mesmerisingly urgent 
reading, it seemed entirely apt. 

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Liberty, 

equality, 

holiday 

Ben MacIntyre finds the French are 


serious about les grandes vacances 


T ony Blair, champion of the 
“fundamental right" to 
choose one’s holiday destina¬ 
tion. embarks on the second leg of 
his own vacation to France, a land 
which regards the annual summer 
break not merely as a birthright 
but almost as a sacred obligation, 
enshrined in law and tradition. 

•A few weeks ago the Champs- 
Elysfes was pullulating with hu¬ 
manity celebrating the World Cup. 
but today the French capital is a 
ghost town maintained by a skele¬ 
ton staff, eerily deserted save for 
the knots of boiled and baffled tour¬ 
ists wondering why they cannot 
find much to buy or eat 
Parisian shops, cafe and restau¬ 
rants do not merely dose in 
August, they bang down the shut¬ 
ters as loudly as possible. Away 
from the tourist sites, window dis¬ 
plays have been dismantled, white¬ 
wash has been daubed on the in¬ 
side of the glass and a note has 
been pinned to the door Back in 
September. 

HoUdaymaking in _ 

France is a serious busi¬ 
ness, not to be disturbed AV€ 
by such mundane con¬ 
siderations as econom- WOT 

ics, politics or diploma- w 

cy. Ever since 1936, 
when the Popular Front 11 vt ’‘ 3 
Government mandated Jp, 

regular summer holi- 
days for factory employ- 
ees and Leon Blum cut oliUl 
the working week from p 

48 hours to 40. the tTo 

amount of time French _ 
people actually spend 
working has steadily declined, cre¬ 
ating. in the process, the massive 
French tourist industry. 

., French workers will have even 
more spare time on their hands af¬ 
ter the millennium, when legisla¬ 
tion comes into force reducing the 
working week once again, from 39 
hours to 35. Government “overtime 
inspectors" will be on hand to fine 
those who secretly oy to work long¬ 
er hours. 

Before 1936. holidays were seen 
in France as a privilege restricted to 
the upper classes, and the notion of 
being paid not to work seemed as 
odd as that of working without pay. 
"Leisure! Leisure!" chorused one 
French newspaper when the legisla¬ 
tion on holiday pay was finally 
passed. Some factory workers had 
no idea what to do with their alloca¬ 
tion of summer leave, and immedi¬ 
ately repaired to the fields to earn 
some extra money as temporary 
harvesters. 

Now every Frenchman, from 
Monsieur Hulot to the President, re¬ 
gards his generous holiday allow¬ 
ance as part of the “acquis sociaux", 
the network of acquired social 
rights that define what it is to be 
French. This week Vafery Giscard 
d’Estaing. the former President, 
pointed out that, for the first time in 
the history of the Fifth Republic, 
and in defiance of the rule laid 
down by General de Gaulle, both 
the President and Prime Minister 
were on holiday simultaneously, 
leaving France leaderless in the 
face of some potential unnamed 
“emergency". For his pains Gis¬ 
card was ridiculed as a killjoy, and 
it was rudely pointed out that he 
was one of the few people not on hol¬ 
iday because, these days, the 
former President does not have" 
much to be on holiday from. 

Under law every French worker 
is entitled to a minimum of 30 days' 
paid leave a year, plus 12 Bank Holi¬ 


Average 
working 
lives are a 
decade 
shorter in 
France 


days. There is even a special half- 
price holiday tram ticket allotted by 
law to each salaried employee. 

To some Anglo-Saxon nunds. the 
French stress on stress-free time-off 
seems excessive. According to one 
calculation, when France brings in 
its 35-hour-week and taking into ac¬ 
count its earlier retirement policy, 
the average American will spend 
the equivalent in working hours, of 
ai least a dozen more years at work 
than his French counterpart Brit¬ 
ain. with longer holidays than the 
United States but longer working 
hours than France, comes not far 
behind America in the workaholic 
league. 

The paltry two-week break of¬ 
fered by many American compa¬ 
nies would be a cause for revolu¬ 
tion in France, while the idea that a 
Wall Street banker might forego 
his vacation to prove his dedication 
and enthusiasm to his bosses 
strikes the French as most peculiar. 
In France, anyone who fails to take 
up every minute of paid holiday is 
_ either unbalanced, in¬ 
competent or conduct- 
"3.HC ing & clandestine affair 

® in town. 

fjnp Americans regard the 
French taste for extend- 
rxr *p q ed leisure as evidence of 

a decadence and decline. 

3/ip ofa nation sleepwalking 

*LIC to economic disaster. 

_ ■ the French see the ten- 

“T 1H dency towards obses- 

sive work and little rest 
ice as proof of the essential- 

_____ ly uncivilised nature of 

the Anglo-Saxon ani¬ 
mal, a tense creature that does not 
know how to relax and as a result is 
hard to talk to and unimpressive in 
bed. 

“We need time to live," Lionel Jos¬ 
pin. the Socialist Prime Minister, 
declared when making his electoral 
promise to cut working hours. His 
argument is simple: if everyone 
works shorter hours, more jobs will 
have to be created to pick up the 
slack, the jobless rate will fall and 
more people will be able to enjoy 
paid holidays. 

The counter-argument, voiced 
loudly by many economists and 
french business leaders, is that 
such a move will increase labour 
costs through social charges and 
overtime, cut productivity, reduce 
profits and hamper, perhaps even 
stifle, France's fragile economic re¬ 
covery. It is wrong, M Jospin's 
critics insist to regard work as a 
fixed quantity to be shared out 
between workers, for work creates 
employment. 

L ionel Jospin is convinced that 
a nation of thoroughly rested 
workers will be not only 
more productive and more fully em¬ 
ployed, but happier. Some research 
suggests otherwise, for people with 
more time off simply seem to spend 
the additional hours watching tele¬ 
vision and conducting domestic dis¬ 
putes. A study by the University of 
Luneburg found that alter Volkswa¬ 
gen cut its working week to 29 
hours, the divorce race among 
workers almost doubled. 

Tf all the year were playing holi¬ 
days. to sport would be as tedious 
as to work. But when they seldom 
come, they wash’d for come." Then 
again, there is no record that Shake¬ 
speare ever spent a day on the 
beach, and his is doubtless just the 
pinched observation of another An¬ 
glo-Saxon with no idea how to un¬ 
wind 


mmm 


(Clintonus nemesis) 

Inoffensive in appearance, 
it is in reality a ru thless 
persecutor and axioisy 
aggressor. Fouls 
nigh office buildings 
(andhigh office} 


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To split or not to split 


A sure sign of the silly sea¬ 
son is when the split infini¬ 
tive comes out of hiding. 
Last week yet another dic¬ 
tionary was published. the New Ox¬ 
ford Dictionary of English. There 
are now as many dictionaries as 
there are four-letter words to put in 
their press releases. The Oxford 
University Press has brought out 
its latest in mid-August — a sign of 
some desperation—and maddened 
the okl fof£ys by freeing the split in¬ 
finitive on parole. The outcome is a 
rush to the barricades and much 
good publicity. 

I love such rows. On dictionaries. 
I am with the libertarians. We can 
do what we like with words, since 
they belong to us. Words are things 
that American researchers teach to 
vervet monkeys, and John Prescott 
turns to anarchy. Any lexicogra¬ 
pher can creep out of the jungle and 
scream downshift, car bra, and 
phwoah. The new dictionary’s edi¬ 
tor. Judy Pearsall, is weioome to 
use they for he or she, as we all have 
for years. Words are for living and 
changing. They are part of the kalei¬ 
doscope of communication. 

Would that the same were true of 
spelling. We never get a dictionary 
with die guts to apply to spelling 
the same gusto it applies to new 
words. Editors love grabbing head¬ 
lines with street-wise words, but 
turn aghast from street-wise spell¬ 
ing. They play fast and loose with 
English, but have no courage to fol¬ 
low George Bernard Shaw to spell¬ 
ing reform. (The British Library 
can even steal the money he left for 
the cause.) I may yearn to use tiiru. 
nite. coff and receve. But Oxford’s 
spellers will not lift a finger to help 
me. 

Instead the lexicographers med¬ 
dle with grammar, a job that is be¬ 
yond their station. Grammar is seri¬ 
ous. The capacity to use it is what 
separates us from apes, ft defines 
our species and enables us m do 
more than grunt warn and mate. 
Grammar, said the American writ¬ 
er Eudora Welty. is the constitution¬ 
al foundation of English, which she 
likened to “the State Capitol — its 
marble floor echoing under foot 
and the bell of its rotunda over¬ 
head". We recognise, judge and re¬ 
ad to each other through the subtle¬ 
ties of grammar. Its rules hold the 
key to human diplomacy and 
should never be changed without 
the utmost care. 

An example of this is the havoc 


Words are free, but grammar is too 
important to be left to grammarians 
who don’t see why infinitives matter 


that bad grammar causes on the In¬ 
ternet Feelings written cm screen 
through e-mafl or forum group can 
be read as more fierce than the writ¬ 
er intended. Such messages, passed 
bade and forth, exaggerate conflict 
and “flare".- Net-surfers seem un¬ 
used to the power of the written 
word. In America a recent on¬ 
screen death threat was excused as 
the result of “flaring”. Grammar 
awareness is equally vital for com¬ 
puter programmers. They must fol¬ 
low the complexities of syntaxes, 
strings and parsing. “Syntax er¬ 
ror", warns an ailing disk drive, 

“ire-parse that string”. We are 
seeing a whole new grammar in 
gestation. 

Such grammar _ 

is not for begin- —^ # 

ners. It is the iron 
road down which \ 

every sentence rac- L /g g If 
es. So we must be _. j m 
on guard when a f _ jL--. 

lexicographer tries f P'yi /P'gfyl 

to change die # %/ g §fg\ if g p 

signals or throw / 

the points. We are — — — — 
chi guard when an 
Oxford English dictionary says, of 
a split infinitive, that it should be 
broadly acceptable as both normal 
and useful. I cannot resist seizing 
such phrases and searching them 
for verbal rot Why broadly accep¬ 
table, not narrowly? Acceptable as 
normal is a tautology, meaning is 
found or merely is. That is true of 
most ungrammatical phrases. If a 
spfit infinitive is useful, then how? 

This week they are working over¬ 
time at the Jenkins College of Split 
Infinitive Studies. The college re¬ 
gards the infinitive as a grammati¬ 
cal titan, a paragon of verbal subtle¬ 
ty. a pentathlete among parts of 
speech. Scholars are racing against 
time to save it from the dreaded 
NODE. Some are even experiment¬ 
ing with a plan to eliminate the to 
from the infinitive, thus rendering 
the split obsolete. Getting rid of 
that preposition has become, for 
than, the linguistic equivalent of 
proving Fermat’s Last Theorem. 

Some have gone mad in the 
search, and need not concern us. 


("Aha," they gabble, "you have 
used the word concern, a simple in¬ 
finitive in which the word to is 
dropped.*) More sober scholars 
wrestle with such conundrums as: 
how can we say, JVeed nor come but 
never. / want come? Whole depart¬ 
ments are devoted to the infinitive 
as verbal and as substantive. Oth¬ 
ers study the many grammatical 
cases in which this noble mood so 
glories. It appears as a nominative 
in, To know is to love; accusative in. 
God gave us to seat and dative or 
purposive in. He has gone to visit 
his mother. 

Daily the researchers apply Oc¬ 
cam's Razor. “Frustra fit per plu- 
ittthey ay, “quod potest fieri per 

_ pandora” (or 

Keep It Simple Stu- 
pid). As yet the 
' i I'JfM English-speaking 

(/// , world is not ready 

r * for know is fore or 

L jm - God gave us see. 

\ But great, exdte- 

k tf/if+J motif has envd- 

\j> oped work" in the 

— dative department 

Students are deep 
into pidgins and Creoles. A pidgin 
speaker knows what he means 
when he says, Look you go seeyour 
mother. His verbs nave no need of 
prepositions. Estuary English is 
also proving fruitful territory. It 
mutates the to into a final -a on the 
preceding verb, as in,ya wanna be 
or dya wan na come. This is no vul¬ 
garity, but a reversion to an Old 
English form which used the suffix 
•an to form the infinitive. And why 
not? 

These fine scholars are the space 
scientists of language. They are lost 
in its black holes and quasars. 
When they tel I us to shift course, we 
can shift Until then, the Earth is 
still round, time does not bend and 
splitting infinitives is not normal or 
useful. It is ugly and sloppy, to be 
done only in emergencies. 

Grammarians from Fowler to 
Robert Burchfield have listed cases 
where splits make sense. They are 
usually where a speaker needs to 
hurl qualification at a weak verb. 
We can sympathise with Burch¬ 


field'S British Airways stewardess, 
wrestling with corporatospealc 
“We ask you to please stay in yoar 
seats." The same goes for, “He ran 
to rasr stop the car going over the 
difi". You can rebuild this sentence 
but not relocate tbejust without dis¬ 
torting meaning. Bat the absolute 
ban on splitting the infinitive dates 
only from a grammar published in 
1864. It swiftly became a matter of 
linguistic snobbery, not common 
sense: 


T he reason for avoiding a 
split has nothing to do 
with snobbery or Latin. It 
is that die rhythm and or¬ 
der of a sentence is the chief aid to 
its meaning. Spfit infinitives tend to 
jar the ear and jerk a sentence out 
of shape. The phrase, to emphati¬ 
cally and conclusively be is ugly. 
Tte engine of foe verb is tom apart 
tty its qualifiers. The most famous' 
split of all is Byron's, “To slowly 
trace the forest’s shady scene". He 
overcame ugliness onlyby the puri¬ 
ty of iris metre and the balancing 
strength of slowly and trace. Had 
he written “to sfowty go" he would 
have lolled die line. 

This is why Star TreKs much-dt- 
ed “Ip boldly go". admired by the 
NOtiE, is wretched! The adverb 
rushes to rescue Dr Speck from h® 
choice of one of the weakest verbs 
in the language. Go ranks with is 
and has, words used only to rash 
the listener on somewbexedse. For 
boldly go. the Royal Marines use 
“dare", a stronger verb with the 
same meaning. Or they venture, 
risk and hazard afl. Real Star 
Trekkers would never “go”. 

The split infinitive debate is al¬ 
ways welcome. If emphasises what 
is vital to language, the rhythm and 
power that grammar bestows on 
the passing parade of words. Infini¬ 
tives are verbs, described by Hump- 
ty Dumpty as “the proudest of 
words”. To those who want then- 
sentences to flow, all qualifiers are 
an incubus, so much luggage. They 
impede meaning try altering ana 
weakening Hi-chosen nouns and 
verbs. 

If a verb needs an adverb, goes 
the maxim, itis the wrong verb. If it 
needs the extra crutch of the adverb 
located within its. infinitive, the 
poor thing must be on its knees and 
begging for help. A split infinitive is 
a boy sent on a man's errand. 
Avoid it The case for change is not j 
proven. - | 




of Glenn Hoddle 


B less me, Hoddle. for l have 
sinned. As coach of the Eng¬ 
land football team! Glenn 
Hoddle has marry sacerdotal func¬ 
tions. These indude hearing the 
confessions of his playe rs: or ai 
least being, privy to their torments 
and troubles — sport being, after 
all, a tormenting and troubling 
business. , ., 

Hoddle has broken the seal of the 
confessional. What be reveals is not 
terribly shocking: what is shocking 
is that he reveals anything at aJL 
The serial rights of his World-Cup 

diaiy were sold to our turbulent sis¬ 
ter paper, The Sun, and indude rev¬ 
elations that Gazza (remember 
him?) was drunk when Hoddle told 
him that he was dropped from the 
England squad, and thafhe kicked. 
a chair with a hare 'foot and 
smashed a glass lamp. '• 

, The revelations were no doubt 
worth the 250,000 pieces of silver 
that Hoddle was, it is estimated, 
paid as an advance. But Jet us ring 
up the Football Association’s PR 
man to complain. Hang on: the as¬ 
sociation's PR man. David Davies, 
was the book's ghostwriter. 

An England football coach has 
two options. He either works mira- 
des or gets the sack. Hoddle has 
worked mirades all right though 
not, alas, the mirade of World Cup 
victory. The miracle was that after 
a very disappointing World Cup 
campaign, he was not sacked — or 
even blamed. Instead, everyone 
blamed David Beckham, who was 
sent off for petulance in England's 
last game;. Beckham, in short 
saved Hoddle from disaster. It was 
' nothing short of a mirade. Hoddle 
should have been forever grateful. 

But no, Beckham is just one more 
player who gets a doseof public crit¬ 
icism. Beckham has already be¬ 
come. since the World Cup, an ob¬ 
ject of nationwide loathing. Hod¬ 
dle, as a good coach should, piles 
•fin-mote blame. 

But really, you know, with the 
publication of tins book, it is as if 
Hoddle toere going but of his way 
. ip restore Beckham in the nation's 
affections. Dealt hate Beckham — 
hate me instead! 1 really amvnuch 
more despicable. Beckham's was a 
sflly little crime of passion: Hod- 
tile's is a thoughtful, premeditated 
scam,' rewarded with untold gold. 

. Hoddle. Iras done well, m the 
Space Of a weekfbe ha!s taken him¬ 
self from a man wtyoTias miracu¬ 
lously kept his national respect in¬ 
tact to nothing less than a national 
hate figure. But he has even manr 
aged a still greater mirade: he has 
made us all feel sorry for Gasza. 

G azza had,' ft seemed, run 
out of forgiveness- There 
had been one binge, one 
tabloid revelation too many. But 
here comes Hoddle Idling tales out 
of school, and suddenly there is a 
wave of renewed sympathy -— even 
affection — for poor craty Gazza. 

Gazza is awful but he didn’t de¬ 
serve this: to have his secrets told in 
prim self-righteous footballese by a 
staiHf-pp-and-be-cbunted Christian 
who has just dumped his wife and 
three children (youngest five).Hod¬ 
dle has.sold'the secrets of men in 
his care for vast suras — and fan¬ 
cies himself a saint for doing so. 

But a coach, like a priest, must 
have the bust of his flock, if you 
break confidences, you have nei¬ 
ther trust nor flock. It is not simply 
immoral to keep Hoddle in the job. 

It is impractical. ; 

Hoddle under fire, page 29 
Danny Baker, page 31 


Swift’s work 

AN AUTOBIOGRAPH I CAL note penned by Jonathan Swift has been un¬ 
earthed by Victoria Glendinning. The author of Gulliver’s Travels was 
thought not to have left any jottings about himself when he died in 1745. 
But John Forster mentioned in his 1895 biography of Swift that an autobio¬ 
graphical fragment had existed but was thought to have been lost Not so. 
according ro Glendinning (pictured). The biographer, whose previous sub¬ 
jects have included Anthony Trollope and Edith Sitwell, says she has 
found the aide-memoire and has 
pored over it during her research 
for her book on Swift, to be pub- 
a fished this month. 

Coquerrishly, she declines to say 
where the fragment turned up and 
who had it. But her detective work 
is expected to shed light on the in¬ 
triguing career of the writer. He 
worked as a government propagan- 
* dist for Queen Anne, malting 

friends with Establishment figures, Malcolm Bradbury told me: “Swift 
before murating into the ferodous, has had continuing im^n-iance. 
if somewhat chippy, satirist Gulliver's Travels has inO'.»en«.ii a 

Details about his personal fife, tradition that comes right through 
particularly his relationship with to Animal Farm. In all his political 
i Esther Johnson, whom he affection- writings you get this anti-Eslablish- 
ately called Stella, will be particu- mem rage, because he never got the 
larly eagerly awaited. Professor preferment he hoped for." 

bAvscts- Y‘>“ Ve °>* P otr 

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• KENNETH STARR is not the 
only person showing a forensic in¬ 
terest in Vox, the navel about tele¬ 
phone sex which Monica Lewinsky 
sent President Clinton. Granta. its 
British publisher, has received an 
inquiry about serialisation rights 
from the Sunday Sport 


Bar ties 


THE Archbishop of Canterbury 
need not feel too despondent about 
the Lambeth Conference. Despite 
the three-week event virtually turn¬ 
ing into a religious war. h did at 
least produce one swift convenaon. 
Kandy Lewis and Peter Millen run 
a pub on the outskirts of the Univer¬ 
sity of Kent where the 750 bishops 
were staying. Their tavern became 
a regular drop-in for a trio of con¬ 
servative bishops from Orlando, 
Jacksonville and Dallas, who be¬ 
came horrified to discover that die 
couple were living in sin. 

So keen were the three for the pub¬ 
licans to learn the joys erf marriage 
that life derics offered to sanctity 
the relationship there and then. 
The couple were happy to oblige 
but soon discovered that the cere¬ 
mony would not be permitted in a 
pub. Undeterred, they have sworn 
to save up and fly to America for 
one of their new friends to hdp 
them to tie the knot. “Marriage is 
fundamental to their Christianity, 
but by English law you have to give 
28 days' notice,” observes Kandy. 
“Florida sounds very nice, though." 

• SOMEONE is snooping on Lord 
Avebury. The Lib Dem peer, who 
has been monitoring human rights 



Diat 


EDWARD WELSH 

abuses against Kurds, has upset 
the Turks- Avebury discovered that 
he had been spied on by spooks 
from Ankara after they passed his 
telephone numbers to a Turkish 
journalist. He believes the Turkish 
intelligence service thinks it will 
find Reds under his bed. "He is 
over there at the moment. This son 
of thing goes with the territory:’ 





Lady A told me, and, chances are. 
some nosy Anatolians. 


Murder plot 

J1LLY COOPER is at toe centre of a 
murder inquiry. The bonkboster 
author (pictured left) has called in 
the police to her Cotswoldhomefor 
questioning as research for her lat¬ 
est novel She is dreaming up a gris¬ 
ly death for Rannaldini. an Italian 
orchestra conductor in the book, 
and wants to ensure that toe plot 
would stand up in court- “The po¬ 
lice have been very helpful over 
questions about procedure," says 
July. I always thought her novels 
were well-researched. 

• AS 300 members of die Garrick 
Club yesterday trooped into the 
Fortune Theatre to discuss Disney's 
loot, thw were greeted by notices 
about its show, a thriller: 
“Spooky", u Spine tingling’ and 
“Take tranquillisersA mid gypsy 
woman also shouted at them: “Are 
you on strike for more money?” ■ 

Grant aid 

BERN IE GRANTS ambitions 
have suffered a setback 1 gather 
the forthright Tottenham MP lob¬ 
bied Jack Straw, the Home Secre¬ 
tary. to appoint him Minister for 
Ethnic Minorities in last month’s 
reshuffle. The man who said the 
Met should be given a "good hid¬ 
ing" after the Broadwater Farm ri¬ 
ots wanted “special responsibility 
for police liaison". It’s lucky Jack 
has a good sense of humour. 



GEORGE BEST is turning into a one-man cottage industry. The 
former Manchester United baHsmith has staggofed upon yet anoth¬ 
er wheeze to make money from a most unlikely source. Already sefl- 
ragplonkfroin Italy bottled as a George Best vintage, he has now ar¬ 
ranged a sinecure from toe National Portrait Gallery. 

had a letter from the gallery, o nrtming a-pto n to sen framM 
and signed afoies of my portrait" he says, gleefully. “Both foe pho¬ 
tographer. Sefton Samuels, and I win get a cut"., 

. A portrait of Best, a different sort of dribbler these days, has hubs 

20 however, our nation- 

alpantherobegan producing this postcard of foe footballer's mug— 
fcf a few bob yesterday to be sold alongside 
^^^q^Vu^Wootfand Shakespeare. ThelSSoaal 
Portrait Gafloty agreed to foepaymentafter Best complained that he 
was not recemng a penny. r 

Despite this accolade, the kmckTcnack seller in foe gallery-shop 

wllc¥n» that n» ftpet m.h i___ . “ T'*' 


achieve foe popularity of W.G, Grace and Mv RftStrfa 
ty isn't one of our top sellers." Where dW it all go,right, George? 





















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THE TIMES SATU RDAY AUGUST 151998 



MOMENT OF TRUTH? 




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Limited sexual contact means limited Clinton credibility 


Tlie White House has spent much of the past 
fortnight debating the meaning of truth. 
This has. though, been less an exercise in 
high principle than in low politics. The 
President has said nothing in public about 
the Lewinsky affair for seven months. When 
Mr Clinton offers his testimony to Kenneth 
Starr’s grand jury on Monday, he hgs the 
opportunity to outline the whole truth about 
his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. 

All foe indicatio ns are that he will not be 
so forthcoming. It seems likely that he will 
acknowledge “limited sexual contact" with 
Miss Lewinsky. He will thus confirm what a 
solid majority of Americans haw suspected 
for some time. However!, foe White House 
lawyers remain determined to avoid a foil 
admission and apology. With the assistance 
erf a dktionajy, a thesaurus and breath¬ 
taking audacity, Mr Clinton seems set to 
distinguish between “sexual contact" and 
“ sexua l relations” This will enable him to 
continue denying allegations of perjury and 
obstruction of justice. Mr Clinton will dare 
Mr Starr to prove the case against him 

This strategy may be' legally sound but it 
wfll limit the President’s credibility. Mr 
Clinton will operate under an dense ethical 
doud for at least two months until Mr Starr 
completes his inquiries, He might be so 
handicapped for the next two years. He may 
become less effective in Washington, and 
thus on the world stage. Some of Mr 
Clinton’s supporters dismiss such concerns. 1 
All American Presidents entering their final 
period in power, they argue, are to some ex¬ 
tent lame ducks. Furthermore, they contend,.. 
the economic boom and budget rarphis that 
have accompanied foe Clinton years, not 
scandal, will secure his place in history. 

This is dangerous territory for the 
President to be contemplating. The United 
States has had its fair share of lame dueks in 


the Oval Office — it can do without one that 
cannot even walk. The world cannot, run on 
autopilot while Mr Clinton quietly counts 
down foe days until Mr Starr submits his 
report In foe next few weeks. Congress will 
decide whether or not to supply foe 
International Monetary Fund with $18 
billion essential for .international economic 
recovery, to repay or not a sizeable slice of 
US debt to the United Nations, and whether 
or not to award “fast-track'* trade negotiat¬ 
ing status to the President 

Without persuasive presidential leader¬ 
ship all these initiatives are likely to faff. Mr 
Clinton cannot provide that dynamism if he 
remains the prisoner of Pennsylvania Ave¬ 
nue — held in contempt by a majority in 
Congress and damned as dishonest by the 
US media. He will be incapable of commu¬ 
nicating his message to those who matter. 
Neither will he be able to display real auth¬ 
ority when he visits Russia next month, a 
trip that has become much more important 
in foe past few days. There will be scant 
pressure on Iraq to cooperate with UN wea¬ 
pons inspectors, on Japan to move swiftly to 
. revive its economy, or on the two sides in foe 
Middle East peace process to compromise. 

The Clinton legacy is not yet set in stone. 
He has two more, potentially very turbulent, 
years of his term to see through. The domes¬ 
tic ndrievemertts of which foe President is 
rightly proud will be undermined if the 
Asian economic crisis is not contained and 
then reversed. A budget surplus at home will 
be of modest value if he leaves Washington 
with foe world a less stable and secure place 
than when he first took foe oath of office. Mr 
Clinton will certainly take a political risk if 
he decides to tell all about foe Lewinsky 
saga. He win take a much larger risk with 
. his countrymen and America's allies if he 
decides to deal in semantics instead. 


MAD DOGS AND BUREAUCRATS 


Classroom discipline is eroded by over-regulation 


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The sun has a strange effect an some people. 
The recent heatwave appears to have exac¬ 
erbated bureaucracy’s tendency to meddle. 
In foe middle of foe school summer holi¬ 
days, the Local Government As sodation has 
warned education authorities that teachers 
should not help pupils to apply sun cream, 
for fear of being accused of sexual abuse. 
This latest piece of nannying, which has 
tmionsuppo^isas^refiectionofadimate 
of fear. If teachers dare not even dab sun. 
cream on a. child’s nose, how. can they , be 
expected to uphold school discipline? 

The idea that teachers act in loco parentis , 
has been destroyed. Thirty years ago, 
parents expected schools to instil the sense of 
order and respect that their children found 
at home. A dip around the ear, a rap over 
the knuckles with a ruler/detention —these 
were considered legitimate means of enforc¬ 
ing discipline. Teachers would echo foe 
home emdronment by rewarding pupils 
with a pat on the head, reassuring young 
children with a cuddle and tending to their 
needs as any parent would. Mr Chips might 
have gone, bufrhis spirit lived an. 

Since then this concept has been buffeted 
from all sides. Classroom discipline has 
been eroded by so-called “jangressive" theo¬ 
ries that children need freedom to express 
their views and thoughts, should not be 
taught as a whole class and certainly never 
be struck by teachers. “Positive evaluation 1 * 
displaced foe notion of right and wrong. 
Cases of child abuse resulted in over-zealous 
restrictions on the physical contact teachers 
can have with cbfldnen. Schools ceased to 
reflect such structured routines of family life 
as regular meals or reading tochfldren. 

Thee trends have reduced some- of 
Britain's classrooms to anarchy, with teach¬ 


ers unable or unwilling to exercise authority. 
The number of teachers beaten up by their 
pupils has soared: one teaching union estim- 
. ates that its members won £750,000 in com¬ 
pensation in one year alone. The last resort 
—’expulsion — is fast becoming the most 
effective means of dealing with consistently 
wayward pupils. Teachers’ paranoia about 
foe consequences of physical contact has 
been heightened by a spate of accusations of 
child abuse: last year 117 allegations were 
/made against teachers in one union, of 
- which 91 have so far proved unfounded. 

The Governments attempts to reverse the 
idiocies of past legislation have been half¬ 
hearted. Guidance issued last month shows 
just how tight the State’s apron-strings are 
tied. While belatedly dispeUmg the myth 
--foat any physical contact with a child is 
unlawful, it tells teachers foal they should 
restrict themselves to using “reasonable 
force” — for which there is no legal defi¬ 
nition. Slapping a child, or pulling two fight¬ 
ing children apart by their ears, is outlawed. 
A depressing endnote tells teachers foat 
while touching “may be appropriate” in 
some cases, “well-intentioned physical con¬ 
tact can sometimes be misconstrued”. 

If foe Government wants schools to be pla¬ 
ces of order and security, it must trust 
teachers more and nanny them less. Teach¬ 
ers are well able to use their common sense: 
and if they are to instil disdpline, they 
should be able to punish as well as reward 
their pupils — a concept that has been 
expelled from too many schools. The pend¬ 
ulum of public opinion, which swung in 
favour of banning corporal punishment and ■ 
tight regulations to prevent child abuse, is 
now swinging bade. The “suncream direc¬ 
tive” will accelerate its momentum. 


THINK ON 

- Philosophy is a quintessentiallyiiiodeni discipline 




For Tnimam iel Riant foe Enlightenment 
could be iaptureii in., two small words: 
sapere o»tlp — “dtlre to think”. When 3J500 
individuals professionally devoted to this 
proposition are gtetoed under one roof, as 
happened at the Sta World Congress of 
Philosophy in the effect 

may be more of Bifoel than of 18ifa-centuiy 
discourse! Modemjihilpsophy speaks a be- 
wflderm^ variety of languages, from an¬ 
alytic logic to existentialism, poststnict- 
uralisnt semiotics and the wilder shores of 
earfetnmism, and there isa fair degree of 
apartheid between its practitioners. 

Hence the temptation to view foe disci¬ 
pline as too rarefied and “academic?' for 
mere mortals. Britons are notorwusty wary 
of theory; the national prejudicei is weU 
captured by Kipling'S “If yem can think and 
not make thoughts 

Berlin captured British hearts wffil tus 
tongue-in-cheek remark that he had toned 
to political thought because 
only be done by very dever people .Thus is 
r one of the few European °®if lt nes where al¬ 

most no school toadies 
this age of uncertainty, when today* wear 
tional training may be uummrow’s passpJJJ? 
to redundancy, “dare to think” should be the 
r . _ motto pinned on the wall of every under- 
^ graduate room aod recruitment agents- 


lift nut 

graduate room and recruitment agency. 
Philosophy is making a modest conwtede m 
British universities, . 

The great virtue of philosophy *• 

leaches^wwhat to think, b^bowtofomk 
it is foe study of meaning, 
underlying conduct. thought • and know¬ 


ledge. The skills it hones are the ability, to 
analyse,:to question orthodoxies and to 
express things dearly. However arcane 
some philosophical texts may be — and not 
everybody can come to grips with the 
demands of Austinian logical positivism — 
foe ability to formulate questions and follow 
arguments is the essence of education. 

It can also be studied at many levels. In 
the US, where foe number of philosophy 
graduates has increased by 5 per cent a year 
during foe 1990s, only a very few go on to 
became philosophers. Their employability, 
at 98.9 per cent is impressive by any stan¬ 
dard. Philosophy has always been a good 
training for the law; but it is equally useful 
for computer scientists. In this country, the 
Higher Education Statistics Survey puts 
philosophy of science right upwith medicine 
in its employment record for graduates. 

Philosophy is. in commercial jargon, the 
ultimate “transferable work skill”. That is 
not the only argument for expanding phitor 
sophy departments, and encouraging sixth- 
ibnners to read Plato,.or John Stuart Mill on 
liberty- Chris Woodhead, foe Chief Inspector 
of Schools, has cautioned against an obses¬ 
sion with flie narrowly vocational. Lecturing 
the Confederation of British Industry on the 
“sly. utilitarianism” of employers, he defends 
a .liberal education as needing “no justifica¬ 
tion beyond the satisfaction Md enjoyment 
that it brings" Tteenagers waiting for their A 
level results and pondering deg ree co urses 
should consider philosophy. It is rewarding 
ih itself: and it could nowadays be the 
passport to a successful, varied career. 




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Brown’s fiscal strategy and approach to ‘fat cat’ salaries 


From the Shadow Chancellor 

Sir, Janet Bush and Jill Sherman 
write today that “the latest report on 
inflation prospects from the Bank of 
England ... offered a ringing en¬ 
dorsement of the Chancellor^ claim 
that his plans for increased public 
spending are prudent". If this is their 
interpretation of the two documents 
published by the Bank yesterday, I 
simply cannot agree. 

Both documents quite dearly cri¬ 
ticise Labour’s spending plans. Ac¬ 
cording to the minutes of the July 
meeting of the Monetary Policy Com¬ 
mittee “the case for a reduction in 
interest raxes had become less dear in 
the light of the Government's an¬ 
nouncements on fiscal strategy which 
raised new concerns about the me¬ 
dium-term outlook”. And the Bank’s 
August inflation report argues that 
one of the four reasons for the worsen¬ 
ing picture on inflation is the increase 
in state spending: “Higher gov¬ 
ernment spending provides a stimu- 
. lus to domestic d eman d, above that 
assumed in May, towards the end of 
the forecast horizon." 

- it is quite dear that Gordon 
Brown’s profligate spending wfll add 
to inflationary pressure and ensure 
that interest rates remain higher for 
longer than they need have been—as 
foe Bank of England clearly explains. 

Yours etc, 

FRANCIS MAUDE. 

House of Commons. 

August 13. 

From Mr Roger Fox 

Sir, The “academic economists ” on the 
Monetary Policy Committee at the 
Bank of England have come under 
considerable criticism from those 
such as Ruth Lea. of foe Institute of 
Directors (letter. August 12). because 
of their alleged lack of “real-world ex¬ 
perience" — whatever that is sup¬ 
posed to be. 

The critics rarely refer to the MFCs 
brief of keeping the rate of inflation 
down. Whether th^y will be successful 
in that task only time will telL How¬ 
ever, it is rather cheap to single out a 


group of distinguished economists for 
gratuitous remarks just because they 
are charged with advising on policy 
and wifi, sometimes, have to take 
tough decisions. 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer 
took a sensible economic decision 
when he created foe MFC. based on 
good evidence from other countries, 
that giving the central bank responsi¬ 
bility for interest rates should get our 
inflation rate down to a lower level 
through time. 1 would have thought 
that everyone would welcome such an 
omcome. 

Yours faithfully. 

ROGER FOX 
(Senior Academic]. 

School of Soda! Sciences, 

The University of Greenwich, 

Avery Hill Road, Eltham. SE9 2UG. 
August 12. 

From Mr Granville Davies 

Sir, Your leader today. "A policy for 
pay”, surely strikes a naive note in 
regard to directors' rewards in private 
industry. 

Directors’ emoluments are often 
unrelated to success in their industry, 
and your confidence that the market 
will penalise a company whose lar¬ 
gesse towards its directors is mis¬ 
placed is a fond hope. 

Those who could conceivably con¬ 
trol remuneration policies are the 
institutional investors, but they have a 
common interest in promoting high 
salaries for their present and future 
fellow directors. Individual small 
shareholders, who are usually 
numerically in die majority, have little 
clout because in total they hold fewer 
shares. 

Your comparison of a company 
director cashing in his share options 
with a gambler winning millions on 
foe lottery is invalid because in the 
former case it is a one-way bet, and in 
the latter ralher less likely to happen. 

There is at the moment no effective 
restraint for the snouts in the trough, 
which is why the Government must 
exercise some form of control. In 
schools and hospitals productivity is 
impossible to measure fairly and 


probably totally irrelevant: the first 
step surely is to curb the often obscene 
excesses of the private sector. 

It is to be regretted that MPs have 
in the past notably failed to set an 
example. 

Yours truly, 

GRANVILLE DAVIES. 

5 Warren Wood. Warren Road, 

Crow bo rough. East Sussex TN6 ITT. 
August 10. 

From Mr David Lindsay 

Sir. So, it is open season, again, for 
shooting “fat cats" — excluding, pre¬ 
sumably, the Arsenal deputy chair¬ 
man, with a pay rise of 228 per cent to 
£525,000 (report Business. August I3J. 

Pay levels cannot, and should not. 
be government-controlled. They are 
best left to foe market and share¬ 
holders. What should be looked at, 
however, is not so much tax rates, as 
the absurd upper earnings limit 
(UEL) on national insurance contri¬ 
butions, which starves the N1 fund of 
its ability to pay fair pensions. 

It was, after all, partly the efforts of 
pensioners when at work foat has 
enabled these high earnings. In parti¬ 
cular, abolition of the UEL would 
allow men. too. to draw state pension 
from 60, which is surely what their 
contributions have earned? 

Yours faithfully, 

DAVID LINDSAY. 

36 Orchard Coombe. 

Whitchurch Hill. Reading RG8 7QL 
August 13. 

From Mr Benjamin Buchan 

Sir. The assertion in your leader today 
that “The market will penalise a 
company whose largesse towards its 
directors is misplaced" is surely one of 
the great myths of our time. 

in foe words of the late J. P. W. 
M alia lieu, when faced with some 
plausible-sounding but dubious gen¬ 
eralisation: “Name me five.” 

Yours sincerely. 

BENJAMIN BUCHAN, 

6 Franconia Road, SW4 9ND. 

August 12 


Duty-free sales 

From Mr Adam Clapham 

Sir, Trade union leaders Jimmy 
Knapp. Bill Harrison and Sean Keat¬ 
ing (letter, August 10) rue the demise 
of duty and tax-free shopping. If ever 
there was a perfect example of foe 
unacceptable face of capitalism surely 
duty-free is ft. 

1 have just returned from a holiday 
in France. Practically everything on 
sale duty-free is cheaper, tax paid, in 
the supermarkets. The notable excep¬ 
tion is cigarettes, which the French 
quite rightly subject to a punitive 
national tax and are thus marginally 
more expensive than on the cross- 
Channel ferry. 

Each year I have to visit Cannes for 
the major television market there. I 
suggested once to officials that they 
must coin it in during the television 
market and foe Cannes Film Festival. 
They assured me that these profits are 
nothing compared with those from the 
international convention of duty-free 
operators. 

The comrades who defend this rip- 
off in your columns will. I hope, find 
their union members, Mediterranean 
tans fast fading, turning on them at 
foe TUC*s autumn conference with 
complaints about the high price of 
duty-free beer. 

Yours faithfully. 

ADAM CLAPHAM, 

254 Alexandra Park Road, 

London N22 4BG. 

August 10. 

From the Director of the 
Passenger Shipping Association 

Sir, Our association represents 14 
ferry companies operating to eight EU 
countries. Fbr all our members foe 
loss of duty-free shopping is going to 
be devastating. 

Duty-free sales can amount to 50 
per cent of foe gross revenue for some 
of our .companies and no other re¬ 
venue stream comes dose to their pro¬ 
fit margin. As fares have fallen m foe 
last few years duty and tax-free sales 
have kept the industry afloat. If they 
go in July 1999 some ferry routes will 
dose, sailing frequency will decrease, 
investment will fail arid fares rise. 

In order to try to cover some lost 
revenue, ferry companies that operate 
between foe UK and low-tax countries 
such as Franoeand Spain will have to 
sell massive amounts of duty-paid 
goods on board their vessels. As duty- 
paid shopping imported bade into the 
UK is virtually uncontrolled, the effect 
on the Exchequer will be profound. 

We strongly urge foe Government 
to argue the case for duty-free sales 
not to be withdrawn until such time as 
a sensible replacement regime is 
agreed and for this regime to be put in 
pace in an orderly manner. 

Yours sincerely, 

WILLIAM GIBBONS, 

Director, 

Passenger Shipping Association Ud, 
4fo Floor. Walmar House. 

288-292 Regent Street, W1R 5HE. 
August 10. 


Weekend Money letters, page 53 


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Suncream warning 

From Mr Ben Whitney 

Sir. The Local Government Associ¬ 
ation seems over-cautious in its advice 
about teachers not putting suncream 
on children (report, August 14). I know 
of no case of alleged abuse arising 
from such behaviour. 

A few simple precautions should 
avoid misunderstanding. All but foe 
very youngest children can put on 
cream themselves, or on one another 
under adult supervision. There 
should be no problem, if parents have 
given consent in teachers administer¬ 
ing cream, provided they avoid touch¬ 
ing foe “swimsuit" areas and there are 
other people around. It might even be 
seen as neglect of their duly not to do 
so. We really don’t need to be so self- 
conscious. 

Yours faithfully, 

BEN WHITNEY 
(Author. Child Protection for 
Teachers and Schools, Kogan Page, 
“Books fbr Teachers" series, 1996), 

47 Manor Farm Crescent. 

Stafford ST17 9JN. 

August 14. 


RN plaques 

From Captain Anthony 
Swainson, RN 

Sir, I had no idea that Gieves and 
Hawkes supplied the Royal Navy 
with ships’ plaques (report. August 6: 
letters August 8 and 11). These plaques 
are. in origin, “boat's badges" and 
were affixed to the bows of small 
brats. They were also used as tam¬ 
pions (gun-fmuzie covers). 

In my day (1950s) all these ships' 
coats of arms were knocked up on 
board by the shipwright at small cost 
to the taxpayer. Such gifts were warm¬ 
ly received by foreign dignitaries. I 
should imagine foat foe modem ver¬ 
sion at £50 must be a poor substitute 
for the hand-crafted plaque made on 
board. 

1 am sure the practice of ship¬ 
wrights making the plaques must still 
go on in many ships today. 

Yours faithfully. 

ANTHONY SWAINSON. 

48 Springhead, 

Tunbridge Wells. Kent TN2 3NZ. 
August 13. 

From the Reverend Rogers. Bennett 

Sir. As a former Royal Naval chaplain 
(1969-90). I spent a number of happy 
hours working in foe chippy's work¬ 
shop at sea helping both to make and 


Job prospects 

From Mr G. Davidson 

Sir, Servants in Nigeria in the 1960s 
were certainly expected to produce a 
personal reference for any prospective 
employer (letters, July 31; August 5 
and 11). It was not uncommon to be 
presented with a takarda (Hausa for 
“paper") in which words or phrases 
considered by foe applicant or a more 
literate friend to be detrimental to any 
job prospects were obliterated, erased, 
or even simply cut out 
When writing a takarda for our 
own servants, therefore, we tried to 
use idiomatic expressions which 
would convey foe required message to 
any future employer without incur- 


Mixed-up monarchs 

From Professor A. G. Cross 

Sir, While it was good to see such a 
positive review of Professor Lindsey 
Hughes’s Russia in the age of Peter 
the Great (Books, August 13). readers 
would be perplexed by the accom¬ 
panying illustration captioned “Not 
above doing his own research: ffeter 
the Great mucks in at the dockyards 
of Deptford; painting by Daniel 
Maclise". but showing an elegant, 
slim and rather withdrawn figure 
looking down at a dwarf. 

Those conversant with Petrine 
iconography will of course recognise 
King William III and regret foat foe 
left-hand side of Madise's huge 
canvas was not shown, where Peter, 
saw in hand and proportioned like a 
shot-putter, is indeed mucking about 
with boats. 

Yours sincerely, 

ANTHONY CROSS. 

Department of Slavonic Studies, 
University of Cambridge, 

Sidgwick Avenue, 

Cambridge CB3 9DA. 

August 13. 


paint plaques for official presentation 
during a ship's courtesy visit. 1 am at a 
loss to understand why they should 
cost anything except for foe purchase 
of the re-usable mould in which we 
cast them. 

Nor was 1 wasting time when I 
would have been better employed in 
pastoral work. One of those chippies 
is now ordained and another is a 
stalwart of his local church. 

Yours faithfully. 

ROGER S. BENNETT. 

Le Reduft, School Lane. 

Nether Wallop, Stockbridge, 
Hampshire SO20 8EH. 

From Mr A noma Abeyewardene 

Sir. The Ministry of Defence is quite 
right to economise on wooden plaques 
such as that of HMS Courageous. The 
emblem of this ship is a hand stran¬ 
gling a viper. Some vipers are endan¬ 
gered species and this is politically 
mcorrea 

If the Navy would change foe coat 
of arms to something more accept¬ 
able, such as a hand strangling one of 
their accountants, public sympathy 
would force the MoD to relent 

Yours faithfully, 

ANOMA ABEYEWARDENE. 

39a Chaucer Road. 

Heme Hill, SE24 0NY. 

August 14. 


ring foe disapproval of foe applicant. 
Two I remember are: “We have found 
him to be very trying," and “I’m sure 
that he will do you as he has done us.” 

Yours faithfully, 

G. DAVIDSON. 

36 Thorpewood Avenue, SE26 4BX. 

From Mr Kenneth Jones 

Sir, Another favourite in East Africa 
in the Fifties was: “This man is 
capable of anything." 

Yours faithfully, 

KEN JONES. 

Little Doward, Lovedon Lane. 
Kmgsworthy, Winchester SQ23 7NJ. 
[email protected] 
August 13. 


The tradition of 
Oxbridge MAs 

From Mr Henry Button, 

MA ( Cantab ) 

Sir, According to your report on the 
Oxbridge Masters (August 8; see also 
letters, August 12), Oxford and Cam¬ 
bridge graduates have the right to an 
MA “simply by surviving 21 terms 
after collecting a bachelors degree". It 
was not quite like this in my youth. 

My Student's Handbook to Cam¬ 
bridge 1935-36 explains that a BA may 
be admitted MA “not less than six 
years from the end of his first term of 
residence". Further, “where a stu¬ 
dent’s name has been retained on the 
boards of his College" the college will 
let him know when he is of standing to 
proceed. (If his name had been re¬ 
moved from the boards, it would be 
for foe student to make foe first move.) 
There was a college fee. usually E2, 
and a university fee of £3 or £6, 
depending on foe date of mat¬ 
riculation. 

My college still has four of these 
boards. They are more than five feet 
long and about 13 inches wide. Two of 
them are still covered with names. 
They seem to have been in use until 
about 1900, when other arrangements 
were made. 

Yours faithfully. 

HENRY BUTTON 
(Archivist, 1986-96). 

Christ's College, 

Cambridge CB2 3BU. 

August 14. 

From Mr Norman Hampel, 

MA ( Oxon ) 

Sir. Years ago, as my family grew 
up, 1 promised myself that if I was 
lucky enough to have a son or daugh¬ 
ter attend my old Oxford college, 1 
would take my MA when he or she 
took the BA 

Last autumn my youngest son and 1 
took our degrees together. It was a 
memorable ceremony at the Shd- 
donian for family and friends, fol¬ 
lowed by lunch in college. 

I agree with the sentiment of 
your leading article (August 8). Why 
should anyone from Essex University, 
wherever that may be. call for the 
abolition of foe Oxbridge MA and 
deprive Oxbridge of their traditions? 

Yours sincerely. 

NORMAL HAMPEL 
Two Oaks, 

Slade Oak Lane, Denham, 
Buckinghamshire ITB9 5DP. 

August 13. 

From Mr N. Russell Gilbert, 

MA ( Cantab ) 

Sir. 1 have always thought that 
degrees are rather like dentures: you 
would not want to be without them, 
but you ought not to go flashing them 
about 

Sincerely. 

N. RUSSELL GILBERT. 

22 Cause End Road, 

Wootton, Bedford MK43 9DB. 

August 12 


Bishops and sexuality 

From the Reverend S. J. Davies 

Sir, You repon (August 10) foat “some 
bishops took a strongly conserva¬ 
tive line and endorsed biblical stand¬ 
points ..." 

At the consecration of Anglican 
bishops, when foe Archbishop has 
read foe preface to foe Declaration of 
Assent each bishop-elect says: 

\ affirm, and accordingly declare my belief 
in the faith which is revealed in the holy 
Scriptures and set forth in the Catholic 
Creeds and to which the historic formular¬ 
ies of the Church of England bear witness. 

Ought we not to expect our bishops, 
as men of honesty and integrity, 
to “endorse biblical standpoints”? 
“Some" seems to imply a minority. 

Yours obediently, 

S. J. DAVIES. 

The Devon and Exeter Institution. 

7 The Close. Exeter EX11EZ. 

August 11. 


Chief Rabbinates 

From Mr Raymond P. Kalman 

Sir, Rabbi Dr Remain’s insistence 
that only this country and Israel have 
a national Chief Rabbi (letter, August 
10) will come as a surprise to foe 
holders of that office in Denmark, 
Ireland, France, Hungary. Italy. Lux¬ 
embourg, South Africa and Turkey. 

J! will be equally surprising to foe 
applicants for foe Chief Rabbinates of 
Romania and Sweden, which are pre¬ 
sently vacant as far as I am aware. 

Yours faithfully. 

RAYMOND KALMAN. 

21 Florence Mansions, 

Vivian Avenue. NW4 3UY. 

August II. 


A snip 

From Dr T. K. Maurice 

Sir, 1 really think Gordon Brown 
oughi to shop around a bir before he 
goes on spending £235 each time he 
has a haircut (report, August 10). Has 
he tried Cambridge? When I was 
there as an undergraduate, admitted¬ 
ly rather a long time ago, one estab¬ 
lishment had a notice in foe window 
reading*. “Haircut 8d and ncLtips." 

Yours faithfully. 

TIM MAURICE. 

Grasmere, Back Lane. 

Marlborough. Wiltshire SN8 UJ. 
August il. 


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SOCIAL 

NEWS 

The Princess Royal cele¬ 
brates her 48th birthday 
today. 


Birthdays 

TODAY: 

Lord Burnham. 67; Sir Charles 
Carter. FBA. former Vice-Chan- 
ceOor. Lancaster University. 79; 
Mr David Coleman, former Presi¬ 
dent. Royal Pharmaceutical Soci¬ 
ety of Great Britain. 59; Mr 
Edmund Dell. former MP. 77: Mr 
James Flecker,, forma- Head¬ 
master. Ardingly College. 59; 
Dame Wendy Hiller. actress. 86; 
Miss Rita Hunter, soprano. 65; 
Lord In grow. 8); Mr Jack Lynch, 
former Prime Minister, Republic 
of Ireland. 81; Mr Edrod. Mc- 
Millan-Scwt MEP. 49; Sir Patrick 
Naime, former Master. St Cath¬ 
erine's College, Oxford. 77; Sir 
Kenneth Newman, former Comm- 
issionerof the Metropolitan police, 
71 Major-General Kenneth Per¬ 
kins, 71 Mr Oscar Peterson, jazz 
pianist. 71 Mr Justice Fopplewell. 
71; Professor Sir Leon 
Radzinowicz. FBA. crimioo legist 
91 Lady Jean Rankin, former 
Woman of the Bedchamber to 
Queen Elizabeth the Queen 
Mother. 91 Professor Sir Michael 
Rutter. FRS, Professor of Child 
Psychiatry. London University. 65; 
Air Vice-Marshal Sir John 
Seveme, former Captain of The 
Qumo's Flight. 73; Lord Steyn. 66; 
Sir Stephen Tumira. former Chief 
Inspector of Prisons lor England 
and Wales. 68; the Hon WUliam 
Waldegrave, former MP. 51 Sir 
Kenneth Warren, aeronautical en¬ 
gineer. 71 Air Marshal Sir Wil¬ 
liam Wratten, 59. 

TOMORROW: 

Mr Bruce Beresfbrd. film director. 
58: Judge Barrington Black. 66: the 
Right Rev Ronald Bowfby, 71 the 
Most Rev Sean Brady. Archbishop 
of Armagh and Primate of All 
Ireland, 59: Miss Ann Chant, 
former chief executive. Child Sup¬ 
port Agency. 53; Sir Philip Daw¬ 
son. President. Raya] Academy. 74: 
Mr George Galloway, MP. 44; 
Lord Gillmore of Thamesfidd. 64; 
Miss Katharine Hamnett, lashion 
designer. 51; Mr Trevor Mc¬ 
Donald, broadcaster. 59: Ma¬ 
donna. singer. 40 Sir Donald 
Maidand. former dvil servant and 
diplomat. 7& Mr Tom Maschler. 
publisher. Jonathan Cape. 65: Mr 
John Standing, soar. 64; Miss 
Helen Storey, fashion designer. 39: 
Professor W. St G Symmers. 
pathologist. 81; Mr Jeff Thomson, 
cricketer. 48; Mr Arthur Walsh, 
former chairman. Northern 
Telecom Europe, 71 Sir Jack 
Wellings. former chairman. The 
600 Group. 81; Professor Brian 
Wotedge. FBA. Emeritus Professor 
of French. London University. 94. 


Forthcoming 

marriages 

Mr J.G. ADen 
and Miss K. Boston 
The engagement is announced 
between Jonathan, youngest son of 
Mr and Mrs Michael J. Alien, of 
Mendham. Suffolk, and Kate, 
third daughter of Mr and Mrs 
Michael Boston, of KnulsfonL 
Cheshire. 

DrG Armitage 
and Miss M. Arden 
The engagement is announced 
between Christopher, elder son of 
Mr and Mrs Eric Armitage, of 
Batley, Yorkshire. and 
Madeiynne, elder d aug ht e r of Mr 
and Mrs Robert Arden, of 
Prinlewdi. Essex. 

Mr S.D. Galea 
and Miss Sj.C.MeWatttrs 
The engagement is announced 
between Simon, younger son of Dr 
and Mrs J. Galea, of Maidstone. 
Kent and Kappara. Malta, and 
Sarah, elder daughter of the late 
Mr AM. McWaners and Mrs J. 
Townsend. of Tetbury. 
Gloucestershire. 

Mr S J. Nottage 
and Miss G Rayner ' 

The engagement is announced 
between Simon, son of Mr and 
Mrs Stuart Nonage, of Ewfaurst. 
Surrey, and Clare, eldest daughter 
of Mr and Mrs David Rayner. of 
York. 

MrJ.R. Roberts 
and Miss KJ. Bryan 
The engagement is announced 
between John, son of Mr and Mrs 
R. Roberts of Waterside by 
Kilmarnock. Ayrshire, and 
Kirstin. elder daughter of Lieuten¬ 
ant Colonel and Mrs K.R. Bryan, 
of Andover. Hampshire. 

MrG.H. Young 
and Miss M J. TogbOl 
The engagement is announced 
between Gerry, eldest son of Sir 
George and Lady Young, of Ration 
Mewsey. Hampshire, and Mari¬ 
anne, eldest daughter of Dr and 
Mrs Peter Toghill, of Church 
Sinetton. Shropshire. 


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Britain’s abandoned mas 


Dalya Alberge reports on the art 


treasures the public cannot see 


A LEADING art 
historian yesterday 
criticised Britain's 
museums and gal¬ 
leries for letting dawn the 
public by failing to ensure 
that the jewels of their collec¬ 
tions are on permanent view 
and always available. 

Christopher Wright, a 
scholar who compiled the 
definitive survey of the 
World's Master Paintings, 
singled out undisputed trea¬ 
sures by Monet Renoir and 
Pissarro as well as a striking 
Dutch landscape by Philips 
Koninck. Rembrandt’s pupfl, 
at Southampton City Art 
Gallery. 

For more than a year, while 
he was doing research for an 
exhibition which opens next 
Friday, works of international 
importance remained hidden 
from view in darkened store¬ 
rooms while the galleries 
were filled by changing exhi¬ 
bitions of modem art They 
have not been up since the 
1970s," be said. 

The result is that extraordi¬ 
nary masterpieces from the 
Early Italian Renaissance to 
the Impressionists will come 
up for air for eight weeks — 
the run of the exhibition — 
and then disappear again into 
the storerooms. 

Hie gallery’s priorities are 
wrong, he said, arguing that, 
however restricted a muse¬ 
um's space, curators must 
ensure that the most signifi¬ 
cant works of public collec¬ 
tions can be seen. 

Southampton is just one 
example: “It’s happening all 
over the place and should be 
considered a national prob¬ 
lem.’’ He singled out master¬ 
pieces such as Jean-Lton 
G£rtane's The Execution of 
Marshal Ney at Sheffield, 
which, after a recent tempo¬ 
rary display, may not be on 
DBmMOCQMie 



view for another nine months. 
At the Beecroft Ait Gallery in 
Southend-on-Sea no one can 
say when a Constable sketch 
of the Rrver Stour will be back 
on view. 

“Each museum should be 
saying what are its things of 
international or national im¬ 
portance." he said. “They 
should be up come what may. 
The rest should be rotated." 

"Another notorious exam¬ 
ple," said Mr Wright, who has 
written dozens of publications 
including acclaimed studies 
on Poussin, Georges de la 
Tour and Vermeer, is Roch¬ 
dale’s Crucifixion by 
Giovanni di Paolo, a master 
once described as the El 
Greco of the 15th century. It 
was tent to the Royal Acade¬ 
my’s regions} art exhibition 
this year, and was up in 
Rochdale some five weeks 
ago: for 20 years before that it 
had been in store. 

Mr Wright argues that 
where a small museum has a 
treasure outside its perime¬ 
ters. it tends not to bother with 
it “Rochdale has got Victori¬ 
an works that do not fit with 
one Indian gold ground paint¬ 
ing. The Ashmolean in Ox¬ 
ford or Walker in Liverpool 
would be more suitable. Why 
don’t collections like Roch¬ 
dale say, 'let’s send it on 
extended deposit elsewhere, 
do a bit of wheeling and 
dealing for something in 
exchange’?" 



Hidden away at Southampton City Art Gallery: The last evening by Jacques Joseph (James) Tlssot 


H e criticised the 
National Mari¬ 
time Museum at 
Greenwich for 
displaying so little of its 
collection The museum cura¬ 
tor. Pieter van der Merwe, 
says that it has 46 oils by the 
Van de Veldes, and feels drat it 
could never display all of 
them. Mr Wright said: "It is 
an intellectual question. Ifyou 
have 46 pictures by the great¬ 
est of afi seascape painters, 
and you deem the public is 
only fit to see some of them, is 
this right?" 

Greenwich is one of the 
worst examples, be says, 
because a very low percentage 
of its collection is on show. 
“They have created an amaz¬ 
ing store off-site, but they have 
the space to show more.' . - 
Mr van der Merwe says 
that a rebuilding programme 
will extend the ground space 
by 30 per cent but the museum 
has two million items. 

Mr Wright lamented how 
Guildhall has an enormous 
collection which has “never 
been out since the wartime 
bomb. It has a very fine and 
important Constable, and 

wonderful Pre-Raphaelites. 

including Millais’ 1851 The 
Woodman's Daughter.” Staff 
there confirmed that most of 
the collection has been in 
storage although the premises 
are being rebuilt for an open¬ 
ing in the spring. 

At Brighton, he said, tire 
majority of the Baroque, 


Christopher Wright gems 
should always be on show 


Oxford Institute of 
Legal Practice 

Legal Pracrioe Results 1997-98 
The following students have been 
awarded (he Postgraduate Di¬ 
ploma in Legal Practice with 
Distinction: 

Alien, Sarah: Bainbridge. Mi¬ 
chelle; BamuL Iaiu Broquard. 
Rachel; Brown, Helen: Carroll. 
Naomi: Chesters. Celia: Cornwell. 
Jane; Costelloe; Bonnie; Daniel. 
Elizabeth; Darbon. Gerry: Drum¬ 
mond. Edward; Dunn, Ekrise: 
King. Paul; Lindsay, Kirn: 
McLemon. Lee; O’Hara. Glenda: 
Pace. Susan; Plaitakis, Ariadne; 
Ryman, Julia; Singleton. Kirsten; 
Thatcher. Emma; Went. James; 
Whiieway, Clare 

The following students have been 
awarded the Post Graduate Di¬ 
ploma in Legal Practice with 
Commendation: 

Baskerville. Simon; Brighouse. 
Benjamin; Browning. Susannah; 
Burke. Carol; Bustard. Camilla: 
BuswelL Marie Caldwell Emma; 
Collins. Deborah; Cooper. Nicola; 
Crowtber. David; Davidson- 
Shrine. Gregory: Davies. Bin; 
Davis, Sarah; Fraser, Jamie: 
Gibbs, Clare; Godboit, Justin: 
Grewar, Aon; HaU. Graeme: Ha 
Eric; Hogge. Rachael; Jackson. 
Clare: Jupp, Elizabeth: Khetia. 
Kirart; Knight, fteten Knowles. 
Manhewr Knox, Andrew; Light- 
foot. Charles; ling. Kathryn; Mc¬ 
Cormack. Lynn; Mow, Christine; 
NakhwaL Jasvinder: Newberry. 
Susan; Petersen. Dagmar: 
Reavjgy. Rowan: Rickards, Mat¬ 
thew, Rowlands, Liyr. Russell. 
Lesley; Smith. Martin: Southern, 
James; Stephens. Christopher 
Stewart. Beverley; Stone. Timothy: 
Stott, David: Sweetland, Jeremy; 
Swinbum. Elizabeth: Tang. Vik: 
Tureer-Kerr. Peter. Wardaie. 
Sharon: White. Karen: William¬ 
son. Emma; Tanre. Ruth. 

The following students have been 
awarded the: Post Graduate Di¬ 
ploma in Legal Practice: 

Afchtar, Shamirn: Appleby. 
Wendy; Baeva. Dessislava: coo¬ 
per. Michael- Davies. James; 
Duffy, MichaeL Fabiy. KriaoD 
Hicham. Steven: Huggard. Pat¬ 
rick; Hughes. Kieran: Johns, 
Marianne; Kotdunaru Julia ; 
Pugh. Nicholas; Smith. Rebecca: 
Webb, Brian; Wong. Raymond: 
Wright. Jonaihan; Young. John. 




Rarefy seen: Wtllhelm Muhfeld by Renoir and Allegory of Summer by Giuseppe Arcimboldo 


Dutch and Flemish Old Mas¬ 
ters are not normally up, 
althoug h staff say appoint¬ 
ments can be made to see 
them. At Manchester, the 
entire 20 tb-century collection, 
including Hockney's Peter C 
and Lowry’s Piccadilly, as 
well as works by Freud and 
Bacon, has been hidden from 
view — almost permanently. 
The gallery, however, is find* 
mg a solution. It is closed until 
200 ! when an extension to the 


building win double its 
capacity. 

All the collections insist that 
anyone can book an appoint¬ 
ment to see their works; “but 
how does the public know 
what's in the st orero oms?" 
asks Mr Wright He applaud¬ 
ed York for ensuring that foe 
jewels of its permanent collec¬ 
tion stay tip: “It is totally 
static, bm beautifully static” 

Southampton, which also 
boasts striking images by 


Tissot and Arcimboldo, is the 
most extreme offender, said 
Mr Wright describing it as 
“the criminal of all criminals”. 
Its works make up one of the 
finest regional collections in 
foe country. They were 
bought on foe advice of two 
successive directors of the 
National Gallery because two 
Victorian benefactors insisted 
that the director had to be 
consulted on every purchase. 
“That is why wbai they have is 


of foe highest order," said Mr 
Wright Extraordinary works, 
indude Jacob van Ruisdael 
and Sisley. Yet he raid, “foe 
entire building is used as an 
exhibiting gallery for modem 
work with which it has made 
a distinguished reputation”. ~ 
David Barrie, director of 
the National Art Collections 
Fund — Britain’s largest art 
charity which helps museums 
to purchase new works — 
points out that a lot of works 


At .Manchester: Freud's 
Girl with Beret 

in reserve collections are not 
masterpieces. Quite a lot are 
too delicate to remain out for 
long. 

; “There is no easy solution," 
be observes, noting how on 
averag^pnly 10 to 20 per cent 
of foe nation’s collections are 
on display at any one time, 
lire National Gallery is excep¬ 
tional because its collection is 
so .small — just ^000-odd 
pictures. But the V&A and 
British museums have mil¬ 
lions of objects. “Displaying 
them is always going to be a 
problem." 

Ivan Lindsay, publisher of 
Southampton’s lavish exhibi¬ 
tion catalogue — foe first in a 
series of publications inspired 
by regional collections —said’ 
“U is really sad that these 
works are languishing in a 
basement I find it amazing 
that such pictures are just 
sitting there. You see it all 
round foe country.” 



Sarah Phimister and Robert Walker of Fulham. London, who have recently 
announced their engagement 


TODAY 

BIRTHS: Robert Blake, admiral 
Bridgwater, Somerset, U09: Na¬ 
poleon Bonaparte, Emperor of 
France. Ajaccio, Corsica. 1769; Sir 
Walter Scott, novelist and poet, 
Edinburgh, 1771: Thomas de 
Quine?, writer. Manchester. I71& 
James Kerr HaitQe. Chairman of 
the Independent Labour Party 
18934900 and 1913-14. Lanark. 
1856; Samud Coleridge-Taytor. 
composer. London. 1875: Ethel 
Barrymore, actress, Philadelphia. 
1879; Sir Peter Bock. Maori poli¬ 
tician. Urenui New Zealand. 1880; 
Sir Montague Burton, multiple 
tailor, Sheffield, 1885; Edna Berber, 
novelist. Kalamazoo, Michigan, 
1887; Thomas Mboya, statesman, 
Kenya, 1930. 

DEATHS: Macbeth, King oT Scot¬ 
land 1040-57. kffled. Lurnphsnan, 
Aberdeen, 1057; Joseph Joachim, 
violinist and composer. Berlin, 
1907; Paul Signac, painter, pioneer 
of Pointillism, Pans. 1935; Ren6 
Magritte. Surrealist painter, Brus¬ 
sels. 1967. 


Anniversaries 

VJ-Day was celebrated to mark 
Japans unconditional surrender to 
the Allies. 1945. 

c The Tivoli Pleasure Cardens . 
opened in Copenhagen. 1843. 

The Panama Canal was opened. 
1914. ; 

. The Marine Broadcasting Act 
came into force, outlawing pirate 
radio stations broadcasting within 
British territoria l waters, 1 967. 

The three-day Woo ds tock Musk: 
and Art Fair began on a dairy farm 
at Bethel, in upstate New York. 

! 1969. 

TOMORROW 

BIRTHS: Ralph Thoresby, anti¬ 
quary. Leeds, 1658; Catherine 
: Cockbam, dramatist, London. 
1679; Carolina Oirphant, Lady 
Naime. songwriter, Gask. Perth¬ 
shire; 1766; T.E. Lawrence (Law¬ 
rence of Arabia). Tremadoc; 1888; 
Georgette Heyer, historical nov- 
efisL London, 1902: Houari 8ou~ 
medienne. President of Algeria 
1965-78. Gudma. 1932. 

DEATHS:Thomas Fuller, scholar. 


London. 1661; Ramakrishna 
teacher and writer. Calcutta. 1886 
Robert Bunsen, chemist, Heidel 
berg, 189ft Umbeno Bocrioni 
sculptor, Verona. 1916; Sir Josept 
Norman Lockyer. astronomer 
Sakombe Regis, Devon. 1920 
“Babe" Ruth, baseball player, New 
York, I94& Douglas Hogg. Is 
Viscount Haffsham. Lord Chan 
cellor 1928-29 and 1935-38, Sussex 
1950; Louis Jouvet, actor. Paris 
1951; Irving Langmuir, physicist 
Falmouth. Massachusetts. 1957 
Wanda Landowska, harpsichord 
ist, Lakeville, Connecticut. 1959 
Seiman Waksman. discoverer o 
streptomycin. Nobel laureate 1952 
Hyannis. Massachusetts, 1973 
Elvis Presley, singer and actor 
Memphis. Tennessee. 1977; Johi 
George Die fen baker. Primi 
Minister of Canada 1957-63 
1979. 

The Peterioo massacre took plan 
at St Peter's Field, Manchester 
1819. 

Cyprus became an mdependen 
republic. 196a 


US TEAM CLAIMS IT HAS 
LOCATED TITANIC 

From Michael Leapman 
New York, August 15 
A GROUP of American researchers 
believe they have found foe wreck of the 
Titanic, the giant liner which sank in the 
Atlantic 68 years ago. 

One of the team told the Associated 
Press by radio-telephone that their 
scanning equipment had found the 
outline of a ship of foe right proportions 
in 12.000ft of water about 380 miles off 
Newfoundland. 

"We won’t be sure until we send the 
television cameras down." said Mr 
Michael Harris, leader of the team, "but 
foe sonar shows it*s die right length, 
right width and right height for the 
Titanic." 

The present expedition was financed 
by Mr Jack Grimm, a Texas oil 
millionaire. The team of 38 left Florida in 
the middle of last month but was delayed 
in reaching foe site by bad weather. 

Mr Grimm has financed several 


ON THIS DAY one place; a safe in foe purser's office. 


August 15,1980 


The loss of the Titanic in 1912 is one of 
the most gripping disaster stories afail 
time, with yet another programme about 
it an television next week Last week a 20- 
tonne riveted steel section of the liners 
hull was raised from the ocean bed for 
the first rime. It will be put on Shaw Ot a 
museum in Boston. Massachusetts. 


adventures of this kind, including 
searches for the Loch Ness monster and 
the “abominable snowman”. 

If the wreck does prove to be that of the 
Titanic, the team will photograph k and 
try later to remove any valuables which 
areaccerible. 

The wealthy passengers had jewellery 
ot board said to be worth mapy millions 
of pounds. Much of it is believed to be in 


Five years later, in autumn 1985, an 
American-French oceanographic survey. 
team, led by Dr Robert Ballard, pinpoint¬ 
ed the wreck’s exact position, and. using 
remote-control cameras, photographed 
passengers’ luggage, beas from their 
cabins, and well-preserved wine bottles, 
as well as identifying one of the ship's 
boilers. 

Mr Grimm, still optimistic, Mid that 
he planned a salvage operation the 
following year or in 1987, 

Later in 1985 an Admiralty Court 
ruled, in a case about hems worth £25 
million salvaged from the wreck of the 
Lusitania, that foe Government had no 
right to items brought from wrecks 
outside territorial waters — thus remov¬ 
ing any legal threat to plans to raise the 
Titanic or its contents. Two years later a 
French team brought up 900 items, 
including the ship's safe. 

More than 1500 people died what the 
liner struck an iceberg off Newfoundland 
during Us maiden voyage. 



• The bow of the Titanic photographed at a depth 
of two and a half miles under the Atlantic 


























THE TIMES SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1998 

OBITUARIES 


EDITH STANDEN 



Edith Stand en; judicious in condemnation, genero us in praise 

Edit h Stan den, tapestry fcaflorian cares in 1970 enabled her to cona 

and curator at the. Metropolitan trate on the tapestries she tovi 
■Mnsemn of Art, NewYoric. died . and a spate .of articles ensui 
on July 17 aged,93. She was bora . Apollo published six of diem ir 
qn February ZL1905. ' single issue in Jttfv 1981. Her mi 


E dith Standee was revered 
by textile ‘ specialists 
across the worki for her 
. scholarship, dedication, 
wit and.peerless use of the English 
language, and was loved for her in¬ 
defatigable humour, kindness and 
generoaly. ..... - * • 

Wbt?i invited in. 1949 to take 
charge irfthe textile study room at 
the Metropolitan Museum, she dis¬ 
claimed any great knowledge of tex¬ 
tiles, tart immediately began to reo 
tify tins deficiency. Sochi she was 
creating attractive exhibitions and 
writing revelatory articles on a 
wide range of subjects, from biz¬ 
arre silks to fans. She best liked tex¬ 
tiles with a pictorial element, with 
visual sources to be discovered in 
other media, and narrative and 
iconographical details to be ex- 
plained. She delighted in apt quota¬ 
tions from contemporary literature. 
In a brief article she could conjure 
up a whole social and artistic back¬ 
ground, besides elucidating specific 
history and identification. 
Retirement from a curators 


cares in 1970 enabled her to concen¬ 
trate on the tapestries she loved, 

. and a spare of articles ensued. 
Apollo published six of them in' a 
single issue in July 1981. Her mag¬ 
num opus, a two-volume catalogue 
of Suropeon Post-Medieval Tapes¬ 
tries and Related Hangings in the 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 
published in 1985 when she was 
SO years old, is a model of clarity, 
setting standards of scholarship 
and presentation for succeeding 
generations. ■ 

Bom of a-Ebitish father and an 
American mother in Halifax. Nova 
Scotia,, where Captain Robert' 
Standeri, a. British Army officer, 
was stationed in 1905, Edith Apple- 
ton Standen was educated in Ire¬ 
land and England. She read Eng¬ 
lish at Oxford at a time when few * 
women were admitted, graduating 
from Somerville College in 1926. 

In 1928 she emigrated to Boston, 
home of her mother's family, and 
was briefly employed by the Society 
for the Preservation of New Eng¬ 
land Antiquities founded by her un-. 
de,,-/William- Sumner .Appleton. 
Working also as a volunteer in the 
F0g> Art Museum, she there took a 
course in - museum curatorshjp. 
Joseph Widener then employed her 
from 1929 to 7 1942 as secretary for 



A unicorn tapestry (c 1500) currently on show in a special exhibition 
at tiie Metropolitan Museum in New York. Standee's catalogue of 
the museum’s post-medieval tapestries was her magnum opus 


his fine collection of paintings, until 
he donated it to the National Gal¬ 
lery of Art in Washington. 

In 1942, Standen took American 
citizenship, and in 1943 she joined 
the Women's Army Corps, attain¬ 
ing the rank of captain. With the 
knowledge of art she had steadily 
been acquiring, she was sent to Eur¬ 
ope in 1945 to work as a member of 
the mo numen ts,, fine arts and ar¬ 


chives section of the American Mili¬ 
tary Government, dealing with the 
restitution of looted works of art 
and the immense problems of care 
and conservation caused by the 
war. 

After she left the US Army in 
1947, a project for Unesco was fol¬ 
lowed by study at the Institute of 
Fine Arts, New York, until she was 
headhunted by the Metropolitan 


KAREN ANDERSON 


Karen Anderson, designer, died 
In a car accident in California on 
July 21 aged 35. She was born in 
Nottinghamshire on 
June 21.1963. . 

WHEN Jaguar’s XK8—the 160mph, 
£60,000 descendant of the XJS 
sports car—took centre stage at the 
1996 Geneva Motor Show, few peo¬ 
ple had heard of Karra Anderson. 
But it soon became dear that the 
young British designer had played 
a key role in developing the distinc¬ 
tive look of whal became one of Jag¬ 
uar's most successful models. 


Anderson's brief was simple: Jag¬ 
uar wanted to appeal to women. 
Having recognised the increased 
buying power of women, the com¬ 
pany was keen to market a more 
feminine design, widening the 
marque’s appeal to both sexes. Us¬ 
ing a female^ desig n er seemed the 
obvious solution, and Anderson 
was promoted. from within Jag- 


anti, trim team. ’• 

...Rieusmg tin colour and empha¬ 
sising the cars shape, she tried 
to preserve the aggressive image 
while promoting a softer, more fem¬ 


inine edges. The idea worked, and 
Anderson was subsequently given 
responsibility for the colour and 
trim of all new Jaguars, including 
the bestselling XJS sedan. - 

Karen Anderson was bom in the 
Nottinghamshire town of Skegby, 
the daughter of Bryan and Joan 
Hind. After taking a d^jree in tex¬ 
tiles and fashion at Birmingham 
Poiytechnic m J986. she joined the 
automotive .industry as a colour 
and trim designer for Land Rovef. 
working mainly on the Defender 
and Discovery vehicles. 

In 1990 she moved to Jaguar and 


was employed as a project designer 
under the direction of Ken Rees be¬ 
fore being promoted to design the 
image of such cars as the XK8. 

Aiways on the lookout :fbr new 
challenges, however, she moved af¬ 
ter seven years to Samsung Mo¬ 
tors, where as chief colourist she 
was able to create a new look for 
the company's products before her 
-life and career were tragically cut 
short. 

Karen Anderson is survived by 
her husband John, who was seri¬ 
ously injured in the car accident 
that killed her. 


Museum. In 1951 she was promot¬ 
ed to associate curator. 

When she retired in 1070 she was 
retained as ^consultant, and final¬ 
ly created curator emeritus in the 
department of European sculpture 
and decorative arts. Honours were 
heaped on Edith Standen in the 
1980s. Her catalogue of iapestries 
won an award from the Art librar¬ 
ies Society of North America and 
was celebrated at an international 
symposium. To mark her 80 years, 
die Centre International dErode 
des Textiles Antiens held its first en¬ 
tire session of tapestry papers at its 
Krefeld conference, subsequently 
published in a special issue of its 
Bulletin. The Metropolitan Mus¬ 
eum compiled a bibliography of 
Standen’s writings up to 1985. pub¬ 
lishing it with a brief biography in 
hs Journal in 1986. The following 
year the Women’s Caucus for Art 
honoured her outstanding achieve¬ 
ments in the visual arts. 

Edith Standen was an exception¬ 
al lecturer. She scorned to read 
from a text, relying instead on her 
excellent memory rad consummate 
command of English. Her book re¬ 
views were trenchant — judicious 
m condemnation, generous in 
praise. She would write, too. con¬ 
structive corrections to the authors, 
ever helpful, as in her numerous let¬ 
ters to colleagues providing infor¬ 
mation she had come across per¬ 
taining to their work. Her indomita¬ 
ble spirit made light of increasing 
age. Undeterred by being mugged 
in Central Park, or by a fall dial 
broke her wrist. Miss Standen 
went daily into the museum until 
her last year to work in her tiny 
study in the library, writing her arti¬ 
cles or editing a newsletter. From 
the age of 75 to 92, she undertook a 
European tour for a month or two 
each year, attending conferences, 
studying tapestries in public rad 
private collections, visiting friends 
and exhibitions, rad pursuing re¬ 
search for her next article. 

Her writings are not only a last¬ 
ing record of the vulnerable textiles 
she loved, but continue to bring the 
author brightly to life. She never 
married. 



MILESTONES 



General Sir Harry Tnzo, GCB. 
OBE, MG Deputy Supreme 
Allied Commander, Europe, 
1976-78, died on August 7 
aged 80. He was born on 
Augnst 26, 1917. 

A former Assistant Commander 
of Sandhurst rad Director of the 
Royal Artillery. Harry Tuzo be¬ 
came the Army’s Director of Op¬ 
erations in Nonhem Ireland ear¬ 
ly in 1971. and soon faced the 
IRA’s first determined military' 
offensive, followed by rioting 
against the introduction of intern¬ 
ment without trial, and the hor¬ 
rors of “Bloody Sunday" in Lon¬ 
donderry in January and 
“Bloody Friday” in Belfast in 
Jufy 1972. His outstanding suc¬ 
cess was the planning and execu¬ 
tion of Operation Motorman. 
which prised open the republi¬ 
can “no-go" areas in both cities. 
He subsequently served as Depu¬ 
ty Supreme Allied Commander 
in Europe. 

Andrt WeiL mathematician, 
died on August 6 aged 92. He 
was bora on May 6,1906. 

One of the most respected mathe¬ 
maticians of the second half of 
this century — and brother of the 
French Christian thinker Si¬ 
mone Weil — Andre Weil is best 
known for two things: his funda¬ 
mental discoveries in number 



theory, rad his membership of 
the secretive group of mathemati¬ 
cians who published under die 
collective pseudonym Bourbaki, 
whose work helped to redefine 
the foundations of modem math¬ 
ematics. Weil will also be remem¬ 
bered for his rather cantanker¬ 
ous persona. 

Eve Boswefl, popular singer, 
died in Durban, South Africa, 
On August 13 aged 76. She was 
born on May 1L 1922. 

Of the female singers who rose to 
prominence during the television 
and pop boom of the 1950s. Eve 
Boswell was the most glamorous 
and perhaps the most versatile. 
She made her debut ar 16 with 
the family troupe, rad six years 
later, in South Africa, she eloped 
with the stepson of the owners of 
the Boswell Brothers Circus, 
from whom she learnt English. 
She sang with the bandleader 


Geraldo. rad began recording in 
1950. Sugar Bush 0952) made 
her one of Britain’s most popular 
singers, and a radio show rad 
many live performances fol¬ 
lowed. The haunting Blue Star 
(1955) remained her favourite 
song, while Pickin' A Chicken 
stayed in the charts for 13 
weeks. She made her final Brit¬ 
ish stage appearance in 1988, 
her golden jubilee year. 



Karen Anderson in 1996 with scale models showing her colour schemes for the new Jaguar 


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HOT SEAT 26 

Keeping track of 
Peter Sutherland’s 
quiet rise to the top 

BUSINESS EDITOR Patience Wheatcroft 


BUSINESS 


WEEKEND 

MONEY 

SECTION 2 


SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1998 


* - ■ ' 

Devaney departs from Eastern with £1.5m 



Devaney; Elim severance 


By Christine Buckley 

INDUSTRIAL 

CORRESPONDENT 

JOHN DEVANEY. executive 
chairman of Eastern Group, 
yesterday quit after persistent 
reports of his personal at¬ 
tempts to launch a bid for Na¬ 
tional Power and to buy power 
stations from PowerGen. He 
is expected to collect more 
than £15 million in severance. 

Texas Utilities, the US own¬ 
er of the UK electricity busi¬ 
ness, denied that he had been 
forced out because speculation 
about his potential activities 
made his position untenable. 
But industry sources believe 
there was strong pressure 


.from within Texas Utilities to 
silence Mr Devaney after the 
latest reports of his plans to 
launch a £7 billion consortium 
bid for. National Power. 

Mr DevahQr is thought to 
be talking io potential part¬ 
ners although he is. as yet. 
thought nr lack a big gun to 
put up the bulk of the cash. Mr 
Devaney said he had “decided 
to look for fresh challenges". 
ErleNye. chairman and chief 
executive of Texas, said: “He 
had a hard derision to make 
but he is someone who has 
made a fair amount of money 
and has sufficient finances to 
take a break and think about 
what he wants next." 

Texas had refused to give 


■ 1995: Devaney, chief executive of Easton Electricity, re¬ 
ceives CI S mNUon for his share options when the company Is 
taken over by Hanson Group. 

■ 1997: Hanson demerges The Energy Group - formed from 
Eastern and the US's Peabody Coal. Devaney negotiates lucra¬ 
tive deal guaranteeing him two years’salary, bonuses and bene¬ 
fits if the company is taken over and he leaves within a year. 

■ April 1998: Government dears Texas mantes' £4.45 billion 
bid few The Energy Group. Devaney makes £634^260 on shares 
and becomes executive chairman of the UK division—Eastern. 

■ August 1998: Devaney quits Eastern and Is expected to take 
£1.5 mHflon In severance. 


Mr Devaney a seat on the 
board, a position guaranteed 
by PatifiCorp, with whom Tex¬ 
as had a bid fight for The Ener¬ 
gy Group — Eastern's former 
parent company. When it be¬ 


came dear he would not get a 
board place with Texas, stories 
began emerging of his interest 
in PowerGen’s sale of power 
stations and then in a consorti¬ 
um bid for Nationai Power. 


Mr Devaney is entitled to a 
compensation package which 
is likely to exceed £15 million. 
When The Energy Group was 
demerged from Hanson last 
year, he negotiated a deal guar¬ 
anteeing him two years’ salary 
plus bonuses and benefits if 
the company was taken over 
and he left within a year. East¬ 
ern refused to comment on his 
pay-off. nor the amount it will 
pay him to act as non-execu¬ 
tive chairman and advisor. 

Mr Devaney will be re¬ 
tained in an advisory role by 
Eastern Group, which, the 
company said, indicated his de¬ 
parture was amicable. Howev¬ 
er. industry observers pointed 
out that British Gas retained 


Hong Kong lifts markets 
with bold counter-attack 


By Janet Bush, economics editor 


HONG KONG yesterday 
launched a dramatic counter¬ 
attack against international 
speculators, baying both the 
Hong Kong dollar and shares 
in an operation that reaped im¬ 
mediate dividends. 

On the stock market; the 
Hang Seng index soared 
564-27 points, or 8-47 per cent, 
to close at 7.224.69 after a week 
of very sharp falls to the lowest 
levels for more than five years. 

The bold action by Hong 
Kong, coupled with an assur¬ 
ance from Boris Yeltsin. Rus¬ 
sia’s President that he will not 
countenance a rouble devalua¬ 
tion. provided a fillip to mar¬ 


kets onrboth skfes of the Atlan¬ 
tic. Russian shares soared tv 
15 per cent yesterday. 

In London, the FTSE100 in¬ 
dex dosed 555 points higher at 
5,455. still leaving its loss for" 
tiie week at 3.9 per cent and a 
decline over the past four 
weeks of some 12 per cent 

On Wall Street the Dow 
Jones industrial average opened 
higher, piling onmorethan 05 
per cent in early trading. 

One of tiie main reasons for 
recent heavy losses has been 
fern* of destabilising devalua¬ 
tions in tiie Hong Kong dollar, 
the Chinese renmimbi and the 
rouble as the ripple effects of 


Intervention a 


By our Economics Editor 


HONG KONG’S intervention 
in securities markets yester¬ 
day was unprecedented: 

Donald Tsang, Financial 
Secretary, said that Hong 
Kong had broken with, a long¬ 
standing policy of non-inter¬ 
vention in stock markets be¬ 
cause, for the first time, it had 
evidence that speculators were 
indulging in a complex “dou¬ 
ble play" across the currency, 
stock mid stock index futures 
markets. 

The authorities believe that, 
speculators have built up large 
short positions in tiie Hong 
Kong dollar, oot as a direct at¬ 
tack on its peg against the. US 


dollar but as ah attempt to 
drive up interest rates. 

The speculators simultane¬ 
ously have large short posi¬ 
tions in stock index futures, in 
effect betting that the. stock 
market will fell. The idea is 
that, fay driving up interest 
rates, the stock, market will de¬ 
cline and therefore make the 
short positions in tiie futures 
market immensely profitable. 

Yesterday, the Hong Kong 
authorities . bought Hong 
Kong dollars, shares in tiie 
cash market and stock, index 
futures to com bar what ir be¬ 
lieves are very large specula¬ 
tive positions. 


Shield options 
gave Hall £2.9m 


GORDON HALL, who re¬ 
tired as managing director of 
Shield Diagnostics last Octo¬ 
ber. showed a £2.9 million 
profit cm the exercise of bis 
share options last year (Paul 
Dunn an writes). 

Shield was one of the best- 
performing shares in -1997 be¬ 
cause of the promise of its test 
for predicting the risk of heart 
disease, which appears more re¬ 
liable than cholesterol testing. 

Mr Hall exercised 250.000 
35 p options the day after he. 
left Shield, and another 


125.000 the following month, 
during which time the shares 
traded above 700p. It is not 
dear how many, of these 
shares :he has retained. He 
sold all of the shares that he ob¬ 
tained from exercising 70.000 
options in April 1997. 

Shield’s annual report also 
discloses that Peter Foster, 
technical director, made a 
£448.000 gain from exercising 
options, while George Zajicek, 
marketing director, made 
£436,000. The shares dosedat 
5225p yesterday. 


the Asian economic crisis en¬ 
gulf emerging markets. 

The most dramatic events yes¬ 
terday came in Hong Kong, 
where the authorities inter¬ 
vened in tiie stock market to 
combat what it believes is a 
large-scale speculative conspira¬ 
cy against Hong Kong markets. 

The explanation for a sud¬ 
den reversal of fortune in the 
Hong Kong market came after 
the dose, when the authorities 
.revealed their operation. 

Donald ‘Rang. Hong Kong’s 
Financial Secretary, said that 
the Hong Kong Monetary Au- 
Ihority intervened in the curren¬ 
cy and-securities markets .to 
punish what be said was “sub¬ 
stantial speculative selling of 
Hong Kong dollars by a few in¬ 
vestment houses, acting on be¬ 
half of hedge funds”. 

Mr Tsang said: “In.order to 
achieve their objectives in un¬ 
dermining the Hong Kong dol¬ 
lar, speculators have deployed - 
a whole host of improper meas¬ 
ures which are dear to all 
These measures indude spread¬ 
ing vicious rumours on the de¬ 
linking of the Hong Kong dol- 
. lar with tiie US dollar, devalua¬ 
tion of the renmimbi, as well as 
the instability of our banks 
which led to bank runs." 

He declined to put a figure 
on. yesterday’s intervention 
but said Hong Kong had suffi¬ 
cient reserves to combat specu¬ 
lation. The last published fig¬ 
ure in May put reserves at 
US$96.4 billion. Since then, 
however, the authorities have 
acknowledged that they have 
dipped into reserves to defend 
the Hong Kong dollar. , 

Commentary, page 25 

Free cover 
at a price 

ONE of the UK’s biggest 
travel agents is offering holi¬ 
daymakers “free” insurance 
and then billing them if they 
cancel their holidays (Mari¬ 
anne Curphey writes). 

One Times reader booked 
a holiday with Thomas 
Cook Direct which included 
free insurance. When her 
husband fell 3L she can-; 
celled the holiday but was 
told the premium was 
E67.40. Thomas Cook said it 
needed to charge customers 
in order to cover its costs. 

Weekend-Money, page 54 


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Cedric Brown as an advisor 
following his resignation in 
the wake of the controversy 
over his huge pay increase. 

Mr Devaneys resignation 
follows that of finance director 
Eric Anstee, Mr Ansiee, who 
had a very close working rela¬ 
tionship with Mr Devaney, 
left last week. 

National Power’s share 
price rose 14hp to 540p after 
Texas first announced it had 
“reluctantly” accepted Mr Dev- 
aney’s resignation but eventu¬ 
ally dosed 2bp down at 523p, 
against a 12-month high of 
694p. PowerGen shares closed 
almost unchanged at 752p. 

Commentary, page 25. 


Bank of 
Ireland 
builds up 
war chest 

By Caroline Merrell 


THE Bank of Ireland is be¬ 
lieved to be gearing up for the 
takeover of a UK building soci¬ 
ety or life assurance company. 

The bank expects to raise up 
to £500 million from the sale of 
its 235 per cent interest in Citi¬ 
zens. the US bank, to Royal 
Bank of Scotland, which al¬ 
ready owns the rest of the equi¬ 
ty. Talks between the Bank of 
Ireland and RBoS were dis- 
dosed yesterday. 

The deal would also consid¬ 
erably boost the Bank of Ire¬ 
land’s war chest. Bank of Ire¬ 
land already owns the Bristol 
&West, and is betieved tobe in¬ 
terested in purchasing another 
UK building society. 

One analyst said yesterday: 
“I would put my money with 
the Portman or the Chelsea 
Building Society, as both these 
societies complement the Bris¬ 
tol & West geographically.’’ 

Bank of Ireland could also 
be in the market for buying a 
life insurance company such 
as NPJ or National Mutual. 

Paul D’Alton, Bank of Ire¬ 
land group chief finandal offic¬ 
er, said: ‘We came to the view 
that holding the Citizens stake 
was not in tiie long term inter¬ 
ests of the bank. The sale will 
increase our surplus capital, al¬ 
though we are not planning 
any imminent purchase." 

George Maihewson, chief 
executive of the Royal Bank of 
Scotland Group, said: “We wel¬ 
come the opportunity to in¬ 
crease our holding in Citizens, 
which I consider to be a valua¬ 
ble asset Over the last two 
years, we have enjoyed an ex¬ 
cellent working relationship 
with our colleagues in Bank of 
Ireland." 

Tempos, page 27 | 



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Investor in 
Astra wants 
Zeneca link 

ONE of the largest sharehold- 
ersin Astra. die Swedish phar¬ 
maceutical company, has said 
that it favours a merger with 
Zeneca, of Britain, as the most 
logical solution to a threat¬ 
ened loss of sales from its 
biggest-selling product (Paul 
Dunnan writes). 

Talking to a Swedish news¬ 
paper, a manager with Frank- 
Jin Mutual Advisers, part of 
Franklin Resources, suggest¬ 
ed that Zeneca's similar cul¬ 
ture and overlapping therapy 
areas made it an ideal partner 
for Astra. Franklin, a big US 
investment firm trading as 
Templeton in the UK. has 7.7 
percent of the Swedish group. 

Astra itself has named Zene¬ 
ca. Schering-Plough, of the 
US. and Bayer, of Germany, 
as its favoured partners. 

Speculation about Astra 
has been fuelled by a recent 
raultibfifion-dodar deal that 
let it extricate itself from its 
US joint venture with Merck. 

Zeneca shares rose 38p to 
£2150 yesterday. Takeover 
speculation lifted the shares 
to £27.62 in April. 


Henlys raises 
bid for Dennis 


The Prudence Bond is one of the UK's most 
successful With Profits Bonds, with over 
£5.5 billion invested to date into the UK’s 
largest With Profits fund. * 




THE battle among Britain's 
bus makers intensified yester¬ 
day when Henlys increased its 
bid for Dennis, topping a hos¬ 
tile offer by Mayflower Corpo¬ 
ration (.Adam Jones writes). 

The latest offer of 0.7 new 
Henlys shares and I50p in 
cash, backed by the Dennis 
board, values the company ar 
£288 million. Henlys. which 
makes bus and coach bodies, 
had originally offered 64 Hen¬ 
lys shares for every 100 Den¬ 
nis shares. Dennis makes bus 
chassis and fire trucks. 


Mayflower, which makes 
bus bodies through its Walter 
Alexander subsidiary, has 
made a 450p-a-share cash bid 
valuing Dennis at £255 million. 

Even though the Henlys 
share price was strengthened 
fay a pledge by Volvo to buy up 
to 10 per cent of Henlys, its 
original offer was worth £45 
million less than Mayflower’s 
at Mondays close of trading. 

Dennis shares rose 47p to 
508J*p yesterday. 

Tempos, page 27 


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V fll anyone in the City feel 
able to go away in August 
after this week's events? 

■ towering moment was the sur- 
E$I10 billion (£67 billion) merger 
IP and Amoca which had many - 
absent pinstripe spluttering Chi- 
i beside a Tuscan swimming pool, 
low did they keep it secret? One 
>ht suggest that Sir John Browne, 
dog in the new group and now 
UK'S answer to Jed Clampitt, has 
enough experience of mega- 

tjere to have perfected the rou- 
A member of the advisory board 
Daimler-Benz, he surely took 
s whoi it linked with Chrysler. 

lire the BP deaL that was rated tiie 

rest industrial merger- He is ago 
an-executive director of SnntnK.- 
Beecham. whose abortive mar¬ 
ie to Glaxo Wellcome is presuma- 
a case study of what not to da . 
be BP/Amodp merger, which 


should eventually create $2 billion of 
savings a year, is, in effect, a BP take¬ 
over (Hurrah! say all those patriots 
saddened by the Rolls-Royce Motors 
shenanigans). Sir John insisted It is 
not a defensive measure -caused by 
the stump in the crude price, but this 
raised some eyebrows among those 
who saw more titan just coincidence. 

The deal at first did wonders for 
the two companies’ share prices, but 
stock markets* mood had already 

- been set and the possibility of similar 
deals in Big Oil failed to tighten a 
dark and stormy week for equities. 

On Monday, the FTSE 100 index 
fell 925 amid fears of devaluation in 
China and admission by Keizo 
Obuchi, Japan’s Prime Minister, that 
Its economy is in a prolonged slump. 

- On T ue sday, the day the BP deal was 
unveiled, it fell 1545. its second- 
biggest day loss since the 1987 crash. 

The Far East was still the big driv- 


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er, but UK sentiment was not helped * 
by a CBI survey that showed manu¬ 
facturers’ orders down in every part 
of the UK in the four months to July. 

BOG the gases group, said 4,900 
staff are to be shed, wfth 700 jobs lost 
in the UK. Sterlings strength and the 
Asian crisis were dted as factors, bat 
BOC admitted to fundamental weak¬ 
nesses in its performance. 

The FTSE 100 had a slightly better 
day on Wednesday, edging up nearly 
30 as the market saw the Bank of En g- 
land’s latest inflation report as evi¬ 
dence that interest rales have peaked. 

It was a brief respite. George So¬ 
ros. that noted benefactor to strug¬ 
gling currencies, declared on Thurs¬ 
day that Russia’s markets crisis had 
readied a terminal phase and that 
the rouble should be .devalued by 15 
to 25 per cent Russian shares fell ini¬ 
tially by 15 per cent before being sus¬ 
pended. They perked up a Httie. for a 


65 per cem felt The FTSE 100 shared 
tiie pain, felling 62.7. 

No complaints from Dennis share¬ 
holders. Their bus chassis maker had 
agreed to merge with Heolys to cre¬ 
ate an integrated bus maker (for 
some historical reason, the UK likes 
to supply chassis and bodies separate¬ 
ly). Mayflower, the car bodies group 
trodden on by BMW when ft bad to 
temerity to want Rolls-Royce, putina 
hostile bid on . Monday. However, 
John Simpson, the Mayflower chief 
executive, again found himself head 
to head with a lag European carmak¬ 
er when Volvo took Henlys’s side, 
and vowed to fake up to a tenth of 
Henlys. This lifted Henlys shares 
and provided a platform for a new 
Henlys offer yesterday. Dennis inves¬ 
tors have seen their shares nearly 
double in value since February. 

Adam Jones 


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THE TIMES SATl^AYAUGl^TJ5J998 


Japanese 
corporate 
failures 
rise 35% 


BAA lured 


From Robert Whymant 
in Tokyo 


by possible 
sell-off of 


CORPORATE bankruptcies 
in Japan dimbed 35.7 per cent 
in July from a year ago to 
1.710. the highest number for 
any July In the postwar peri¬ 
od. a leading credit research 
agency said yesterday. 

A continuing slump m con¬ 
sumer demand and personal 
spending, along with sluggish 
sales, helped to push corpo¬ 
rate failures to record levels, 
said Teikoku Databank in its 
monthly report. 

July was the eighth consecu¬ 
tive month in which corporate 
failures rose more than 20 per 
cent. However, total liabilities 
held by the companies that 
went bust was 168 per cent 
less than in July 1997 at 
Y906.19 billion (£3.83 billion). 
But the debt figure is still the 
second-largest for the month 
since the Second World War. 
The amount for July 1997 was 
magnified by the large debts 
held by two building firms 
when they went under. 
Teikoku Databank gave 
warning that the number of 
corporate bankruptcies would 
continue to show a steep rise, 
despite the Government’s 
shift away from fiscal austeri¬ 
ty. large tax cuts and large- 
scale stimulus measures pro¬ 
posed for the 1999 Budget 
“It is obvious that this is only 
a drop in the bucket given that 
a series of emergency econom¬ 
ic measures taken since the 
bursting of the bubble econo¬ 
my have ended in failure." the 
report said. 


Aer Rianta 


By Carl Mortished. international business editor 


AER RIANTA, the Irish air¬ 
ports group, is being groomed 
for pnvatisation, a move that 
has aroused interest at BAA, 
the acquisitive UK airport op¬ 
erator. 

The Irish group, which oper¬ 
ates airports in Dublin, Cork 
and Shannon, has been told 
by the Irish Government to 
conduct a fundamental review 
of its future development. The 
request by Mary O’Rourke, 
minister for public enterprise, 
for a strategic review, is widely 
seen as a prelude to restructur¬ 
ing Aer Rianta into a vehicle 
which could be sold off. 

Aer Rianta is one of Ire¬ 
land's most successful state en¬ 
terprises, making profits last 
year of Ir£46 million (£39.7 mil¬ 
lion). suggesting that a flota¬ 
tion could value the group at 
some IrESOO million. 

However, the airport opera¬ 
tor has a huge building pro¬ 
gramme — Dublin airport 
alone is spending lr £100 mil¬ 
lion on upgrades — and its cur¬ 
rent returns may be under 
threat from Brussels. 

More than half of last year’s 
profits came from duty-free 
sales which are expected to be 
abolished for intra-European 


travel by the European Union 
next year. Aer Rianta's chair¬ 
man, Noel Horton, has vowed 
to fight the duty-free ban — 
Dublin airport recently dou¬ 
bled its duty-free retail space 
in a Ir £30 million pier develop¬ 
ment 

A spokesman for BAA said: 
“We are watching what is hap¬ 
pening with interest” 

Aer Rianta said yesterday it 
would consider all options, in¬ 
cluding a flotation. There has 
also been recent speculation 
that the group would sell 
Great Southern Hotels, a 
chain which owns eight hotels 
in Ireland. 

BAA competes in the world¬ 
wide duty-free business with 
Aer Rianta which has retail in¬ 
terests in a dozen countries. 
The Irish airport group’s inter¬ 
national arm made profits of 
IrE5-3 million last year and 
could be sold off separately — 
the business oo-owns a 40 per 
cent stake in Birmingham In¬ 
ternational with NatWest Ven¬ 
tures as well as a half share in 
DOsseldorf airport jointly 
with Hochtief. 

Aer Rianta said that its pro¬ 
posals'would be presented to 
the minister early in 1999. 




Gas futures inquiry 

satisfies exchange 


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SirMaikWemberf.ctoinMn of JRA, the insurer, which has £3-r “ 

Business boosted at JRA 

By Marianne Curphey. insurance correspondent 


Fairey bid denial 

FAIREY GROUP yesterday quashed 

mour that it hasJbad a bid approach from Skbfcljitrtfiug 

Sconvinoetfae C3ty thata trover is 

tronics company, whose shares jumped by 19 per cmt on 
Thursday, yesterday said that it “is not m lif^maned 
which may lead to an offer*’. Its shares immediatelydropped 

throughout the rest of the 


^ted^eal330p.C3ty analysts jran^outth^ttei»^^" 

il/of bid from the US is still open. Siebe shares fell 6 p to 956p. 


AN INCREASE in new busi¬ 
ness well above the market av¬ 
erage at J Rothschild Assur¬ 
ance (JRA) helped push up the 
shares of its parent company. 
St James’s Place Capital by 7p 
to 332iip yesterday. 

JRA reported a 22 p ercen t 
increase in new regular premi¬ 
ums in the six months to June 
30 to £37.1 million. The insur¬ 
er, chaired by Sir Mark Wein¬ 
berg, reported a 37 per cent in¬ 
crease in new single premi¬ 


ums to E30L2 million and a 28 
per cent increase in total new 
business to £67.2 million- The 
tetter is calculated by adding 
new regular premiums and 
one-tenth of single premiums. 

New business across the in¬ 
dustry as a whole has risen by 
an estimated 15 and 18 per 
cent over the same period. 

JRA now has £3 billion of 
funds under management up 
from £ 2.1 bilikni in the same 

period last year. 


Mike Wilson, chief execu¬ 
tive, said staff bad increased 
from 813 to 850 during the first 

six months of the year, and 

said be had set a target of 900 

“as soon as possible”. 

Mr Wilson said Sir Mark 
had held no discussions with 
Sir Peter Davis of Prudential 
which holds a 29.9 per cent 
stake in the company and 
which had been rumoured to 

be interested in making a take¬ 
over bid. 


FSA sets 2000 target 


THE Financial Services Authority, the City wa ? rf J^ a h P 
enid it hopes to dear up all rases of pensions mis-sellmg by 
2000. Tt^Snments came as Patricia Hewitt, 
tary to the Treasury, revealed dial all the 
foginonitored by the Treasury have now resolved 
haifoTtheirpriority mis-selting cases. AU but nine <rfthe 
firms have resolved more than 75 per 
line for insurance companies to complete priority rases is the 
end of this year. 


EU loan to help Tube 



Acorn to 
spin-off 
holding 
in Arm 


THE European Investment Bank, the Ell’s 

lending £ 123 m 0 ficmtohdptofinana;therenewgo^ndon 

Underground’s electricity transmission mid distribution sys¬ 
tems. 'Die loan goes to Power Asset Development (Padco). re¬ 
sponsible for construction work earned out as a ftwate F5- 
_o -arLumr mnre<KirKi awarded by Lan- 


By Rachel Bridge 


ACORN, the Cambridge tech¬ 
nology group, yesterday un- 
.veiled plans to spin-off its re¬ 
maining 26 per cent stake in 
Arm Holdings, the microchip 
designer floated in April, as. 
part of a restructuring. • 
The group said it was look¬ 
ing at ways of returning the 
Arm stake, which is worth 
£130 million, to Acorn share¬ 
holders either as a direct share¬ 
holding in Arm or in cash. 

News of the planned uncou¬ 
pling came as Acorn revealed 
it had plunged further into the 
red in the first half of 1998 with 
an operating loss of £5.6 mil¬ 
lion compared with a loss of £1 
million the previous year. Pre¬ 
tax profits, however, rose to 
£95 million compared with a J 
loss of £ 1.1 million last time, 
thanks largely to a £14 million 
profit from the Arm float 
Acorn also unveiled plans to 
cany out a disposal and cost- 
cutting programme in order to 
focus the company's activities 
on digital television and the 
computer terminal market 
Stan Boland. Acorn's chief 
executive, said: “We are con¬ 
ducting a deta ile d strategic re¬ 
view where we are looking to 
achieve a much higher degree 
of focus. 

“Digital television is where 
we think the company’s skills 
best map on to the market op¬ 
portunity” 

Acorn said that demerging 
its Arm shareholding would re¬ 
sult in a £40 million chargea¬ 
ble gain, which would need to 
be incorporated into any pro¬ 
posal. 


Brown Boveri andBICC -• 

ECC director resigns 

PATRICK DRAYTON, thefmance director of En^sh China 
Clays, the minerals and chemicals group, ^ as r f® 1 | ne ^.^^J 
turn to Schraders, his former employer, 

ECCin 1992.-A spokesman for the group said that he was leav¬ 
ing because the restructuring he had overseen, 
vras now complete and'ECC was now ^ 

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was now complete and'ECC was now entenngan evu.uuu»- 
ary” phase;HewiO teavd on October 16 ^MidiaeLMadt. re- 
snon^STor^Wkiwide paper chemical product manage- 
SStS been promffi to the board as executive director. 


Morrison buys stores 


WM MORRISON, the supermarkets group basal m York¬ 
shire ata expanding in the south of England, has bought two 
superstoresfrom Cooperative Retail Services mChmgford 
Essex, and Hull Morrison plans to open the converted Co-op 
in Chingford next month and will open its own new store at 
Erith, Kent, on October 5. Morrison has also recently taught 
two former Food Giant stores, at Anlahy, Humberside^ and 
Boroughbridge. North Yorkshire, and a Coop store at St Het- 
mt Merseyside.. 


ens, Merseyside. 

Eskmuir advances 


ESKMUIR. die recently floated property company, raised 
first-half pretax profits from £3.7 million to E 4 J mfllion and 
incxeased.net rental income by . 17 per cent to £10.9 mimon. 
Earnings rose from6.lpto7.Lp in the six months to March3l; 
a maiden dividend of 22p will be paid.The shares remained 
unchanged at 193p- John Lamb; ESkmuirts managing direc¬ 
tor. said: “The flotation was a key step in the ttevetopraoit ot 
the company and has provided a significant platform tor fu¬ 
ture growth.” 


Flare dampened 


FLARE GROUP, the engineering company, suffered a loss be¬ 
fore tax erf £ 2.1 million (£L 2 million profit) in the six months to 
June 30. The group recorded a write-off for reorganisation 
costs. Earnings slipped from 3j6p to losses per share of 4.8p. 
There is no interim dividend. On current trading the compa¬ 
ny says the market within the ceramic industry, which it sup¬ 
plies, remains depressed. Apart from America its worldwide 
customer base is suffering from the strong pound and the 
Asian financial crisis. The shares were unchanged at 13p. 


BSkyB 

drops 

action 


Profit nibbled at Slug 




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SHARES in Slug & Lettuce rose from 248to 262Wp al- 
though the puhs chain blamed a year of transition for a fall in 
profits from £867,000 to £757.000 for the year to May 31 on 
sales down from E283 million to £22.6 nfififon. The company 
opened 12 outlets in the UK during the financial year and a 
further three sites after May. Earnings were 43p (3.7p) after a 
fell in the tax charge. The total dividend is held at 6375p. Tim 
Thwaites. chairman, said: “I look forward to reporting on a 
successful outcome for the current year." . 


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i-y against BDB but did not serve 
it and the proceedings have 
now lapsed. 

BSkyB. in which News Inter- 
Wmjggm national, owner of The Times , 

has a 40 per cent stake, had ar- 

gued that it was inthe interest 

of developing the digital tdevi- 

sion market tiiat viewers 
should be ^ble to get access to 
both digital satellite and digit- 

al terrestrial services without 
having to buy two black boxes. 

The two ^sterns can be 
linked but the first generation 
of OnDigital taxes will not be 
able to handle BSkyB^ foil 
electronic programme guide. 

BSkyBhas now decided that 
it is in Its commerrial interests 
to fib «taad without trying to 
enforce foU interoperamlity. 


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BUSINESS NEWS 25 


«jyis®has dot diedwith 
me embarrassing ievela- 

_ turns of DerdcDrapers 

access to 17 influential friends. Be¬ 
ing in with foe in crowd remains 

as important as it ever was and. if 
Mr Draper is no longer able to 
provide the introductions there 
are other routes available. 

Business needs to hear what 
Government is thinking. What 
would a company be prepared to 
pay lo get the inside story from 
the following illustrious gather¬ 
ing: Gordon Brown, the Chancel¬ 
lor of the Exchequer; Tessa Jew¬ 
ell, the Health Minister; Richard 
Cabom. the Minister of State for 
Regions, Regeneration and Plan¬ 
ning; Alim Michael, Minister of 
State at the Home Office and 
Alan Johnson, a member of the 
Trade and Industry Select Com¬ 
mittee? 

Who might be able to assemble 
such a gathering, except at la¬ 
bour's own Party Conference 7 
Well how about Geoffrey Robing 
son? The Prime-Minister may 
have decided that it would be in¬ 
judicious to holiday at Robin¬ 
son's Tuscan villa this summer. 
so having to make do with a pal¬ 
ace a couple of miles down the 
road, but the T mittiminirwraj p* 
Treasury minister still has his 
friends and supporters, most no¬ 
tably his Government boss, Gor¬ 
don Brown. 

So it is Brown who will give 
the keynote speech at a confer¬ 
ence which promises to “reflect 
upon Labour's first full year of of- 


New Statesman’s old pals act 


fic& discuss the practicalities of 
policy implementation and con¬ 
sider the emerging themes and is¬ 
sues that wm drive government 
in file years ahead” 

Quite an agenda and one that 
few businesses will feel they can 
afford to miss. And the organisa¬ 
tion behind It is none other titan 
the New Statesman, that radical 
publication whose board Geof¬ 
frey .Robinson chairs. . 

m deference to its former char- 
' acter, the magazine does title the 
conference “Towards a Radical 
Century”, but the subtitle is more 
■ in funewith the realtor.“An agen¬ 
da for business anu the public 
sector,” h declares and the line¬ 
up should be able to deliver that 
with a degree of authority. : 

For a fee of just £464.13 per per¬ 
son. Geoffrey Robinson’s organ 
will be delivering much more 
than Derek Draper could have 
produced for the price. 

Certain businesses have al¬ 
ready eased themselves into a 
comfortable, cxonyish. position 
with foe Government Tesco, for 
instance, is in favour and its cor¬ 
porate affairs director will be 
speaking at die conference on the 
subject of corporate responsibili¬ 
ty. “Red” Adair Turner, director- 
general of the CBI, will be up an 



COMMENTARY 

by our City Editor 


the platform during the course of 
the two- day event 
. It promises to be an important 
occasion, if not exactly in the 
mould of what the New States¬ 
man’s founders had in mind. Ge¬ 
offrey Robinson hims elf is not 
trifled to speak. A shame because 
his dose involvement with Rob¬ 
ert Maxwell’s companies would 
have given him an interesting 
insight on ‘a new deal for the 


don and, perhaps, in New York. 
Here, prices are adjusting fitfully 
fowerii 


to a lowering of prospects for 
short-term growth in output and 
profits. The process is not over, 
nor is the outcome likely to be¬ 
come dear in August markets. 

In Moscow, bigger stakes are 
being played for. A collapse of 
the Russian economy cannot be 
ruled put if speculators raanas 


Titanic struggles 
are making waves 


F I ar-fetched -financial con¬ 
spiracy theories are ten a 
penny. The true events of 
this .week have been more bi¬ 
zarre than most There is no evi¬ 
dence for conspiracy but titanic 
struggles are bring waged be¬ 
tween speculators and the inter¬ 
national financial order. 

Most investors* eyes are glued 
on their sagging shares in Lon- 


valuation or ruinous interest 
rates. The purportedly construc¬ 
tive verbal intervention of 
George Scans has so far been 
wholly unhelpful. 

In HongKong, self-help is be¬ 
ing tried. The authorities detect¬ 
ed a speculative plot by hedge 
funds to attack the fixed dollar 
parity and force up interest rates, 
m order to make a killing from 
bear positions on local shares, 
which would have to be sokL 

Joseph Yam. sparky head of 
die Hong Kong Monetary Fund, 
was allowed to use exchange re¬ 
serves to buy stock and share in¬ 


dex futures as well as the curren¬ 
cy. putting a treble squeeze on 
hedge funds. More than 45 min¬ 
utes ahead of a long weekend, 
this tactic was sensationally suc¬ 
cessful. Speculators are unlikely 
to take it lying down nexi week. 

The outcome is important. 
Most Asian stock markets, 
which looked to have overshot af¬ 
ter collapsing last autumn, have 
fallen far lower in recent weeks, 
shrinking liquidity and deepen¬ 
ing economic depression. 

Many Asian currencies, with 
the exceptions of China and 
Hong Kong, have also been driv¬ 
en too low by speculation and 
withdrawal of capital. That puts 
a further squeeze on banks, gov¬ 
ernments or companies with for¬ 
eign debts and distortsd trade, de¬ 
stroying many Western jobs. 

The conventional IMF re¬ 
sponse is not working either in 
Russia or in much of Asia, be¬ 
cause it does not allow for irra¬ 
tional speculative raids aimed 
purely at destabilising markets. 


Hang Kong could offer a better 
second-stage response. 

If it works, h should provide a 
model for cost-effective interna¬ 
tional intervention in countries 
that Jack the reserves to do it 
themselves. If the hedge hinds 
win, world recession looks in¬ 
creasingly likely. 


Energy drained by 
Devaney departure 


J ohn Devaney’s departure 
from Energy Group is said 
to be “amicable”. Since he is 
to take a £15 million payoff with 
him. it is understandable that he 
should be feeling perfectly happy 
about the parting. But his em¬ 
ployers surely have reason to be 
more than a little aggrieved 
about having to shell out such a 
large sum to speed him on his 
way. 

News of the split comes amid a 
crescendo of rumours that Dev¬ 
aney is working on mounting an 
independent bid for National 
Power. The £13 million will not 
take him Jar towards raising the 
necessary £7 billion, but u’s a 
start Why, though, should Texas 
feel obliged to pay H?The Nation¬ 
al Power stones did not self-ig- 


nite any more than the industry 
gossip. Word has it that Devaney 
was so unhappy about not being 
invited onto the main Texas 
board that he was looking for an 
alternative berth. 

Devanev had plenty of experi¬ 
ence of selling companies so wise¬ 
ly look the precaution of ensuring 
that his contract would pay out 
handsomely should he and the 
new owners of Eastern not get 
along. But there must come a time g 
when shareholders take a stand 
against such pre-programmed 
fruit machines. Jim Rfield rang 
up a £12 million bonanza when he 
left EM! because the company 
had no wish to fight against his 
generous contract terms. 

But if an Eastern engineer had 
been moonlighting for a rival, 
the chances are that he would be 
out without compensation. 


Snail’s pace 

GROSVENOR INNS evidently 
thought so much of the potential 
for 1990s pubs that it changed its 
name to that of its new Slug & 
Lettuce subsidiary. Judging from 
the latest transitional shrinkage 
of group sales and profits, howev¬ 
er. the inching slug seems to be 
consuming the fast-growing let¬ 
tuce. Even industry optimists 
now know that far too many for¬ 
mula bars are being opened in 
far too short a time for all to pros¬ 
per. A snail moving at stately 
pace with a big protective shell 
might be the best bet. 


Astec in £200m deal as 



By Martin Barrow 


ASTEC (BSR), the power con¬ 
version business, has an¬ 
nounced the US$325 million 
(£200 million) acquisition of 
Advanced Power Systems 
(APS) from Northern Triecom. 

The company, which was at 
the centre of a battle between 
its controlling shareholder 
and minority investors earlier 
this year, also said that it was 
passing payment of an interim 
dividend because of a deterio¬ 
ration in trading conditions., . 

Astec shares felL2!6p to 80p. 
This compares with a 
12-month high of I62p and the 
llOp that Emerson Electric, 
the US company that owns 51 
per cent of Astec, said that it 
was prepared to offer minority 
shareholders earlier this year. 

Emerson* offer was reject¬ 
ed by other sharehtidgK, who. 
later failed in a legal action to 
prevent Emerson from block¬ 
ing future dividend payments. 

Emerson, which has nomi¬ 
nated the majority of directors 
to the board, yesterday said 
that it acknowledged the long¬ 
term benefit of the APS acquisi¬ 
tion. but expressed concern 



Howard Lance expects progress m reducing AstecTs debt 


short-term impact of the acqui¬ 
sition on Astec shares”. 

The acquisition will be fin¬ 
anced by cash and debt and 


will leave Astec, which boast¬ 
ed net cash of £55.9 million at 
tiie half-year, with gearing of 
up to 100 per cent. Howard 
Lance, Astec chief executive, 
said tiiat he was confident that 
the enlarged company's 


stiong cashflow would enable 
it to cut debt significantly with¬ 
in two years. 

The £200 million acquisition 
cost compares with Astec*s cur¬ 
rent market capitalisation of 
£258 million. APS earned 1997 


.sets were $29 million at the 
year-end. 

The company provides pow¬ 
er conversion products for use 
in telecommunications. Sales 
to Nortel account for about 80 
per cent of .APS’s revenues. 
Based in Montreal. APS em¬ 
ploys 1,600 people in seven 
countries, including the UK, 
where products are manufac¬ 
tured at Maidenhead and Har¬ 
low. The acquisition includes 
a long-term supply agreement 
between Astec and NorteL 

Astec’s results for the half 
year to June 40 show a 7.4 per 
cent rise, to £103 million, in 
net profits before exceptional 
items. The results included a 
£1.9 million .charge against 
costs associated with the Emer¬ 
son approach / in January. 
Sales fell 13 per cent to £1762 
million. Mr.JLance said that it 
was “a creditable perform¬ 
ance”, given a marked decline 
in second-quarter market con¬ 
ditions. The company, based 
in Hong Kong, suffered from 
Asia’s economic crisis and 
from destocking in the person¬ 
al computer industry. 

The company paid an inter¬ 
im dividend of 0.69p in the 
first half of the previous year. 


Microsoft 
seeks to 
delay case 


THE Microsoft anti-trust tri¬ 
al is fikdy to be delayed for 
two weeks after the compa¬ 
ny and the Justice Depart¬ 
ment asked the presiding 
judge for a postponement 
(Oliver August writes). 

Judge Jackson had 
opened pre-trial testimony 
fay BID Gates, the chairman, 
to the public on the basis of 
an arcane 1913 law. Micro¬ 
soft is now trying to keep sen¬ 
sitive documents out of the 
testimony and the Justice 
Department has opted to 
help the company. 

The judge has not taken a 
final decision but Microsoft 
lawyers are confident the tri¬ 
al will not start before Sep¬ 
tember 22. 

In an unusual move, the 
judge heard the motion to 
delay the decade’s biggest 
US anti-trust case in a confer¬ 
ence call rather than in his 
court room. 


UK businesses 
contribute to 
Gehe’s success 


By Sarah Cunningham, retail correspondent 


GEHE. the German pharma¬ 
ceuticals company that owns 
Lloyds Chemists and the AAH 
wholesale business in the UK. 
said that the businesses have 
been successfully restructured 
and contributed to a 5.7 per 
cent rise in first half pre-tax 
profits to DM240 million. 

On a comparable basis, 
without the non-core British 
companies that were sold dur¬ 
ing the year, pre-tax profits 
were up 22 per cent to DM238 
million. 

For the full year Gehe pre¬ 
dicted predicted a significant 
rise in pre-tax earnings from 
ordinary activities. Gehe said 
first-half sales rose 2.6 per cent 
to DM12.726 billion. In April 
Gehe said tt expected its pre¬ 
tax profits to top DM500 mil¬ 
lion this year. 

The better than expected 


sales surprised analysts who 
had expected a greater effect 
from the disposal of non-core 
businesses. 

The group’s new structure 
in the UK made a significant 
contribution to its success in 
the first half. Gehe said. Ten 
administrative locations in the 
UK have been merged and re¬ 
placed by a new company 
headquarters in Coventry. 

Although analysts were un¬ 
convinced that the restructur¬ 
ing alone had led to the robust 
sales growth, they acknowl¬ 
edged that if this was true 
Gehe would be a strong invest¬ 
ment stock in a few years. 

One analyst said that the 
group was well positioned in 
the European pharmaceutical 
market but that the market 
needed to be deregulated be¬ 
fore it could grow. 


BT forced 
to lower 
access cost 


BT has been forced by OF 
tel to reduce what it charg¬ 
es other operators for ac¬ 
cess to its 136.000 owned or 
managed payphones (Ray¬ 
mond Snoddy writes). 

Last December BT in¬ 
creased its payphone ac¬ 
cess charge to other opera¬ 
tors such as users of free¬ 
phone numbers from 637p 
per minute to S.6Ip per 
minute. Oftel said yester¬ 
day that BT was passing 
on too many of its costs to 
other operators. 

The new charge, a cen¬ 
tral cost affecting the price 
the customer pays for indi¬ 
rect access to BT call box¬ 
es. will be 8.10p a minute 
backdated to December. 

BT said that is was disap¬ 
pointed that Oftel had re¬ 
duced the charge but 
pleased that the principle 
of the access charge had 
been upheld. 


Tempos, page 27 


Second boardroom 
shake-up at Asda 


By Sarah Cunningham 


ASDA has had a boardroom 
shake-up for the second time 
in two years fay creating the 
new job of dej^ chief execu¬ 
tive and appointing a new fi¬ 
nance director. 

Tony Campbell currently 
trading director erf the super¬ 
markets group, is being pro¬ 
moted to deputy to Allan 
Leighton, who was appointed 
chief executive two years ago. 
Mr Leighton replaced Archie 
Norman, who is now part- 
time chairman of the compa¬ 
ny, an MP and vice-chairman 
of the Conservative Party. 

A spokesman for the compa¬ 
ny said that Mr Leighton will 


remain in charge of trading, 
marketing andregional coordi¬ 
nation, while Mr Campbell, 
who has been with the compa¬ 
ny far 13 years, will take 
diarge of areas mduding infor¬ 
mation tedmology and store 
development • 

Phil Cox, finance director, is 
takmgearly retirement at tie 
age of 48 and will .be replaced 
by Tbny DeNunzio, who is cur¬ 
rently business development di¬ 
rector an the management 
board. Mr Cox. who joined 
Asda as part of the team that 
took over when it was dose to 
collapse in 1992, is also non-ex¬ 
ecutive chairman of Virgin Rati. 


TAb confident of 
replacing finance 


By Paul Durman 


THERAPEUTIC Antibodies, 
a biotech firm developing an¬ 
tivenom to treat snake bites, 
said it has made important 
progress in its bid to replace 
the expensive bridging finance 
it arranged two months ago. 

TAb is paying 15 per cent in¬ 
terest on the $3.15 million (£1.9 
million) that it raised in June 
witha loan note that it must re¬ 
pay before the end of the year. 
The company spent $93 mil¬ 
lion in the six months to June; 
but it received only $23 mil¬ 
lion in revenues, leaving! it 
with a loss of $73 million ($8-6 
million). 

Andrew Heath, who recent¬ 


ly took over as chief executive, 
hopes to raise enough money 
to see TAb through to profita¬ 
bility. Sales of ViperaTAb 
have been boosted by an order 
from the US military while 
CroTAb, designed to be effec¬ 
tive against most North Ameri¬ 
can snake bites, is scheduled 
far launch next year. 

Listed in London but based 
in Nashville, TAb which has 
160 employees, also operates 
in Adelaide and LJandysul in 
Wales — its letter heading 
reads “Nashville — London — 
LJandysul — Adelaide”. Dr 
Heath is expected to take steps 
to rationalise this structure. 


In the can 


m&m 


DENIS BLAIS, one of the co¬ 
founders of Beigo, the moules 
et frites chain, has become in¬ 
volved with a new bar concept 
called Can. The first, selling 
only cans of beer, is due to 
open in October in a former 
butcher's shop in Smrtftfield- 
The man behind Can is Ste¬ 
ve Switzman. a marketing ex¬ 
ecutive, who has Hired Blais as 
a consultant Switzman, who 
is planning a rollout and evm- 
mai flotation, has based the 
concept on a bar in New York 
called Hogs and Hrifers. He 
tells me stainless steel tubes 
linked to a recycling area will 
run through the bar into 
which drinkers can throw 
their empty beer cans. VWute 
food wifl be available from 
'.■ending machines, tlw empha¬ 
sis is dearly on serious drink¬ 
ing. , 

In a previous incarnation. 
Switzman managed Amster¬ 
dam, a rather racy nngtes bar 
in Toronto, although .hejis- 
sures me tiiat Can vnll not tea 
pick-up joint But he- admits 


“It win be an 


party bar. Wewam.pec|3feto 


have a good time and 
want to get on theJbar and 
dance thatS fine.”;'-V- 


ONLY in America. Kim South- 
worth, a Citibank executive in 
New York, has died and left 
$300X00 to be used solely for 
the pampering of her cat. 
Ming. Ms Southworth has 
named her friend. Humberto 
Rubet. to care for thefiveyear- 
old moggy. Any money left 
over after Ming uses, up the. 
last of his nine lives will then 
go to Rubet Truly, a fra cat. 



acre farm in the Canadian wil¬ 
derness. The WorldCom-MCI 
chief executive is said to have 
. paid $67 million for the proper¬ 
ty — trifling compared with 
the $40 billion he forked out 
for MCI. The deal which 
brought with it 20,000 head of 
cattle, came as no suprise to 
employees of the Jackson- 
based company. The maverick 
Ebbers likes to wear a pair of 
shiny cowboy boots with his 
sharp suits. 


Plane failing 

4 -rr_a ’ 


FDR those who are terrified of 
flying, disturbing news readi¬ 
es from Balpa. foe airline pi¬ 
lots association, over the mis¬ 
use of laser pointers. The latest 

edition of Its in-house mag 
says there have now been two 
■ inridents.The first was mild: a 


_ a garden centre 
•was dazziea by a laser pointer 
brandished by tome kids. The 
second is frightening: it claims 
a laser pointer was aimed at 
the flight deck of a British 
plane at Paris’s Charles de 
Gaulle airport- The culprit? 
Someone on the flight deck of 
a Goman plane. 


Canada b uy 

NOT content whh-building a 
telecoms behemoth,- Benue 
Ebbers has bought a 164J30O-, 


I KNOW I promised to stop 
knocking management con¬ 
sultants, but what the helL 
Mulling the implications of 
the BP mega-merger with Amo¬ 
co. the London office of US 
consultant Arthur D little 
reckons the deal “will result in 
a great deal of reflection and 
activity. Truly fascinating . 
But there's more. It also says 
BP and Amoco managers will 
need to "operationalise” the 
merger quickly in order to 
avofd'ffiaion lossesf. Presum¬ 
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26 PROFILE THE TIMES SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1998 

Richard Miles on how Goldman Sachs’s golden partners might spend their windfalls 




A millionaires’ club in the making 


I MAGINE you and your 
ten best friends are each 
given £60 million. Would 
you buy a fancy house 
and a flashy car, invest the rest 
of die money and live off the In¬ 
come? Or would you do some¬ 
thing a little more adventur¬ 
ous, perhaps dubbing together 
to buy a Premier League foot¬ 
ball dub or a sun-drenched is¬ 
land in the Caribbean? 

To most of us. this is no 
more than a fantastic dream, 
but to the 189 partner? of Gold¬ 
man Sachs, one of the most sw> 
cessful and most secretive New 
York investment banks, it will 
become reality in just a few 
months. 

This week they dedded to 
press ahead with a stock mar¬ 
ket flotation of the firm, so end¬ 
ing a 130-year partnership. 

The share issue, probably 
the biggest in the history of 
Wail Street, is expected to at¬ 
tribute a paper value of be¬ 
tween $25 billion (£15 billion) 
and $30 billion to the bank. 

To put this in perspective, the 
float scheduled for October or 
November, will give to fewer 
Chan 200people—with an aver¬ 
age age of 41 — personal wealth 
equivalent to more than twice 
the 1996 gross domestic prod¬ 
uct of Bulgaria, a country with 
a papulation of more than nine 
million. The question is: will 
they keep the money within the 
firm, or sell their stock? And if 
the latter, what can you buy for 
$30 billion? 

Goldman intends to sell 
only 10-15 per cent of its stock, 
but the flotation will neverthe¬ 
less increase the worth of each 
individual partner to an aver¬ 
age of $100 million. Some part¬ 
ners will receive less, but the 
top guys, coheads Jon Condne 
and Hank Paulson, may reap 
as much as $250 million each. 
Most are American, but there 
axe 37 based in London, some 
of whom are British. They in¬ 
clude Gatyn Davies, the econ¬ 
omist who is one of the main 
advisers to Gordon Brown, 
the Chancellor. Overnight, Mr 
Davies will shoot into die Sun¬ 
day Times rich-list sharing 
die same slot as Sean Con¬ 
nery, Barbara Taylor Brad¬ 
ford and Dave Gilmour. the 
guitarist with Pink Floyd- 
The staff will also be riven a 
slice of the cake, but unfike the 
partners they may have to 
wait as long as seven years be¬ 
fore they can cash in then- 
windfalls. About 200 manag¬ 
ing directors, second-tier part¬ 


ners who own no equity, mil 
receive between $10 million 
and $20 million. The 11,500 em¬ 
ployees will get a far smaller 
sum. based on salary and 
length of service. 

Windfalls for die staff are 
not simply a token of the part¬ 
ners’ unbounded generosity. 
Without lucrative bonuses — 
Goldman is reported to have 
earmarked $6 billion for this 
purpose — key employees will 
simply up sticks and move to 
whichever bank writes out the 
largest cheque. As a conse¬ 
quence, the unique Goldman 
culture which has enabled it to 
attract some of the most talent¬ 
ed people in the industry and 
make it one of the most respect¬ 
ed investment banks in the 
world would dissolve. 

The public will have to wait 
until late August for the final 
details of the flotation and the 
share distributions, when 
Goldman files the proposals 
for Its initial public offering 
with the Securities and Ex¬ 
change Commission. 

Yet. whatever surprises lurk 
in the small print, Goldman's 
critics say the golden 189 are 
plundering the legacy built up 
by earlier cadres of partners. 
In public. Mr Corzine and Mr 
Paulson have uttered a few 
vague words about needing 
die additional capital to aid 
Goldman'S expansion plans, 
amid the frenzy of mergers 
and acquisitions in US bank¬ 
ing. The $100 billion merger of 
Travelers and Citibank in par¬ 
ticular, to create America's big¬ 
gest financial institution, has 
set a new measure of scale for 
Wall Street's investment 
bonks and counting houses. 

That, in part, explains the 
timing of the Goldman deci¬ 
sion; the firm has considered 
notation several times before, 
only to reject the idea. The oth¬ 
er incentive stems from the 
long bull run on Western stock 
markets, helping to value busi¬ 
nesses such as Goldman at 
prices never seen before—and 
perhaps never again. A quick 
glance at the few figures avail¬ 
able and a little basic arithme¬ 
tic shows die power of the eco¬ 
nomic argument for flotation. 

At the end of June this year. 
Goldman disclosed that it had 
a capital base of $6.6 billion. 
This sum. more than the total 
value of the Hungarian stock 
market in 1996, already be¬ 
longs to the partners. Assum¬ 
ing a flotation tag of $30 bil¬ 
lion, the partners will see their 



the overnight creation of su- r d _ d 

per-rich individuals, usually f A! 

through stock options in high- 1 22 / 

technology companies such as |l v t 

Mirmvifr or Com purer Assoa- 


(li¬ 


ds I* 


tecnnotogy 

Microsoft or Computer Associ¬ 
ates. More recently. Yahoo, 
the producer of Internet navi- 
gatton software, has turned 
many rank-and-file employees 
into paper millionaires, yet the 
company only showed its first 
profits this year. - 
Bui Goldman's flotation wul 
take this trend one stage fur¬ 
ther. creating a tightly bound 
network of mega-rich finan¬ 
ciers at the peak of thrir profes¬ 
sion. Their combined worth 
will exceed the total wealth of 
many developing natkms, and 

fear reputation willgrve than 
access to many institutions. If 
they stick together, they could 
be richer ana more influential 
than some countries. 


Goldman S achs 's headquarters run by Hank Paulson, top left, and Jon Corzine, top right, wields financial clout on a par wife George Soros, below 


wealth multiply by four-and-a- 
half times. However, the true 
return on their money is high¬ 
er stilL Of the existing capital, 
an estimated one fifth belongs 
to the limited partners, mostly 
retired partners who receive In¬ 
terest on their equity. A fur¬ 
ther $1.5 billion is owned by a 
handful of external investors, 
who indude Sumitomo Bank 
of Japan and various other in¬ 
stitutions. 

It is believed that the current 
189 partners have the right to 
buy out their retired predeces¬ 
sors at bookvalue: that is a dol¬ 
lar for each dollar of equity, 
rather than $450 for each dol¬ 
lar. In (act. Mr Corzine and 
Mr Paulson are being a tittle 
more generous, offering the 


limited partners cash at 125 
times their bode value. Gold¬ 
man Sachs stock at 155 times 
book value which they have to 
hold for a fired period, or an 
eight-year debenture paying 
12 per cent 

On the assumption that the 
limited partners and fee exter¬ 
nal investors both take stock 
in exchange for their com¬ 
bined $2.7 billion stake, their 
share of die $30 billion float 
will be a mere $4.2 billion — 
roughly this year’s budget for 
the Department of Trade and 
Industry. This leaves the part¬ 
ners wife $25£ billion against 
an original stake of just under 
$4 billion—equivalent to a re¬ 
turn of more than six times on 
tie current worth of their in¬ 


vestment. Inriders suggest 
that the true gam could be clos¬ 
er to nine or even ten times 
their original equity. 

Put another way, if the value 
of your £1004)00 bouse had ap¬ 
preciated by a multiple of four 
and someone offered you 
£601X000. would you refuse to 
sell? Most homeowners would 
probably take the money, know¬ 
ing they coukl bity a similar prop¬ 
erty and podoet fee difference. 


S o what win the Gold¬ 
man partners do wife 
their newfound 
wealth? To dale, foe 
speculation has centred on 
what the firm might buy with 
its capital. The most popular 
theory is that Goldman will 


use the money to build up rts 
asset management operations 
through a combination of or¬ 
ganic growth and acquisition. 
Market-watchers talk of a deal 
with JP Morgan, fee US invest¬ 
ment bank, or perhaps wife 
Merrill lynch, another Wall 
Street firm. 

But there is unlikely to be 
anything in fee proposals to 
deter the partners from cash¬ 
ing in their chips and using 
the money for their own ends. 
If there is, they can always 
raise money against their 
stock. And wiry should they 
stay? After aU. they have al¬ 
ready reached the top of their, 
chosen profession: partner¬ 
ship at Goldman. -Sachs is 
viewed tty maiiy mmvestment 


banking as the ultimate career 
goal. And after flotation. Gold 
man could lose some , of .its 
shine once exposed to prying 
external Investors. 

One senior banker said: “It 
is an intriguing thought and 
just a little bit alarming. Here 
you have a group of people 
who know and trust each oth¬ 
er. backed by huge personal 
wealth," 

' As one observer put it, there 
will be 200 mini George So¬ 
roses—tbe Hungarian-born fi¬ 
nancial speculator and philan- 
thropist who is credited with 
forcing the UK out of fee Euri> 
pean exchange-rate mecha¬ 
nism — running around , the 
woridi flashing their cash. - 

Americais nowweU-asedto 


T he partners also have 
the expertise and con¬ 
tacts to do deals. 
While lottery winners 
must content themselves with 
buying a Rolls-Royce, it would 
take just six or seven Goldman 
Sadis partners to pay cafe, for 
the whole Rolls-Royce compa¬ 
ny, feat is assuming that new 
owner Volkswagen was pre¬ 
pared to sell. 

As Victor Kiaxn once said so 
famously of a razor “I liked 
the product so much, I bought 
the company." And, if George 
Soros can singtefeandedly 
■force the devaluation of a cur¬ 
rency. then what damage 
could the network of Goldman 
Sachs partners do? Bring 
down European economic and 
monetary union by attacking 

the euro? 

However, the one dark 
doud on their otherwise rosy 
horizon is a growing feeling 
that Wall Street is heading for 
a serious correction, K not a 
crash. US stocks are down 10 
per cent bom their peak this 
year, and many analysts be¬ 
lieve they have further to fall 
as fee impact of fee crisis in 
South-East Asia reverberates 
around the 'world. The bears 
are starting to outnumber the 
bulls; 

If fee market correction 
comes, then fee Goldman part¬ 
ners will have to be satisfied 
wife perhaps, just $20 billion 
between them. ' 

This wouldn't be too bad 
though: it stiff-amounts to 
more than fee combined gross 
domestic product of Lithua¬ 
nia, Latvia fed Estonia. 




The corporate charmer 
with a political pedigree 


H as Peter Sutherland 
peaked? It is difficult 
to see where he could 
go next By the end of foe year 
the former Irish politician will 
be chairman of Britain’s larg¬ 
est company and, if that were 
not enough, he will take part 
in fee notation of Goldman 
Sachs as chairman of its inter¬ 
national business, oystalJis- 
ing a large fortune as an equi¬ 
ty partner. 

Sutherland was keeping a 
low profile this week. He ap¬ 
peared on stage to say a few 
words of introduction as Brit¬ 
ish Petroleum announced foe 
takeover of Amoco, the biggest 
gamble of its history. It was 
chief executive Sir John 
Browne'S day and, ever the per¬ 
fect diplomat. Sutherland kept 
in die background. 

The chairman and die chief 
executively BP make an unlike¬ 
ly pair Peter, large and jowly, 
a former rugby captain. lawyer 
and Irish Euro-politician; Sir 
John, diminutive and dapper, a 
Cambridge-educated engineer, 
opera buff and art collector. 

If they seem opposites, that 
is probably intended. Ever 
since Sir Robert Hortons ca¬ 
lamitous period as chairman 
and chief executive. BP has 
been obsessed wife treating 
balance in its boardroom. 
Sutherland is a friend of Lord 
Simon of Highbury, a former 
BP boss who shares Suther¬ 
land’s passion for European in¬ 
tegration. 

Sutherland, at 52. seems ro 
have risen without trace, or if 
there we re tracks, he has a mil¬ 
lion fans sweeping them from 
fee path. “Charming", “a bril¬ 
liant negotiator, even "lovely" 
are words used to describe 
him. Others say “a smooth op¬ 
erator". who never puts a foot 
wrong “because he is'-never 
seen to put a foot wrong". 

Trained as a lawyer, Suther- 
land fumed his skiffs in the art 
of tough negotiation by break¬ 
ing his nose nine times on the 
rugby pitch for University Col¬ 
lege Dublin. 

He was unsuccessful in run¬ 
ning for a seat in the Dafi but 
failure at fete hustings has not 
kept him from wielding politi- 


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JPaztore on fee hustings has not prevented Peter Sutherland from wielding political power 


cal power. Garret Fitzgerald, 
the forrnerlrish Prime Minis¬ 
ter, spoiled his talents and 
made the 35-year-oki Suther¬ 
land Attorney General in tbe 
Fine Gael Government. 

Next stop was - Brussels. 


where Suther¬ 
land made his 
mark, turning 

what was 
then a back¬ 
water — com¬ 
petition policy 
—tmo a politi¬ 
cal hotbed. 
He irritated 
Socialist Eu¬ 
ro-colleagues 


IN THE 
HOT i 
SEATi 


of befog anti-British when Ik 
intervened in BA’s takeover of 
British Caledonian and the 
British Aerospace bid for Rov¬ 
er. 

If Sutherland's career has 
reached its high point it proba- 
_ ■ bly took place 


at Gatt. He be¬ 
came its Di¬ 
rector-Gener¬ 
al in 1993 as 
fee world* 
multilateral 
trading sys¬ 
tem faced 
complete col¬ 
lapse. Over 
the next two 


wife his aggressive support years he managed to cajole; 
for the free market and attacks flatter and bully more than 


on state aid. He rook on fee in¬ 
ternational airline cartel and 
suffered spurious accusations 


100 countries into signing a 

new world trade agreement 
leading to the creation of fee 


Bom: April 25,1946 
Educated: University Col¬ 
lege and King's Inns, Dublin. 
1969-1981: Practised at tbe 
Bar. 

1981-1984: Attorney Gener¬ 
al oflrelancL 

1985-1989: European Com¬ 
missioner responsible for 
competition policy, 
1989-1993: Chairman of Al¬ 
lied Irish Banks. 


1993-1995; Director Gener-. 
al of GATT and subsequent¬ 
ly of fee WTO. 

1995-present Chairman 
and managing director of 
Goldman Sachs Internation¬ 
al! Chairman-(tyM-execu* 
live) of British' fttrofeum. 
Non-executive director of 
ABBandEricsson. 

He is married arid has three 
chfldren. . 


World Trade Organisation. 
He still keeps tbe gavel he 
used in the final round of 
talks, cutting off tedious argu¬ 
ments with a bang. 

Sutherland did the job wife 
a megaphone, something the 
sfeepy Geneva diplomatic com¬ 
munity was natnsed to. Short¬ 
ly after his arrival at Gatt, he 
rushed into. his. office and 
barked: “Get me the Presi¬ 
dent" Unused to such re¬ 
quests, a secretary eventually 
summoned up the courage to 
ask to whom he was referring. 
When told “the President of 

fee United Stales", there was a 

further delay while his staff 
struggled to find out how caw 
telephoned fee man m the 
White House. Such high-level 
contacts, particularly among 
developing countries, esmlafos 
why Peter Sutherland is at 
Goldman and BP, where a 
president’s telephone number 
can sometimes be useful. 

But one wonders whether he 
jwfl miss politics. Investment 
bankers are a secretive bunch 
and oilmen prefer to do 
put of fee public gaze. Sufeer- 
tend is alleged to have turned 
opportunity to run for 
.President of Ireland, a largely 
honorific post But what about 
Secretary-General of the Unit¬ 
ed Nations? Sooner or later, it 
could be a European*turn.. 


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MARKETS / ANALYSIS 27 



LLOYDS TSB and HSBC led 
the recovery of London shares 
yesterday, amid City excite¬ 
ment that they may consider a 
£75 billion merger to become 
the world's largest bank. 

Shares of Lloyds TSB 
jumped 7 per cent, to 7*5p 
yesterday on hopes that it may' 
launch a E35- billion ag ree d 
takeover of HSBC in an all¬ 
share bid. 

The speculation was 
sparked by a 11-page “what if* 
document published yester¬ 
day by Credit Lyonnais Secu¬ 
rities which said a merger 
would allow cost savings of 
almost £2 billion a year. 

The broker thinks that 
Lioyds could take 45 per cent 
of the enlarged company, even 
though its assets are half of 
that managedby HSBC. 

This would be possible 
because worries about the Ffcr- 
Eastern economies have great¬ 
ly reduced HSBC's share 
price, giving it a smaller 
capitalisation than LJpyds. 

A pipe, dream? City sources 
suggest not Some understand 
that Sir Brian Pitman, chair¬ 
man, would dearly love to 
agree a merger after having 
/ailed to join forces with 
Standard Chartered. 

The only problem is that 
John Bond, chairman of 
HSBC, is understood to resent 
the market's low valuation of 
the company’s shares — and 
hold out for a price dial Lloyds 
would be unable to pay. Credit 
Lyonnais said the chances of a 
successful merger are one in 
five. 

The.conjecture led to a rally 
amongst the banking stocks. 
Standard Chartered added 
9p to 582*2p, Alliance & 
Lcitister gained 9p to 8!9p 
and the Woolwich dosed 
22\p firmer at 343p. 

For a moment, it seemed 
like London shares ooukl be 
shaking, away the gloom 
which has dragged the index 
down for three of the past five- 
days.__ 

The FTSE100 was 118 points 
ahead after . lunch but 
steadily retreated to. dose at. 
5,455.0 by end of play —a 555 
point advance on reasonably 
strong trade of 912 million 
shares. 

But market makers were 
unconvinced. One said: “This 
is a blip, with nothing solid 
behind it irs all down to the 
fixtures markets e- we are still 
on the downward trade. There 
will be . much worse to came 
next week.” 

The takeover speculation 
took its toll of Abbey Nat* 



Sir Brian Pitman would dearly love to agree a merger 


lonal. down' 89 at £10.06 an 
fears that an enlarged 
Lloyds/HSBC would domi¬ 
nate the mortgage market 
Two late rogue trades in BG 
marked its shares 30*2p down 
at 340p — although after- 
hours deals were- going, 
through at 363p. 

Trad^ m Tesoo continued 
apace, as the City reacted to. 
the recent round of profits 


billion when ft eventually lists 
in London. 

This allowed EnterpriseOil 
a 3Ip rise. to' 449p although 
S hell e ased bp to 344p. 

BTR: advanced a further 5 
per cent, to 165p, as rumour 
that it is being sized up by 
Kohlberg - Kravis Roberts 
gathered pace. There is still no 
news, from Booker, another 
company said to have won 


The profits wanting 1 mid 11,000 job losses announced from 
Boeing Corporation - late on Thursday night claimed heavy 
casualties in London. British Aerospace dropped 22hp to 413p, 
Smiths Industries'declined L3p to 703*2p. GKN fell 21 1 sp to 720p 
and Cobham finished 4bp lower at 935p. 


downgrades and 29 million 
shares changed hands. 

BP also came under, excep¬ 
tionally heavy, demand, as it 
was finally rewarded for its 
merger with Amoco and its 
shares jumped 52p to 854p — 
roughly where they woe two 
weeks ago. 

On, the oilier sale of the 
pond,' Amoco gained $25 
(£150) to .$515. by mid-monir 
ing trading suggesting that 
the enlarged company will be 
.^capitalised at more than £80 


KKKs affections, and its 
shares slid 5*2 p to 273b p. 

Oechsle. the investment 
company which recently took 
a large stake in British 
Biotech, will be congratulat- 
ingilself on its foresight The 
shores added 2bp to 39*ap 
yesterday—becoming the best 
mover of the week — as ten 
million changed hands. 

Rumours were, circulating 
in some areas that Amstrad is 
on the verge of signing a 
multi-mfllion pound contract 



Shire Pharma-—41 Bp 

Fairey Group-330p 

Oxford Molecular—ii&5p 
Dialog.... .—_J2P1p 


Business Post Qp 583Kp 

Booker..;--..Z73^5p 

t Services-170 

— 223%p 
British Airways——_.500p 


+74p Factory damage toss than feared 

+32% —_Takeover speculation 

-39)frp_Disappointment alter results 

+28&p-DKBSOOp target 


-27p— 
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. -S7p— 


..Boardroom departure 
_ Takeover speculation 
.Victim ot short-GeUrtg 


, British Land takes stake 
..Passenger yield drops 


with a satellite television com¬ 
pany. However, there was 
hardly demand for the shares 
which held at 34p. 

Northern Foods continued 
to advance. 6p better at 165^ 
cm word that someone is 
building a large stake in the 
-company. Almost 15 million 
shares changed hands during 
the day, and two bundles of 
500,000 shares went through 
after hours. Market makers 
expea further rises next week. 

. It has been a good week for 
Simon Cawkweil. a bear raid¬ 
er known to City dealers as 
"Evil Kiuevfl". 

He is being credited for the 
fast demise of Ted Baker, 
which, has plunged from 170p 
to 125p in recent weeks and 
Corporate Services, whose 
shares had plunged from 220p 
to 171p before adding 8p 
yesterday. 

One market maker said: 
"His reputation is greater 
than ever now, because he 
always seems to get things 
right There’s really no one 
else in the City like him." 

Internet Technology 
Group is understood to be Mr 
Cawkweil “s latest victftn. and 
its shares duly dropped 5p to 

121>p. 

Dealers are stocking up on 
shares of ITE Group, a chemi¬ 
cals company backed by Law* 
lie Lewis, who made millions 
for investors through the 1996 
takeover of Blenheim and has 
had a grateful City fan club 
ewer since. 

ITE returns its results soon, 
and its shares added 3b p to 
68p oh hope of strong results. 
There was a rare day of respite 
for the retailers. 

Dresdner Kleinwort Benson 
is understood to have upgrad¬ 
ed its recomendation on 
Debenhams, up 7bp to 
324b p. Some dealers now 
think the sector fallout after 
the profits warning from 
Aflders, steady at 136p, has 
been overdone. 

□ GILT-EDGED: Bargain 
hunting and a modest recov¬ 
ery in Treasury prices lifted 
band prices, amid buying 
pressure from the, US. The 
September future index rose 
£052 to £110.13, and Treasury 
6 per cent 2028 jumped £ 7 32 to 
£109 *»m. 

□ NEW YORK: Shares 
turned lower in late morning 
trade as worries ahead of 
possible global economic 
events at the weekend sent 
money into safer bonds. By 
midday the Dow Janes indus¬ 
trial average was down just 
025 points at 8,45925. 


New York (midday}: 

Dow Jones_84SPJS (-02S) 

s*7 compote_ioewL» t-sjjai 


Tokyo: 

NflEKet Avenge .. 


15123.93 (-2SSJK4 


Hong Kong: 

Hang Seng_ 


. 722449 <*56%Z7) 


Amsterdam: 
AEX Index_ 


IIS4 77 1-9.Z2J 


Sydney 

AO_ 


250)0 (*27.9) 


Frankfurt 

n*x_ 


5+47. SO (ri) l-67) 


Singapore: 

Straus. 


974.11 (*(L37) 


Brussels: 
BBL20- 


3410.49 (*1534) 


Paris: 


3994.91 (*422Q 


Zurich: 

SKA Geo . 


1544-10 (*28.80) 


London: 

FT 30- 


FTSE 100 . 
FTSE 250 


FTSE 350. 


FTSE Emoiop KIO 
FTSE Alt-Shut- 


3494J (*243) 
5455J) (*S53) 
51825 (*2&5) 
2633J(+24J) 


2717.75 MUW 
. 25622 r-ZZ-53) 


FTSE Non Financials — 2635J2 1*21323 

FTSE FlUd Interest-I442i2 (*008) 

FTSE can Secs - 106.14 (*ai7) 

Bargains_52774 



German Mnt 


Exchange Index_ 

Bank of England official dose (4pm) 

EjECU_ 1.4773 

DSDR_ 12268 


RPt - m.4 ion C3.7K) Jfin I9V7=lOO 

RPIX-161.1 Jun (28%) Jan 1967=100 


141 ». 


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Chaucer a Wts !2'i 

Coca-Cola (] GO) 171'. 

Dowmex 26 

Firestone Dlamnds 115'. 
Hidden Hearing mu 144’, 
MEPC Non Clim Pf B 964 
Martin Cur Hgh Inc 1024 
Sodra Petroleum 474 
SupaRule 994 

Syntia Cp Wts 98/02 234 

Talisman House 54 

Talisman Hse wts 2 

Toro Irak 229 

Wllmslow Group 24 


+ 14 


♦ 4 

- 2 


+ 14 




Pressacn/p (ISO) 234 -5 

Tororrakn/p (300) 4 

Wellington n7p (210) 24 


RISES'. 

Hutch VUhamp.283p (+314p) 

REA. 105p (+10p) 

Britt Allcroft.243'sp (+22p) 

Enterprise. 449p(+3lp) 

UoydaTSB .- 755p(+51'ap) 

Woolwich.343p(+22 3 -p) 

General Cable. 286p (+I8p) 

Flextech.530p(+32'sp) 

Br Petroleum..8S4p(+52p) 

AMs.191’jp(+11p) 

Rentokfl Irtf. 365p (+20>4p) 

BOC.B20p (+42 1 sp) 

Border TV.3S1p(+174p) 

RMC. 839p(+34p| 


FALLS: 

BG.340p f-30'=p) 

Kingfisher.425p (-37'«p) 

CajmErvogy....... I95p(-16p) 

Abbey -. 270p [-20p) 

Br Aerospace.413p (-224p) 

Granada...BOOp (-38p) 

AEATech--834p(-35p) 

Srn Life & P -. SiBp (-18p) 

GKN..... 720p (-21’ap) 

Jarvis. S92'ap (-15p) 

Hays. 840p (-20p) 

Provident-8S8p (-2lp) 


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All aboard the bid bus 


THE hostile bid battle for Dennis, the bus 
chassis and specialist trucks maker, should 
run for a few weeks yet — and the fun, it is 
hoped, is only just beginning. It is as well for 
all concerned to keep up with events, however, 
because, as with many hostile bids, events are 
coming thick and fast 

John Simpson, the Mayflower chief execu¬ 
tive, needs this deal to come off after the 
shadow boxing last year over Vickers, when 
Mayflower was criticised for its presumption 
in rilling at the much-larger engineer. 
Perhaps he thought that Henlys would be 
unable to afford a renewed challenge to its 
450p-a-share cash offer, particularly after it 
became dear that Volvo, which is pledged to 
taking a stake of up to 10 per cent in Henlys. 
would not bankroll a revised offer. 

But Henlys has produced a new proposal. 


Consisting of a mix of cash and shares, the 
value of the offer fell almost as soon as it was 
made yesterday, dropping from a notional 
£309 million to £288 million because Henlys 
shares were marked sharply down in the 
market Even so. it is nominally worth more 
than Mayflower^ £255 million, although 
whether Henlys paper is really more valuable 
than Mayflowers hard cash remains a key 
point of debate, 

Henlys daims Mayflower doesn't have the 
L?S dour to make a deal work. Henlys may 
find, however, that if ft is to prevail it will have 
to come up with a full cash alternative. 
Mayflower supporters claim Henlys has few 
real plans for the trucks division and point out 
chat the merger will dilute Henlys earnings. 

Dennis shareholders need do nothing for 
the moment but sit tight, and enjoy the ride. 


Astec (BSR) 


MINORITY shareholders of 
Astec (BSR) did not really 
stand a chance in their battle 
with Emerson Electric the 
company's controlling share¬ 
holder. earlier tins year. But 
they could not have antici¬ 
pated such a lousy outcome 
six months down the line. 

Astec shares have fallen to 
80p, against the 11 Op Emer¬ 
son offered. Astec has also 
since passed payment of an 
interim dividend and now 
admits that trading has dete¬ 
riorated markedly ova* the 
past two months, pretty 
much as Emerson predicted 
during its confrontation with 
minority investors. 

It is against this back¬ 
ground that the company 
has cheekily announced the 
£200 minion purchase of the 
advanced power systems 
business of Northern 
Telecom. For a company 


now worth less than £300 
million, this is indeed an 
ambitious acquisition. 

Strategically, the deal 
makes sense. It reduces 
Astec’s crippling dependence 
on the computer industry 
and increases its exposure to 
telecoms and networking, 
sectors that remain robust 

However, the risks are 
high. The deal will leave 


Astec, which currently has 
net cash of £55.9 million, 
with gearing of 100 per cent. 
On paper, interest cover is 
comfortable and cashflow 
should make inroads into 
the debt burden. But much 
depends on there being no 
further deterioration in the 
Asian economies, and that is 
to expect rather too much. 
Avoid 



Royal Bank 


ROYAL Bank of Scotland’s 
proposed purchase of Bank 
of Ireland’s 23.5 per cent 
stake in Citizens, the New 
England bank. looks ex¬ 
tremely fortuitous. It puts 
Royal Bank on course to own 
Citizens, which is one of the 
biggest retail banks in the 
region, outright 

Citizens showed a 20 per 
cent rise in profitability last 
year, and has been especially 
resilient during recessionary 
periods, so should prove itself 
a good investment if the 
present downturn in global 
economic conditions 
continues. 

Bank of Ireland also gains. 
Assuming it readies agree¬ 
ment with the Royal Bank it 
will have managed to raise a 
considerable amount of cash 
at a time when it has other, 
perhaps more suitable, de¬ 
ployment opportunities open. 

From the Royal Bank per¬ 
spective, however, the deal 
gives it control of a new 
stream of profit just when it 


was needed. Buying Citizens 
also goes some way to mak¬ 
ing up for the disappoint¬ 
ment of being squeezed out of 
the race to acquire 
Birmingham Midshires by 
the Halifax. The Royal 
Bank’s appetite for expan¬ 
sion, coupled with the 
strength it has in its retail 
and other domestic opera¬ 
tion, makes it worth follow¬ 
ing. Hie shares, trading on a 
prospective of 15. are good 
value. Buy. 


Acorn 


ACORN’S new chief execu¬ 
tive Stan Boland has wasted 
little time in getting his feet 
under the table. Barely two 
months into the job his new 
management team has un¬ 
veiled plans for a major 
shakeup of the group’s priori¬ 
ties. It is beginning with the 
decoupling of its 26 per cent 
investment in microrfiip de¬ 
signer Arm and continuing, 
it hopes, tty taking up a star¬ 
ring role in the burgeoning 
digital television market 


Acorn sharholders will 
welcome hope. Hie share 
price has almost halved since 
March, its non-Arm activities 
have not made a profit since 
1993 and the success of Arm’s 
recent stock market float has 
resulted in a curious situa¬ 
tion where Acorn’s Arm 
shareholding is currently 
worth more than the entire 
company put together. 

It is not a task for the faint¬ 
hearted — technology dev¬ 
elopment is a risky business 
and Acorn's recent lack of di¬ 
rection has not endeared it to 
potential technological and 
commercial partners. But the 
group has a strong bedrock 
of talent and Boland has 
shown every indication that 
he has a fum hand on the 
tiller with a strategy to focus 
Acorn on just two markets in¬ 
stead of having fingers in any 
number of pies. 

They are not for the faint 
hearted but at this level 
Acorn shares are worth a 
punt. Buy. 


Edited by Robert Cole 


Australia 


Austria 


Belgium (Cam). 
Canada 


1-6781-1.6795 
1242-1203 


Den mart. 

France — 


... 37X0-37.01 
15180-14190 
64297-44325 
6013040160 


Germany 


Hong tong 


Ireland. 
Italy. 


1.7941-1.7W6 
7.7493-7.7503 
IJ970-1-3980 


Japan 


Malaysia __ 
Netherlands 
Norway- 

Portugal 


1769.40-1770.90 
- 145.45-14548 
4.1825-4.1919 
20224-20229 


Singapore._ 
Spain 


Sweden 


7.62766.7296 
183,58-18348 
_ 1.7475-1.7485 
... 152ID-15220 
8.1232-8.1332 


Switzerland 


_1.5010-14020 




Argentina peso* 


14241-14266 


Australia dollar_27258-27294 

Bahrain dinar_ 0403004190 

Brazil real---14925-14952 

China yuan- J3-309-134J4 

Cyprus pound_a841004620 

Finland markka- 8.7425-84865 

481.75-493.15 


Hand markka 
Greece drachma 


Hong Kong dollar-125872-125950 

India rupee_ 68.93-70.73 

Indonesia rupiah-n/a 


Kuwait dinar KD-D.49200.50W 

Malaysia ringed- 6.7936-6.8092 

New Zealand doliar_22 L 52-3-2212 

Pakistan rupee-79.IO Buy 

saudi Arabia rlyal- 54350-5.9690 

Singapore dollar- 24385-24415 


s Africa rand (com)-- 9.919-10.419 

UAEdlrija®-- 5487544245 


Barclay* Treasury • Ucyds Bank 




SRSE^jUMEST^ 


31 576 

ASDAGp 11,490 
Abbey NU 2496 
Allied Dam 1403 
Ailnce&Leie 576 
Amvescap 1424 
AB Foods 970 
Bk Oi SCOt 4,194 
BAA 2J8I 

Barclays 3.765 
a*« 1450 

BATlnda 9.892 
BG 8529 

BUllton 21517 
Blue ante z m 

BOC 3232 

BOOB 1531 
BAP 6465 

BA 5.239 

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Br Land £216 
BP 48462 

Brfi Sea 2458 
BSkyB 2432 
BT 11289 

BTE 9.996 

CGU 3.438 
Cable Wire 459B 
Cadbury T45S 
Carlton Cms 1414 
Centrica 10252 
Compass Gp 703 
Diageo 4,748 
EM3 1473 
EntarprOU 1582 
Gen Elec 7476 
GKN • 1,131 
Glaxo WeB 5559 
Granada Z-J79 
GU5 2,153 

GBE 2503 

KT 4.967 

HSBC 7575 
Halifax 1280 
Hays (34 

Kingfisher 3580 
Ladbroke 5577 
land Secs ijj$7 
LASMO -4X00 
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3409 

2478 

411 


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NUWSBk 5589 
Norwich Vn isrts 
Nynnd Amr 1595 
Orange 1246 
PRO 2536 
Pearson 2530 
FttwerGen 1406 
Prudential 2517 
JEtfltract IM6 
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Ream coi 552 

Reed inti 
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Reuters 
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salnstnuy 5539 
Schrsd&S 100 
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Shell Trans 54454 
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Smiths Ind 711 
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Stagecoach ijos 

SteQiand 3267 
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WPP 1598 

Whitbread 949 
Williams 1.153 
Woolwich 1577 
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Home Depot 
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Clinton affair was ‘sexual, not sex’ 

■ Bracing himself for the most perilous moment of his 

presidency. Bill Clinton was ready to admit having had sexual 
contact with Monica Lewinsky. Mr Clinton was said to have 
held intensive discussions with advisers about the legal and 
political implications of acknowledging an intimate relationship 
with the former White House trainee--Pages 1,14.19 

Leonardo painting found in London 

■ A painting in the National Gallery attributed to Verrocchio 

actually features the hand of the master’s most important 
student Leonardo da Vinci, a leading American scholar claims. 
Fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo survive and the discovery 
of another would he sensational---Page 1 


Congo evacuation 

The Royal Marines were on stand¬ 
by for possible evacuation of Brit¬ 
ish nationals from the Democratic 
Republic of Conga as rebel forces 
advanced on Kinshasa Pages 1.15 

Altruism prevails 

Garrick Club members voted to 
use part of a £50 million windfall 
to set up a charity to help strug¬ 
gling artists-Page 2 

Short on style 

The Royal Mail has suspended 
Mike Storey, a Yorkshire post¬ 
man. because it says his shorts are 
just too short_Page 3 

McKenna comeback 

Paul McKenna promised to bring 

back his audience-participation 

hypnotism to Britain after bring 
cleared of turning a stage volun¬ 
teer into a schnophrenic Page 5 

Hippy ideals 

Ed Garry said his crossing of the 
Atlantic in a boat made from recy¬ 
cled rubbish was the high point of 
his art._.........-- Page 7 


Lost language 

The language of trainspotting has 
changed so much that a middle- 
aged enthusiast ooukl hardly com¬ 
municate with youngsters Page 11 

Owen fights for name 

Michael Owen is bring a battle to 
protect his name. The day after the 
World Cup final an opportunist 
with an eye cm marketing applied 
to register it as&tmdemarkftge8 

Smartcard solution 

The world's biggest smartcard 
transport system will open up an 
era of cashless travel and loyalty 
bonuses in London —.Page U 

Yeltsin backs rouble 

President Yeltsin emerged briefly 
from his summer holiday to reiter¬ 
ate his determination not to deval¬ 
ue the rouble_Plage 15 

Britons join bomb team 

A British team is to join American 
experts investigating the explo¬ 
sions that killed more than 260 
people in East Africa Page 15 







A traditional flower carpet comprising 700,000 begonias, at the Grand Place in Brussels. It is expected to attract 100,000 visitors 


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■ Engineers at Sony have created a robot dog that is obedient, 
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THE TIMES CROSSWORD NO 20,871 

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solutions opened next Thursday- Entries should be addressed to: The 
Times , Saturday Crossword Competition, PO Bax 486, Virginia Street . 
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published next Saturday. 

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thought to be tiie result of 
Olympic recognition granted 
last year-Page 9 

Chart beat The Beaties went 
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acts that reflects conservative 
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and security, it must trust 
teachers more and nanny 

them less--:-Page 19 

Think on: “Dare to think" 
should be the motto pinned to 
the wall of every undergrad¬ 
uate room and re crui t me nt 
agency-Page 19 






Brown’s economic strategy; 
Oxbridge MAs; duty-free 
sales; sunaeam in schools; 
Pbter the Great at Deptford- 
Chief Rabbinates — Page 19 


Simon Jenkins: Words are 
free, but grammar is too im¬ 
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infinitives matter — Page 18 
Ben Macmtyro: The french 
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Edith Standen, textile histo¬ 
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speculators_—Page 23 

Energy: John Devaney, exec¬ 
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. National Fbwer _ Page 23 

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Cricket Sri Lanka wot 
the opening match of the 
triangular tournament 
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9 The most powerful one in the 
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10 Half a dozen discards from hand 
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13 Attempts to get card game under 
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15 Champion gets something to eat 
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18 Draw with this line placed strate¬ 
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20 Card-players’ calls made in 
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21 Cheat to secure a point in this 
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24 Deepest move initially is not 
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26 Small vehicle king used in game 
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28 Exploited ruse Diplomacy re¬ 
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AFTER five days of firing off 
criticism through.-, the J- 
seriaHsadon of" his hook. 
Glenn Hoddte was stiB suffer 
ing the backlash yesterday as 
the furore overltis World Cup 
diary grew into a national, 
debate over his ■ crettiMiQr:. 
Phone-ins and.readers* polls: 
debated the position of the 

England coach, white several 

more senior football figures, 
added their names to the long 
list of detractors. 

None of it worrie d Hodd le 
enough for him to interrupt- 
his holiday yesteiday and ca n s 
for his resignation will h ave 
been dismissed by r bnn as 
hysterical As tfaebook 
■ Hoddle can be scornful of., 
opinions that differ .from bis 

own- .. ... 

The -matter is »r from 
finished, bowevtt. with 
Hoddle ferine the first of a 
l number of awkward confron¬ 
tations tomorrow night when, 
the England squad gathers, far 
a three-day training camp. It. 
wiD be his first meeting 
the. players since the. Wond 
Cop finals and he w3f surety, 
■feel the need to explain.ms 
actions after sowin g mist rust 
• among the squad.-with his 
1 revelations.. : 

Equally significantly. 
Hoddle will soon be forced to 
i explain himsefftohis emplqy- 
ers.al the FboibaB Association, 
where senior counrifiors are' 
making -their anger known 
that this controversy was 

allowed to efupt- 
- The FA'S bitianiationu com¬ 
mittee, which appoints die 
England coach; is due ts mas 
in mM-Septonber. when 
Hoddle is scheduled fib give 

f ' V 


his World Cup report, and one 
source yesterday revealed that 
die coach would be given a 
“grilling" over die airing of Ms 
thoughts. Among the ques¬ 
tions they wffl demand an¬ 
swering is how a book-written 
by one of tire FA’S own staff-—. 
David Davies, the director of 
public affairs—could prove sa 
self-destructive td the 
orgamsanon- 

Hoddtemay be forced to 
defend : himself even before 
that meeting.- Four of the 
committee are expected to 
travelwith tire England party 
to Sweden for the first Euro¬ 
pean championship • qualify¬ 
ing maldi on Sefnembw 5 and 
it seems unlikely that tire 
debate vriD faaVe.dfed by then. 

CouncOtors are understood 
to be .particularly angry; tint 
lessons have hot been learnt 
from. the television, pro¬ 
gramme An Impossible Job, 


By Matt Dickinson 

which brought such ridicule 
on Graham Taylor, then tire 
England manager. At least the 
programme only embarrassed 

Tayion Hoddltfs book has 
managed to drag others into 
the storm.- ' ....•- 

None of the members of 
Hoddle’s squad joined the 
fray yesterday, showing a 


Simon Barnes--IS 

vy rti^ r co n fid en t——_..3i2 

Oliver Holt.--ZL.33 


restraint that their coach 
might be advised to remem¬ 
ber, although Mel Stein, ad¬ 
viser to Patti Gascoigne, did 
reveal that the Middlesbrough 
player had been “very touched 
and awouraged fay-the way 
people have so roundly oon- 
demned-the England coach, 
and sympathised wrfli him". 


There was a long line of 
respected football figures 
queueing up to attack Hoddle, 
though, after the latest 
serialisation, which included 
stinging rebukes for Kevin 
. Keegan and Terry Venables. 

The former England coach 
responded yesterday by claim¬ 
ing: “i did a book on tactics 
and players of the past and 
future but l have never, ever 
gone into detail in a private 
way on players at alL It is 
Glenn’s business if he wants to 
go down that road, but I have 
never written a book like that 
and I never will. M 

Rpy Hodgson, manager of 
Blackburn Rovers, defended 
Chris Sutton, who was at¬ 
tacked in the book and told he 
will never play for England as 
long as Hoddle is in charge. 
“The tiling 1 am sad about is 
that once again one of my 
players has been portrayed in 


Racism gets r ed-card treatment 

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^S^tball'A^odatiim announced yes- yourcont^ied? u PPOrt f ? riao . 
that h had amended hs misconduct tolerance of racism at this ground. 

to add Mike O’Brien, the minister wrth regona -- 
ethnic bflitv for racial equality, said yesterday. 


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’ , an - Premiership, dubs wifi 

broadcast a message.before matches today- 
stating: Thisrclub is commmitted to the 


tolerance or racism m uus gjuujiu. 

Mike O’Brien, the minister with r espons i- 
.bdity for' rarial equality, said yesterday 
"Racism, is evil and has no place in our 
society. We must aD show racism t he re d 
card. These proposals are important because 
we are m.the process of crea ting n ot just a 
sodely in which racism is unacceptable bill a 
society in which we celebrate the benefit of 
divennfy." 


a light which I find unjust" 
Hodgson said. “It is not right 
to constantly pul forward one 
side of the stay. 

“It is certainly not correct to 
say that Chris Sutton does not 
want to play for England. The 
opposite is true. I don't like the 
fact that he has been portrayed 
in a bad light and is not in a 
position to defend himself." 

Dave Bassett, manager of 
Nottingham Forest, dismissed 
the World Cup diary as 
"Tnuck-raldng and unneces¬ 
sary for an England manager” 
while Gordon Taylor, chief 
executive of the Professional 
Footballers’ Association, be¬ 
lieves Hoddle has laid himself 
open to a disrepute charge. 
“How they [the FA] can retain 
their credibility and charge 
players in the future I don’t 
know.” he said. 

Hoddle wiH have the chance 
to explain his actions on 
Tuesday when he meets the 
press, many of whom have 
also come in for severe criti¬ 
cism in the book.- Yesterday, 
the defence was left to Davies, 
the co-author. “One of the 
problems of all the critics, as 
far as 1 am aware, is that not 
one of them has been able up 
to this pant to read the book," 
he said 

“When they have, they will 
see that Gknn Hoddle has set 
on to explain his thinking 
over a period of nine months. 
There are things that he is able 
to say in more than 250 pages 
that you can never get across 
in the world of soundbites and 
tabloid, headlines." Maybe he 
should have thought of that 
before setting the serialisation 
to The Sun for £250.000. 













































30 SPORT 


THE TIMES 


GOLF 


Montgomerie 
begins climb 
up leaderboard 


COLIN MONTGOMERIE 
gave plenty of evidence that he 
is not far from his best as he 
began his second round in the 
US PGA Championship yes¬ 
terday. On another sunlit, 
crystal-dear morning, Mont¬ 
gomerie, who was four strokes 
behind Tiger Woods, the lead¬ 
er overnight, looked comfort¬ 
able on Sahalee's narrow, tree- 
lined fairways. More to the 
point, in view of his recent 
travails with his putter, he 
looked confident on the greens 
and soon moved to two under 
par. two strokes behind 
Woods. 

This was in marked contrast 
to Lee Westwood, Montgom¬ 
erie’s younger challenger. 
Westwood had admitted that 
he was rusty after a two-week 
holiday in the Algarve and. 
after a four-over-par ?4 in. his 
first round, he looked to be in 
danger of missing the halfway 
cut when he fell to eight over 
par after eight holes of his 
second round. 

There were plenty of low 
points in those eight holes, but 
perhaps the worst came at the 
8th. where his ball landed 8ft 
up a tree after a bad drive. He 
was able to reach it, but had to 
take a penalty drop under¬ 
neath and after moving the 
crowd — “I wouldn’t stand 
there if 1 were you." he told 
them — he hacked back on to 
the fairway and ran up a 
double-bogey six. 

Westwood’s weakness, the 
one that he has to guard 


against most is a tendency to 
bring the clubface slightly oft 
square to the ball, thus send¬ 
ing it out to the righL “Iris an 
old fault," Westwood said. “I 
know what to do. I need to 
practice and then i can get h 
under control." 

It is much too early to start 
putting out the bunting and 
waving the flags, but if 
Montgomerie's putting is on 
its way to returning to its 
former accuracy, then he has a 
big thank you to say to Dave 
Pelz. Petz, a bear of a man. is 
the professional's short game 
wizard m the way that David 
Lead better is the swing expert 
Like many big men. Pelz has 
the touch of a cat burglar 
around the greens. 

In fact, it was 
Montgomerie's long game 
that was not quite on song in 
his opening round, a 70. “It 
was a satisfactory score, but 1 
didn't play very well," 
Montgomerie said, citing a 
sloppy iron that he hooked to 
the 18th green as being typical 
of the way that he was playing. 
He did admit however, that 
his putting was better. 

Somewhat surprisingly, 
Montgomerie has decided that 
too often in the past he has not 
practised as hard as he should 
and that as a result he has not 
given 100 per cent in some 
tournaments. “I was happy 
rod ay because 1 knew I had 
worked very hard in practice," 
he said, adding that, from now 
on, he intended to put in more 

HAYNES 



Westwood struggles to make an impression yesterday 


time on the practice ground. 
Often in the past, he has done 
little more than take a few 
vigorous swishes with his dub 
and make his way to the 1st 
tee. 

For the second day, Mont¬ 
gomerie’s golf was tidier and 
more accurate than that of 
Ernie Els and PhO Mi eke Ison, 
his playing partners. He had a 
chance for a birdie on the 1st 
hole of his second round and 
then cleared the pond in front 
of the 2nd green with a 
majestic three-wood. The ball 
ran on to the back of the green 
and Montgomerie, putting 
through the shadows, laid it 
almost stone dead from 70ft 

Though he moved to two 
under par when he birdied the 
4th. holing from 10ft. one of 
his current weaknesses came 
to haunt him on the short 5th. 
If ever there was a hole that 
called for Montgomerie's fam¬ 
ous fade, this was it. The flag 
was set on the right of a wide 
green that cried out for a ball 
to be aimed at the centre and 
to move gently to the right in 

flighL 

Montgomerie cannot sum¬ 
mon up this stroke as he once 
could. This is a consequence of 
trying to learn to hook the baft 
as well as fade iL “1 have been 
fading the bail well in practice, 
but on the course 1 do not seem 
to be able to do it." he 
admitted. Perhaps this was 
why his second at the 6th Hew 
right of the green — he had 
decided to aim at the flag and 
hit it straight rather than 
attempt a fade. It took a good 
chip from thick green-side 
grass to secure his par there, a 
good bunker shot on the 7th 
for his par there and a 25-foot 
putt to save par on the 8th. 

Nick Faldo was heckled by 
three young men as he prac¬ 
tised his putting under the eye 
of Ben Crenshaw on the 
putting green after his first 
round. Crenshaw was with 
Faldo trying to help the En¬ 
glishman correct the fault that 
the Anerican had identified 
when they played together. 
After Faldo had complained to 
police, the three men had their 
tickets confiscated and were 
escorted from the course. 



Pak drives off the tee at the 4th on her way to making the halfway cat amid the wind, rain and South Korean media at Lythaxn yesterday 

Burton survives stormy weather 


By Mel Webb 

MAD DOGS and English¬ 
men, so Noel Coward wrote, 
go our into the midday sun. 
One had to be predisposed to a 
measure of barmtness. also, to 
venture forth in the mid- 
afternoon rain and wind that 
were thrown at players in the 
Weetabix Women's British 
Open yesterday. But go they 
did and, amazingly, some of 
them managed to play half- 
decent golf. Even so. it was 
hard to escape the conclusion 
that the lucky ones were those 
who missed the cut. 

For the second successive 
day, the only people who had 
much fun at Rcryal Lytham 
and St Annes were those 
enterprising merchants who 
could drum up a decent fine in 
weatherproofs and umbrellas. 
What fun they had, what 
profits they made. For the rest. 


it was sheer, unalloyed 
misery. 

Long before the days end, 
the red numbers on die score- 
board denoting players under 
par might have been blown 
across the broad strand of St 
Annes beach and into the Irish 
Sea. so conspicuous were they 
by their absence. At best, they 
could have been counted on 
the fingers of one hand — 
thumbs would not have been 
needed. A total of 17,700hardy 
Lancastrian souls mooched 
around the course watching 
people getting wet and wind¬ 
swept for cash. They breed 
them tough in these parts and 
they got thar money's worth, 
too. even if the scores bore the 
superficial appearance of 
hackers’ night at the local 
municipal. 

Professional golfers can 
never be accused of being fair- 
weather sportspeople. but it is 


safe to assume that the players 
at this championship have 
had quite enough of the meteo¬ 
rological nasties, thank you. 
very much. 

What the spectators saw 
was not so much the clinical 
assembly of potentially win¬ 
ning scores, more a struggle to 
meet the twin challenges of 
hitting the ball while at the 
same time remaining vertical. 
Again, it was not a European 
who combated the conditions 
the best, but an American. 

The same American, too. 


SCORES 


EARLY LEADING SECOND-ROUND 
SCORES <G8 and unfeas matadl. 145:8 
Button (US) 71,74.14& LSpaUng US) 76. 
70.147: J Moocte 75,7Z WWani (US) 78, 
71: S Smirtrt* 75. 72. 14* B Ktw (US) 71. 
77, A Sorenstam (Swa) 75. 73.14©: M-L (to 
Lorenz! (Ffl 7V. 70; M McKay 78. 74; S 
Gustafson (Svw) 78, 7i: T Johnson 72.77. 
150: S Mshra Onto) 73.77; J mksW (US) 75. 
75. 151: H Kobayasf* (Japan) 77, 71, A 
Mchoios 79,72: H Dobson 80.71. 


Brandy Burton had shared the 
lead on the first day with Betsy 
King, her compatriot, and 
while King subsided some¬ 
what to a round of 77, Burton 
held her nerve and her powers 
of endurance to produce a 74 
and a two-round total of 145. 
one over par. 

- The leading Europeans 
were Janice Moodie and Su¬ 
zanne Strudwick, who joined 
Wendy Ward, another Ameri¬ 
can, on three, over. Laura 
Davies had a slice of good 
fortune — she missed die cut 
by-a shoe . . 

Burton, a brisk, sturdy and 
no-nonsense Californian, has 
handled the conditions so well 
in the first 36 holes of this 
championship that she might 
be expected to be quite happy 
with more of the same issuing 
from die heavens today- Not 
so. Td rather it.calmed dawn. 
a bit" she said. “You feel like 


you’ve been through a war out 
there." The war will not be 
over Until tomorrow after- 
noonr meanwhile, she has 
more than held her own in two 
battles. 

-She dropped three shots 
going out bogeying the 8th 
when she came up short with 
her second shot and missed a 
10ft putt for par. then visiting 
two bunkers on Her way to a 
double-bogey five on the short 
9th. CommendaWy, she held 
the line bn the inward half and 
even, managed to register a 
birdie on the par-five ltth, 
where she hit a 40-yard chip to 
12ft and holed the putt 

Se Ri Pak, the young South 
Korean who has attracted a 
platoon of media types from 
her country to dog her foot¬ 
steps at Lytham, easily made 
toe cut tin eight over par. With 
tilings as. they are, she still has 
a chance. 


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Britain boosted by second 
thoughts at Nations Cup 



THE Great Britain 

showjumping team, which 
had come here demoralised 
after a run of poor perfor¬ 
mances. achieved Its best re¬ 
sult this year when finishing 
second to the mighty 
Germany team yesterday after 
the most competitive Nations 
Cup of the season. 

Helped by two superb 
rounds from John Whitaker 
on Virtual Village Heyman. 
the team, fielding three inex¬ 
perienced horses, finished on 
825 points. 025 ahead of 
Ireland in third place and only 
four points behind the reign¬ 
ing Olympic, world and Euro¬ 
pean champions. "I’m proud 
of them all — we needed that," 
Ronnie Massarella, the team 
manager, said. 

The performance has given 
Britain a tremendous boast for 
the world championships in 
October. Suddenly three new 
horses — all capable of hold¬ 
ing their own in this company 
— nave come to the fore. 

Michael Whitaker’s Virtual 
Village Silk, malting his Na¬ 
tions Cup debut had just four 
faults in each round. Mark 
Armstong’s Primma had eight 
in the first but came back with 
a brilliant, and crucial, clear 
round in the second. 

Heyman, competing in only 
his second Nations Cup, pro¬ 
duced the faultless perfor- 


From Jenny MacArtmur 

IN AACHEN, GERMANY 

mance needed to keep Britain 
in the hunt in the first round 
and had 025 of a tune fault in 
the second to clinch Britain’s 
second place. Whitaker, who 
now looks set to ride him in 
the world championships, was 
delighted with the horse's bold 
jumping. "1 was a bit worried 
about the water ditches but he 
coped with them easily," he 
said in a reference to fence 
No 5. a huge double of water 
ditches. 

Although Amo Gego’s 
12-fence course for the event 
was big it was not as technical 
as last year and relied mi bold, 
positive riding. Mistakes, 



John Whitaker inspired 


where the}' occurred, were 
spread around — the mark of 
a well-designed course. 

Thirteen of the 40 riders 
were faultless over the first 
round — and a further four 
had only time faults. At toe 
halfway stage Britain, helped 
by superb clear rounds from 
Biftington and John Whitaker, 
lay in joint-third place on four 
faults. Brazil, seeking then- 
first Nations Cup win for a 
decade, and Holland, the win¬ 
ners last year, were in first and 
second'place. - 

Ireland, with dear rounds 
from Peter Charles, on 
Traxdata TAime, and Trevor 
Coyle, on Cruising, squeezed 
through on 425 faults. Sur¬ 
prisingly. France, the leaders 
in the Nations Cup series after 
four wins this season, failed to 
qualify. 

In the second round the 
picture changed dramatically. 
Switzerland. Holland and 
Brazil all dropped out of 
contention. Germany, with 
dear rounds from Otto Becker 
on Cera and Markus 
Beerbaum on Lady Wdngard, 
moved into the lead. 

But 8.75 faults from their 
world champion. Franke 
Sloothaak, put toe pressure on 
their fourth rider. Lars 
Nieberg, on For Pleasure, who 
had to go clear for the team to 
win outright 


Davidson builds slender lead 


BRUCE DAVIDSON, the 
United States Olympic veter¬ 
an, on Squelch, took a slender 
one penalty dressage lead 
over Tina Gifford and State 
Diplomat in die advanced 
division of the Doubleprint 
British Open Horse Trials 
championships at Galcombe 
Park yesterday. 

With four horses doing 
their dressage in the first 
section. Davidson was kept 
busy, but no more so than 
Gifford who bad three tests 
on State Diplomat O’Leary 
and The Gangster before two 
more this morning. 

This is because General 
Jock, her contender for the 
world equestrian games in 
Rome on September 30. has 


By Our Sports Staff 

his dressage today and is the 
only one doing the FEI inter¬ 
national test that caused so 
much consternation Last year 
at Badminton. 

State Diplomat, who won 
toe French three-day event at 
Le lion d'Angers in 1996, was 
sidelined for a year after 
knocking his tendon and re¬ 
turned to win the British 
Equestrian Insurance Bro¬ 
kers Final at the Longleat one- 
day trials in June. 

He went on to the 
Bramham three-day event but 
finished in 21st position 
through heavy time penalties 
on the steeplechase course. 

Lucy Thompson. Ireland's 


former European champion, 
on WeUon Romance; went 
into thud place, ahead of 
Australian Andrew Hoy, win¬ 
ner of the British Open -at 
Gatcombe last year on Swiz¬ 
zle In. Thompson has two 
contenders for - Rome and 
although it was Romance, 
produced by Grnny Elliot 
.who won in 1995, Thompson 
thinks she will lake stable 
companion Wdton Molecule 
to Italy and ride Romanoe at 
Bunjhley. 

Owen Moore, also long- 
listed for Rome, leads the 
intermediate championship 
dressage with Lord 
KflJmghurst and is pursued 
by Masaru Fuse, of Japan, , on 
Vpyou Du Roc 


Race steers 
dear of 
tour police 

■ cycling: Organisers of 
toe Tour of Spain have 
dropped plans for toe race 
to cross the border into 
France, avoiding any 
possibility of the police anti- 
doping raids that occurred 
during the Tour de Finance. 
“Since it is impossible to 
predict how [French! judges 
will behave, we cannot 
go," Alberto Gadea, the race 
director, said yesterday. 

The thirteenth leg of the 
tour was to have taken 198 
cyclists from 22 teams 
across the border into France 
and through several 
mountain passes before 
returning to Sabinanigo. 

All four Spanish teams — 
Banesto, ONCE, Kelme 
and Vitali Go — dropped out 
of the Tour de France in 
protest at the police action, 
but Tour of Spain officials 
insisted they were not acting 
out of spit& 

■ RUGBY UNION: Ben 
Tune, the Australia winger, 
was recalled yesterday for 
the deciding Tri-Nations 
match against South 
Africa in Johannesburg next 
week. Tone, who has 
recovered from a knee 
injury, reclaims his place 
from Jason Utile. 

The AD Blacks, 
meanwhile, field a much- 
changed side against 

South Africa at Kings Park 
today. Royce Willis, 22, 
the Waikato lock.' is among 
tire newcomers. He will 
make his international debut 
in place of Ian Jones, 
whfle Carf Hoeft wffl pack 
down at loosehead prop 
instead of Craig Dowd. 

■ SQUASH: England 
defeated Spain 
comprehensively to reach 
the semi-finals of toe world 
junior men’s team 
championship in Princeton, in 
the United States. Adrian 
Grant, toe only survivor from 
England's unexpected win 

in the last junior, team 
championship in Cairo in 
1996, led the line with a win 
over Ivan Bores. 























U.Mi 


Cup -V;;, 




I have got die terrible, 
hump with being back, so be 
warned. Are . other colum¬ 
nists bitching about the 
season being hoe? I suppose they, 
mast be. if they*re not, then they’ve 
lost all sense of reality or have no 
homes to go p. 

Every supportac, every aquain- 
tanoe. every cab driver and even " 
the odd footballer I’m on speaking 
terms with have all greeted the 
infernal bugle blast calling us all . 
to the 1998-99. start-tine *as though 
it were the shrill jangle of the' 
Monday morning alarm clock. 
Haven! we only just gone to 
bed? Area! we aU full up to. 
the hatband with the sKm person¬ 
alities and slimmer possibilities 
that are already bang riffled in n 
front of is like adoured beads 
before The Tribe. Who Owned 
Manhattan? 

It* the awful crack-house help¬ 
lessness that so revolts what* left, 
of our free mil. There is absolutely 
no chance " we won't soon te 
suckered in and flickered in 
deeply. Battlesveaiy Gls ambling 
about Saigon in "68 had more 
chance of resisting temptation. 
“Psstt Hey. Johnny. You got few 
budcs? I give you loooonnnnnnngg 
time. Johnny!” I just want a few 
more days on the outside, that* 
all. -• - 

Last season’s jotting here began 
and ended with sincere appeals for 
inventive ways with which we can - 
delay or in some way ginger up 
these disconnected, ghost-town 
months at the campaign* dawn," 
with by.far the most popular, 
choice being the playing of the 
initial two months’ fixtures behind 
dosed doorsl All-results arekept 
secret and when, after a couple of 


D oyou realise bow difficult 
it is to find a pedometer 
these days? Wdl it is, but 
fortunately L am saved when an 
old lady in a seaside shop tells me 
most local libraries keep a few 
that they are happy to loan out on 
security of a small deposit. 1 need 
a pedometer because of the neces¬ 
sity to confront an inner demon 
that insists that for the first time in 
my life ! may live closer to 
Chariton Athletic than MiflwalL 
The issoe has a happy outcome 
as 1 find I live exactly eight paces 
closer to the New Den than 
“Death" Valley. AD that night, 
however, l .findjnysdf brooding 
about poor bkL Chariton. The. 
streets' around the ground are , 
shuttered with many turnings 
completely abandoned. The sky 
there seems bruised and ominous 
and tfre awful pall of what is abouT 
to befall tins splendid old dub 
.bangs, heavily around the tum- 
stOesi For a moment l thought I 
saw an actual vulture homing 
above die players’ entrance but 


tantalising months, the public are 
• eventually let in tm what* been 
going on. they wfllbe able to make 
a mature choke as to whether they 
.wish to bother, attending tor the 
rest of that season or not Imagine: 
bong able -to Qpeti a special 
newspaper in -late October and 
say: “Good God, we’re second with 
amatdiin hand . .*■; IthirikI might 
havesomeofihisl*- ; 

Simflariy, if you’re already 
treading water m fourteenth, youll 
at leasthave been spared dutifully 
witnessing the misbrmosh, with 
it* flatulent early manager* re¬ 
marks about last season's indiffer¬ 
ent form being behind us. 

As it stands, only those handful 

Swiftly into 
Valley 
of death 

thK' merely turns out -to be a 
discarded chip wrapper blowing 
m the wind. 

- Tbattheywfll notwin so much 
as a goal kick is taken as read but 
many authorities are now fearing 
that a new league position will 
have to be introduced, a fond of 
super bottom, wherein the Pre¬ 
miership appears to end with the 
nineteenth' side and interested 
parties must then have to hunt for 
Chariton around the sports pages 
like . a humiliating game of 
“Where’s WaDyT*! hope not . 

Despite Chariton being our 
closest geographical rivals, no¬ 
body 2 know has bore them any 
malice, unlike Crystal Palace a 
few streets on. Chariton has 


of clubs- who gained promotions 
last year will be able to raise even a 
Sicker of curiosity about the des¬ 
perate. grind of games going 
through the motions nationwide. 
For the rest of us. irs like a stretch 
version of doing the rounds of 
relatives at Christmas. 

Yet perhaps the biggest casualty 
of the incredible Shrinking Closed 
Season is die FA Carting Premier¬ 
ship title. Talk about painting the 
Forth Bridge.. Arsenal have barely 
had time to put the crown on their 
head before it has been snatched 
back, set on it* cushion and locked 
away m the. safe covered with 
question marks again. The term 
“Premier League champions" is 
starting to cany about as much 
weight as the phrase “No 1 single". 
Which might be why United and 
Arsenal are seeking to splinter 
away from die rest in search of a 
less tin pot title. 

This, by the way. is futile. There 
can and will never be a once-and- 
for-all Soccer Super League. There 
are too many claimants wanting to 
wet their beak and what football 
wffl fragment into will be the kind 
of chaos with which boxing chose 
to destroy itself, with AC Milan 
holding the WBC title. Real Mar 
drid claiming the WBQ crown and 
so on and so forth all the way 
down to Chelsea as some sort of 
IBF European lightweight cruiser 
kings. 

Anyway, here we go again. 
Arsenal, you stand up the top; 
Charlton, you go to the bottom — 
and everybody dse m3] about for 
around ten months, will you? If 
you lode interested, well try and 
act surprised. After all... we got 
loooonnnnnngg time together 
buddy... 


always been a comfortableold 
comershop of a dub, happy to 
wef come in those few dd moms 
and bobble-hatted children who, 
quite understandably, found the 
pace and atmosphere of life with 
the Lions a little too racy for their 
Mood. However, as we daily 
lament, when a comershop takes 
on tire hypermarkets the outcome 
is swift and merciless. 

The site of The VaDey stands on 
one of Ihe oldest roads into 
London. It was here during the 
Middle Ages that the unfortunate 
bodies of those thrill-seekers who 
came to the big city and were led 
astray were hung in jibbets till 
they rotted. A stark wanting to all 
those who simflariy sought to play 
for the highest of stakes. 

On their way to the Premier¬ 
ship, Chariton can! have failed to 
notice hanging high on FA HOI 
the tattered remnants of among 
others, Barnsley, Oldham Athletic 
and Crystal Palace twisting slow¬ 
ly, slowly in the wind. And yet still 
they come... 


How Gazza, a latter-day Mozart, might have pleaded with Hod die after being told of his omission from the World Cup finals 

Hoddle must change his tune 


I will be absolutely honest 
with you and fed you I 
haven! taken in a solitary 
football development since 
Brazil turned in the most confused 
Parisian performance since the 
stage show of !Alio 'Alio folded 
afro- one night at La Pigalle. (1 do 
understand that Edmundo has 
confirmed Ronaldo was financial¬ 
ly obliged to turn out that night 
whether he weakened the ride or 
not. So where does sponsorship 
end and bribery begin?] 

I’ve no idea what transfers have 
gone on, who* playing who this 
afternoon, or even what Glenn 
Hoddle has actually said in his 
vulgar and grasping book detail¬ 
ing how his England team hero¬ 
ically played four matches and lost 
half of torn in France. The 
reaction to his bean-spilling has 
been unavoidable, though, and in 
conversation oyer a cold drink I 
am once again pressed as to 
whether I have any evidence that 
he. actually may be certifiably 
mad. 

Personally, I do think he is mad 
although even 1 am surprised he 
has gone so very public with the 
scheming shifty shit side of his- 
nature. Surely now nobody will 
fed at ease talking to this devious 
snitch and even those asked by 
garrulous Glenn for directions to 
local stations must first be com¬ 


pelled to pat the man down lest he 
be “wearing a wire" on them. 

Traditional soccer safe houses 
like the gents toilets at PFA 
dinners will now be chambers 
fraught with fear lest the England 
manager be lurking in stall No ] 
while two pros swap a juicy story 
at the urinal. Players will soon be 
forced to exchange grievances and 
tittle-tattle from the sides of their 
mouths in defensive walls or on 
the privacy of Channel 5. 

That said, at least his cash-for- 
secrets policy means that we have 
one less fatuous soccer diary book 
on tiie shelves. While it may be ill- 
written and contain large childish 
stretches, it does at least make a 
change to have our sense of 
decency outraged rattier than our 
intelligence insulted. 

Yes, if asked, I shall recommend 
it on the dust-jacket As to whether 
I will go and watch the film 
adaptation of the work I am less 
enthusiastic. Rxitball films never 
work and Glenn* alleged insis¬ 
tence on playing himself can only 
lead to some toe-curling amateur¬ 
ism. Apparently Michael Owen 
wanted to play himself, too, but 
Glenn has decided he* not ready 
yet 

Besides. I have a sneaking 
suspicion many of you will have 
already seen a large part of the 
screenplay before when falling 


under the spell of MDos Foreman* 
1984 masterpiece, Amadeus. 

Fbr those of you who have yet to 
indulge in this magnificent film it 
opens with the attempted suiride 
in a lunatic asylum of a man 
Pacomo Salieri), who, in his day. 
was considered the last word in 
crowd-pleasing entertainment He 
was a virtuoso who enjoyed great 
success — firstly as a performer 
and later as a powerful broker 
within his profession — and his 
dever social manoeuvring and 
dependable, if slight track record 
led him to the highest position in 
the land. 

He was someone who it seemed 
was destined to be remembered as 
the benchmark of his trade in his 
own lifetime: outwardly humble 
and respectable, privately a cun¬ 
ning, plotting rotpot 


A nd then along came Mo¬ 
zart. a whirlwind whose 
breathtaking, gifts and 
energies were only 
matched by his flouting of conven¬ 
tion and wild lifestyle. He who 
could both beguile and repulse 
within the same audience. He who 
was adored by the public but 
might spit in the eye of accepted 
establishment The world had a 
new standard. 

• As the aghast and bitter Salieri 
said, watching Mozart entertain a 


bar room with fart jokes and boozy 
travesties of his own talents: “And 
as I watched this ape. this mock¬ 
ery, this clown who was able to 
perform such wonders, I knew 
God was laughing at me. It was 
that I vowed to bring Mozart 
down, to block him. to make it my 
life* work destroying this thing 
into which God had put every¬ 
thing I ever wanted to be." 

It is the successful execution of 
this plan — chiefly through his 
influence at court — that eventual¬ 
ly drives Salieri to the madhouse, 
tormented that his own greedy, 
envious machinations have killed 
the greatest performer of his time. 
There is even a scene where lamps 
are overturned and smashed. 

There is, of course, absolutely no 
actual evidence that Glenn Hoddle 
is either insane or even particular¬ 
ly tormented just now. But as the 
royalty cheques from his naked 
betrayals start rolling in we should 
be constantly aware of the slightest 
. roll of the eye, twitch of the mouth, 
howl at the moon. History is there 
to be learnt from. We do not want 
any tragedies resulting from a 
guilt that, if caught in time and 
treated by modem techniques, 
even now might be channelled into 
something positive. Sending the 
England boss a list of needy 
charities might be a start Let the 
healing begin. 


There but for the grace of a rattle go Mill wall 7 h «ard. therefore i am' 


I moved house just ate the 
World Cup and disturbed 
the contente of our cellar, 
much of which had laid 
untouched for more than a tbou- 
sand years. A bitter-sweet moment 
of refection comes when I discover 
the large and, , yes, potentially 
dangerous rattle that I made over 
a sn-month span in third-year 
woodwork. Perhaps the world* 
worst artisan, this solid and thun¬ 
derous appliance remains my one 
perfect fluke of creation. Yet it has 
never seen the inside of a football, 
ground. 

Not because the old-time rattle 
was soon sneered at as corny, then 
snuffed cait fbr being the bludgeon 
in favour* dotiting it always was, 
but because I chose to push my 
luck and decorate it 
Our woodwork teacher was a 
stout and -ruddy-faced man called 
Mr Farr who lost all sensation in 


hisleft hand after putting a chisel 
through the' fleshy part ranis palm 
below the thumb. Mr Farr would 
use this story to underline the 
importance _of Total Diligence 
When At The Bench and could, 
-with mmfrnal encouragement, be 
persuaded to place his “dead- 
hand firmly around a red-hot 
poker until smoke obscured his 
■free.- Anyway, I. asked Mr Farr 
whether, rather than simply paint 
my triumph, it would be possible 
for.me to sear the napie of my team 
into the living wood. He didn’t 
advise it I didn’t believe him. So 
cm getting the thing home, 1 kicked 
myself in my bedroom and, using 
a bunsen burner and an unrav¬ 
elled wire coathanger, went into 
the searing business. 

The first word I wrote was, 
rather unsurprisingly, Millwafl, 
and ' apart from ■ a certain 
spfoeiyness to the lettering and an 


unfortunate closeness of the mid¬ 
dle two “Ls", I looked upon my 
efforts as pretty much being one in 
the eye for the Farr school of 
thought This was along the top of 
the rattle. Keen to ram home ray 
vindicated sense of vision the only 
other canvas available to me now 
was on the “dosed" side of the 
rattle, an area about nine indies 
by four. After a fairly long mental 
trawl to unearth the mot juste I 
decided to etch out the rallying 


Does anyone out there have 
a copy of John Toshack's 
poetry book published in 
around 1980! Indeed any 
examples of footballers 
grappling with the arts? Top 
prices vnO be paid and 
examples presented here 
throughout the season. 


slogan: “UP THE LIONS!" Em¬ 
boldened by my initial success. 1 
perhaps took less time and care 
than I should have on a whole 
sentence and before the exclama¬ 
tion mark was cool leapt off tiie 
bed and ran down to show my 
brother—a superb woodworker — 
that his younger sibling might just 
be snapping at his heels in the 
creative stokes. Taking it from me 
he turned it this way and that and 
said: “Hmmra. WeO made. I’ll give 
you that. What* ‘UP THE 
LOINS!' mean?" 

What? Eh? 

“UPTHE LOINS! It* written on 
the side here. Up-the-loins ... ohl 
Is it supposed to say Up The Lions 
or something?" 

Snatching it bade from him, I 
fled upstairs screeching meaning¬ 
less accusations and weeping hot 
tears of rage and humiliation. I 
threw the tiling under the bed 


knowing that no matter how 
beautifully I'd crafted the cog, no 
matter how smartly the slat 
boards snapped back and forth, no 
matter how superbly fashioned the 
gently swelling handle had turned 
out, my masterpiece must now 
remain hidden to the world. 

And so it was as 1 took it from a 
cobwebbed cardboard box last 
week and wistfully gave it a half 
turn that I proudly noted how 
crisply it* “dadc-dack-dack" still 
rang out thirty years on- No doubt 
about it, a real beaut Superbly 
crafted, raring to go but with its 
guns tragically spiked in a mo¬ 
ment of pubescent hubris. Up the 
Loins indeed. 

Surely it is not too fanciful to 
suggest that, but for the simple 
transposing of two vowels, the 
recent fortunes of one side down in 
South London might have been 
entirely different. 


is such a fine philosophy 


□MOVING STORY TWO: At the 
risk of making coDectors scream 
and leap in the river. I must tell 
you that during my recent dear- 
out whilst moving; I threw away 
an entire suitcase full of old 
football programmes without so 
much as looking at what they 
might yield. I knew if 1 did they 
would put the handbrake on the 
task in band and simply sit in the 
cellar of the new place. 

Seeking to gain a few points 
from my wife for my unsentimen¬ 
tal possession-editing. I was in¬ 
stead reminded that I am still 
hording tons of less relevant 
rubbish, inducting over 200 vid¬ 
eos of various Match Of The 
Days, a rattle with “UP THE 
LOINS!" on it (previously dis¬ 
cussed), 13 leather balls in various 
stages of ruin, 84 pairs of Puma 


boots and several squares of turf 
representing matches that I have 
long since forgotten the relevance 
of. 

It was following this inventory 
that I said the following: “A 
hoarder? Of coarse I’m a hoarder. 
Mankind is a hoarder. I mean, 
what are the planet's art galleries 
and media archives if not pure 
damning evidence of the human 
race's chronic inability to throw 
anything away!” 1 promise you it 
came out just like that Now here's 
the thing. Is it from an old James 
■ Cagney movie or something or 
did I really make it up on the spot? 
I think it's rather good and intend 
to whip it out often so long as I’m 
not challenged by some oik who 
points out he heard it first at a 
Carl Sagan lecture. 1 do hope not 
By the way — hands off. 


RUGBY UNION: WHEELS STOP TURNING ON CONCEPT OF BRITISH LEAGUE 


RUGBY LEAGUE: HUGHES THROWS SURPRISE NAME INTO HAT FOR COACHING ROLE 


Baister fails to convert the Welsh St Helens lifted by move for Hanley 


THE Rugby Football Union 
(RFU) reluctantly conceded 
defeat yesterday in its 
attempts to launch a cross- 
border British league this 
season. Talks between Twick¬ 
enham and the Welsh. Rugby 
Union (WRU) toiled to break 
the deadlock and “logistical 
and legal difficulties" have 
forced tiie project to be 
shrived, though possibly res¬ 
urrected next year. 

In telephone talks yesterday 
with Sir Tasker Watkins, tiie 
WRU president, Brian 
Baister..tiie RFU chairman, 
was unable to persuade tiie 

Welsh to drop their pre¬ 
conditions and objections. The 
knodk-on effect is that English 
dubs will not participate this 

seasem in the European Cup, a 

competition that could ntw 
find itsdf without a broadcast¬ 
er and sponsor as both BSkyB 
and Heineken can see tittle 
value in a tournament without 

sakt “Hie RFU 
shares the frustration ofetubs, 
unions, players and support¬ 
ers that a cross-border compe¬ 
tition cannot be put in place 
for tills Season. An earner 


By Mark Souster 


submission of the initiative 
would have been hugely bene¬ 
ficial to all parties to.'ensure 
that the structure was right for 
all concemed. However, what 
has come -out is a common 
desire to examine ways of 
bafldmg ah exciting future for 
northern-hemisphere rugby." 

: Immediately, the'RFU in¬ 
structed the clubs to. publish 
Us Allied Duribar Pnamership 
fixture listThis in itself could 
open up another minefield if 



Baister: unsuccessful 


the 14 first division clubs insist 
on honouring a signed legal 
agreement to play Cardiff and 
Swansea on a regular friendly 
basis next season should those 
dubs be expelled from the 
WRU on Monday. 

The RFU will not sanction 
such proposals, which counter 
tiie spirit of the- Mayfair 
Agreement; to do so would 
jeopardise England* mem¬ 
bership of .tiie international 
Rugby Board (IRB). 

Fbr their part, the dubs 
fired a parting shot at Vernon 
Pugh, tiie IRB chairman, 
whom they accuse of under- 

' in" order to settle old scores, 
namely to force Cardiff and 
Swansea to sign loyalty agree- 
. ments with the WRU and the 
English dubs to drop their 
legal case against the IRB. 

Doug Ash, tiie chief execu¬ 
tive of English First Division 
Rugby, said; “As chairman of 
the IRB and also a national 
representative member of the 
general committee of the ERU, 
Mr Pugh has a conflict of 
interest, which we believe. 


could be damaging the future 
of Welsh rugby. We believe 
that Mr Pugh should step 
aside from the negotiations on 
the formation of a British 
league immediately." 

Ash said thatGlanmor Grif¬ 
fiths, the WRU chairman, had 
agreed on Wednesday to sup¬ 
port unconditionally a league 
far a year, only to backtrack 
after talking to Pugh in 
Argentina. 

The conduct of the Welsh 
has caused widespread dis¬ 
may. not least in Scotland. A 
spokesman at Murrayfirid 
said: “The one missing ingre¬ 
dient was a face-to-face meet¬ 
ing which would have allowed 
afi parties to state their exact 
positions, and work together 
to resolve, the many real 
problems which confront a 
league concept." 

□ Robert Jones, tiie former 
Wales serran halt could be¬ 
come the fifth player to leave 
Bristol. Jones, 32, is consider¬ 
ing .a two-year contract 
offered by Cardiff, but will 
discuss his future with Bob 
Dwyer,, who was confirmed 
yesterday . as Bristol* . new 
director of rugby. 


RATHER than old-fashioned 
title and relegation issues as 
the season reaches its climax, 
interest will be concentrated 
in mid-table in the JJB Super 
League tomorrow when the 
scramble for play-off places 
continues. 

Wigan Warriors, Leeds Rhi¬ 
nos and Halifax Blue Sox have 
guaranteed their places in the 
top-five series and one of St 
Helens and Bradford Buffs, in 
fourth and fifth places, can do 
themselves a big favour fry 
winning their encounter at 
Knowsley Road. 

Although three prints 
behind them, Sheffield Eagles 
remain in contention, out 
victory at Wigan seems para¬ 
mount to their hopes of sneak¬ 
ing into the play-offc at the 
aid of next month. 

St Hdens are not ruling out 
the possibility of Ellery Han¬ 
ley becoming their coach next 
season after Eric Hughes, the 
director, of rugby, met the 
former Great Britain captain 
and coach at a service statical 
on the M62. 

Hanley “ in England on 
personal ■ business before 
moving back to Australia, 


BY Christopher Irvine 


where he has taken up citiren- 
ship. “With a man of Ellery’s 
standing, if he was available, 
he would have to come into 
consideration." Hughes said. 

The search by Hughes is 
due to take him to Australia, 
where he may offer the job to 
Malcolm Reilly. Hanley’s pre¬ 
decessor as the national team 
coach, whose stint at 
Newcastle Knights ends next 
month. "People are applying 
on a daily basis. We don! feel 
there* a rush, but we cam 
drag our feet," Hughes said. 

The St Helens board feels so 
strongly about allegations that 
John Kear, the Sheffield 
coach, rejected their initial 
offer to succeed Shaun McRae 
next year because directors 
wanted an input into team 
selection that they have print¬ 
ed an official denial, which 
will be handed out at (he 
game tomorrow. 

Since McRae was informed 
dial his contract was not being 
renewed. St Hdens have beat¬ 
en Huddersfield Giants and 
Warrington Wolves, while 
solving their salary cap and 


internal disciplinary problems 
at a stroke by offloading 
Bobbie Goulding on a free 
transfer to Huddersfield- The 
Britain scrum half will be on 
the bench against Salford. 

Sean Long demonstrated at 
Warrington last week that 
Goulding* erratic contribu¬ 
tion over the past year will not 
be missed. There were stories 
of champagne corks popping 
at the news ofhis departure. 

Bradford, too, have lurched 
from crisis to crisis this sea¬ 
son, their championship last 
year all but a memory as they 
cling to fifth place. "There 
were signs in the Hull game 
last week that we looked back 
to something like our best, but 
we saw those signs against 
Huddersfield and Leeds and 
then ft went on vacation," 
Matthew Elliott, the Bulls 
coach, said. 

Sheffield, who beat Wigan 
17-8 in the Silk Cut Challenge 
Cup m May and lost 36-6 to 
them a week later, are un¬ 
changed from their defeat of 
Huddersfield for the return 
league visit to Central Park. 


Wigan, on a ten-match win¬ 
ning streak, have a new sec¬ 
ond-row pairing in Lee 
Gilmour and Mick Cassidy, 
with Denis Betts out for at 
least a month with knee- 
ligament damage and Simon 
Haughton on the bench. 

Halifax* one real blot on 
their season was a defeat at 
Warrington and they will look 
to correct it at the New Shay. 
Jamie Bloem stays at full hapfr 
in place of Damian Gibson, 
who has signed a new two- 
year deal but failed to recover 
from a rib injury. Will Cowell, 
the Warrington academy team 
foil back, is the latest teenager 
on standby to assist his club’s 
injury dilemma. 

Dissatisfied members have 
tabled a no-confidence motion 
in Mike Morrissey, chairman 
of the British Amateur Rugby 
League Association (Barla) 
and Stuart Sheard, the vice^ 
chainnan. at a special general 
meeting tomorrow. 

It follows the controversial 
dismissal of Maurice oid- 
royd, the long-serving chief 
executive, for allegedly under¬ 
mining the authority of lead, 
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32 SPORT 


THE TIMES SATURDAY AUGUST 151998 


FOOTBALL 


Wenger confident 
as Arsenal begin 
their title defence 

By Oliver Holt, football correspondent 


IN THE lair of ihe champions. 
Arsine Wenger felt it neces¬ 
sary to try to soothe the fever 
that is burning with the start 
of another new season. Ihe 
excitement and hyperbole had 
reached its height yesterday 
morning with a suggestion 
that Ronaldo might be on his 
way to Arsenal. 

“Ronaldo?” Wenger smiled. 
H It is impossible. We would 
have to sell the North Stand, 
the South Stand, die West 
Stand and the East Stand for 
him.” 

Even Wenger, though, the 
master of understatement and 
calm, could not hide his excite¬ 
ment at the prospect of begin¬ 
ning his club's defence of the 
FA Carling Premiership title 
that they won so convincingly 
last season. He wrote off the 
FA Charity Shield victory over 
Manchester United as a rem¬ 
nant of the previous cam¬ 
paign. For him. the real thing 
starts against Nottingham 
Forest at Highbury on Mon¬ 
day. 


For the majority, it wfll 
begin today and tomorrow. 
Michael Owen will try to start 
where he left off in St-Etienne 
and Marcel DesaiUy and 
Frank Lebouef will have to try 
to bury die memories of the 
World Cup final deep in their 
memories as they run out for 
Chelsea and prepare to tackle 
Coventry City. 

Up in Blackburn. Kevin 
Davies will take the burden of 
being the most expensive 
transfer of the summer on his 
broad shoulders as he takes on 
another hero of the World 
Cup. Igor Stunac, the Derby 
County sweeper. On Teesside. 
Paul Gascoigne will cry to 
shake off an injury so he can 
begin the process of proving 
Glenn Hoddle wrong. At Old 
Trafford, David Beckham will 
have to endure his first dose of 
Premiership catcalls from 
Leicester supporters. 

Yet whatever the rest have 
spent, whoever they boast in 
their line-up. however lavishly 
they have invested the mil- 


Keane and Giggs 
provide the key 


By Stephen Wood 


MANCHESTER United may 
have misfired during the FA 
Charity Shield against 
Arsenal last week, but Alex 
Ferguson, their manager, is 
showing no signs of having 
dwindling faith in his squad. 
While the championship 
slipped through their grasp 
last season, salvation, begin¬ 
ning with the visit of Leicester 
City to Old Trafford today, 
lies not with new faces as 
much as with familiar ones. 

The return of Roy Keane in 
the heart of midfield, coupled 
with an injury-free season 
from Ryan Giggs, shoald give 
United the strength and cut¬ 
ting edge that they missed last 
term. "I honestly believe if we 
had had those two, we would 
have been all right” Ferguson 
said. “Roy is so important 
because of his leadership and 
attitude on the pitch. He will 
inspire the rest of them, either 
by example or by mouthing 
off at them. He’s like Bryan 
Robson in that sense, al¬ 
though I don't think Roy will 
suffer from injuries like 
Robbo did. Robbo couldn't 
see danger, Roy knows when 
to go in and when to bold 
bade. 

“Roy also underplays his 
skill level- He has a nice habit 
of passing to someone in a red 


jersey, which, in the heat of 
battle, is such a precious 
ability. Ryan just gets better 
and better. If he can stay free 
of injuries, he could become 
the key player for us this 
season.” 

Ferguson also wants confir¬ 
mation of his hunch that Jaap 
Slam and Ronnie Johnsen 
can provide the stability at the 
centre of defence, something 
never truly replaced since die 
break up of the Steve Bruce- 
Gary Pallister partnership. 
“We need a good relationship 
at the back based on commu¬ 
nication and the longer they 
play together, the more con¬ 
sistent they will be,” he said. 
“That is a vital area.” 

Frederick Dehu, a target for 
Roy Evans and Gerard 
HouIIier, the joint-managers 
of Liverpool rejected their 
advances last night, saying 
that he needed a “more inter¬ 
esting challenge”. Liverpool 
had agreed a £4 million 
transfer fee with Lens for the 
French central defender, but 
he said: “A move to Liverpool 
does not fit in with my 
ambitions at the moraenL 
When a move comes along. I 
would like to go to Italy or 
Spain, rather than north of 
Lens. I need a more interest¬ 
ing challenge." 


lions that the game now 
brings in. Arsenal will still be 
the team that they all have to 
beat. If one dub finishes above 
than in the league, then the 
likelihood is that they will be 
champions, because Wenger 
and his squad are not in a 
mood to surrender their prizes 
lightly. 

“Just because we won the 
Premiership last season.” 
Wenger said, “does not mean 
we will do it again. It will be a 
different championship, but 
we are in the same position 

psychologically and we can do 

h if we give our best consis¬ 
tently over the course of the 
season. 

“But it will be tough. Lode at 
Chelsea. They are a team that 
I fear will be a real challenge: 
They were already close, but 
they have made the most 
impressive buys in the sum¬ 
mer. With DesaiUy, Brian 
Laudrup. Ferrer and Cas- 
iraghi. they will be very 
strong. 

“Each year. I tip Liverpool 
too and one year I am scared 
that it could come true. There 
is such potential there. The 
players are growing and 
growing and they will have 
Michael Owen from the start 
The frustration from last year 
will be a motivating factor for 
them, too. 

"Of course, there is 
Manchester United and 
Newcastle may surprise 
people because they have an 
offensive power that is much 
greater than before." 

It was significant though, 
that Wenger identified the 
greatest threat to his team's 
hegemony as a lack of cover in 
midfield and attack. He is 
particularly concerned that 
any injury to Nicolas Anelka 
— a young French forward 
who he said could grow into a 
better all-round player than 
even Ronaldo — would leave 
Arsenal dangerously exposed 
in attack. 

That problem is all the 
greater because of the peculiar 
logistical problem chat Dennis 
Bergkamp will present this 
season. With Arsenal involved 
in a minimum of three away 
games in the European Cup 
Champions’ League and 
Bergkamp sticking to his re¬ 
fusal to fly to any of them, a tie 
in eastern Europe would force 
Wenger to choose between 
playing him in the Premier¬ 
ship or in Europe. 

On trifles like that, titles can 
be won and tost. “The Pre¬ 
miership is still my priority," 
Wenger said. “Put it this way. 
if we are playing In Kiev and 
Dennis has got to get there on 
a bike, he will be staying at 
home." 


Everton follow tartan path 


Kevin McCarra 
on how a winning 
mentality has 
been brought to 
a struggling dub 


I n the corner of Walter 
Smith's office there is a 
rack of clothes, the sign 
of a life in transiL 
Evenon have chosen him as 
manager in the hope that he 
can drape them in the same 
sort of conviction that dung to 
Rangers during his II years at 
Ibrox. If it were nor for the fact 
that Smith’s tastes are stylish¬ 
ly dapper, one might have 
said that die Goodison dub is 
to be dad in tartan. 

John Spencer. Duncan Fer¬ 
guson. John Collins and Alex 
Cleland should all feature in 
the team. “Four Scots. That's 
as many as 1 had in the 
Rangers side last season.” 
Smith mused with a mischie¬ 
vous accuracy. With Archie 
Knox as his assistant, it is 
entirely apt that the Evenon 
jersey should resemble the 
blue of the saltire. Goodison 
will be one of the few places in 
English football where it is 
fashionable to be a Scot 
Don Hutchison, the mid- 
field player, is eager to remind 
everyone of his Scottish Wood 
as he lays daim to a place in 
che Caledonian Bve-a-side 
team that is mooted for train¬ 
ing matches. Such a duster of 
men from north of the border 
feels like an anachronism, 
redolent as it is of the 1960s 
and 1970s when Manchester 
United. Tottenham Hotspur, 
Leeds United and others drew 
much of their strength from 
Scots. 

“We used to like to see one 
of our own dominating in 
English football.” Collins 
said, “because it was as if he 
was putting one over on the 
English.” Everton, however, 
have no intention of evoking a 
bygone era. Collins, in fact. is 
the only member of the Scot¬ 
tish cadre at Everton to have 
been bought by Smith, who 
signed him from AS Monaco 
for EZ5 million after he fea¬ 
tured in the World Cup finals 
in France. 

It may be the experiences of 
the group, rather than their 
place of origin, that make 
them valuable. Ferguson. 
Spencer and Cleland all 
played under Smith at Ibrox. 
Although Collins was coached 
by Smith while in the Scot¬ 
land youth team, the promi¬ 
nent years of his career have 
been spent at Celtic and 
Monaco. These men were 
accustomed to the expectation 
of victory each weekend. 

Nobody at Evenon has 
made that son of assumption 
for many years and although 
the club did not plummet to 
relegation in May the season 
ended with it dangling over 
the abyss. Hence the replace¬ 
ment of Howard Kendall by 
Smith. Newcomers such as 



Collins, a goalscorer at the World Cup finals, hopes to find more joy with Everton 


Collins ought to add to 
Everton morale even though 
they themselves must find a 
way to accept that they cannot 
win as regularly as they once 
did. 

“Mentally, it is going to be 
tough for me," Collins said, 
“because I am not used to 
being beaten. To be realistic, 
that is more likely to happen 
with Evenon and it will not be 
easy to accept. Because we 
have won trophies elsewhere, 
though, some of us have a 
degree of self-belief and I hope 
tiiat can be contagious in the 
squad." 

Smith and Collins have 
come to a dub that has been 
chastened by several crises. “I 
do not think I can be accused 
of taking the easy option when 


accepting the job,” the droll 
manager said. Apart from 
making signings that include 
Olivier Dacourt, from Stras¬ 
bourg. and Marco Materazo. 
from Perugia, Smith has tried 
to raise the spirits of those 
already on the staff. 

The loss of a single match 
can leave Rangers aghast, but 
Smith suspects that his reac¬ 
tions will have to be modified 
slightly at Goodison to ensure 
that each setback is not mag¬ 
nified into a trauma. His 
experiences in the early part of 
his coaching career, at 
Dundee United, will be an 
important resource since he 
saw there how intelligent 
management can offset disad¬ 
vantages. 

There is nothing grandiose 


about his plans for Everton 
.and he is intent on improving 
the general standard erf the 
squad, rather than making 
glamorous purchases. “We 
have to do it in stages.” he 
said, "and get to a respectable 
positfan before we can think 
of bringing some of the really 
big names here." Time. too. 
wfll be essential to let fine 
young players, such as Mich¬ 
ael Ball, the left-sided defend¬ 
er, mature. 

It is hard to ask for patience 
from supporters who have 
already suffered so much. At 
Rangers, Smith was irked 
that each achievement was 
taken for granted by the 
public. That, at least is one 
problem he need not worry 
about any more. 


Signings 
display 
Bruce’s 
new skills 

By RUSSELL Kempson 

STEVE BRUCE, the Sheffield 
United player-manager, has 
not been fang in the job—one 
league and one cup game, to 
be precise—but he is already 
■discovering that the power of 
persuasion is as important a 
weapon as any .in his 
armoury. Yesterday, on die 
eve of their Nationwide 
League first division game 
against West Bromwich Albi¬ 
on, he captured the signature 
of Wayne Ouinn. the dub's 
promising left wing back. 

Quinn. 21, has been the 
subject of speculation during 
the summer, having been 
linked to many prospective 
suitors from the FA Carling 
Premierehip, but yesterday he 
agreed a new four-year deal to 
stay at Bramall Lane. David 
Hotdsworth, foe club captain, 
did the same earlier in foe 
week. 

“I’m obviously delighted 
that Wayne has committed 
himself to me and the dub," 
Bruce said. United, will keep 
the same side that have al¬ 
ready defeated Swindon 
Town, in the league, and 
Darlington this season. 

Gareth Hall, foe Swindon 
defender, will renew acquaint¬ 
ances when Sunderland, his 
former dub, visit the County 



’Ground today. “It will be 
strange to play against my old 
team-mates,” he said. “I've no 
regrets about leaving Sunder¬ 
land and I feel confident we 
can do something here.” 

Hall feces a late fitness test 
on a leg injury while Chris 
Hay. the striker, is struggling 
with a groin strain. Daniele 
Dichio. foe Sunderland for¬ 
ward, will revert to the substi¬ 
tutes’ bench now that Niall 
Quinn has recovered from a 
back problem. 

Birmingham City, who play 
Crystal Palace at St Andrews 
tomorrow, wfll check on the 
fitness of Paul Furlong, their 
£15 million striker, who is 
attempting to shake off a 
hamstring strain. 

Palace have completed the 
double signing of Sun Jihai 
and Fan Zhlyi. from China, 
although neither player will 
be available until next week at 
the earliest They still require 
work permits and internation¬ 
al clearance. 

In the third division, Hali¬ 
fax Town, foe Nationwide 
newcomers, will be presented 
with a commemorative silver 
salver to mark their re-entry 
into professional football be¬ 
fore the game against Brent¬ 
ford — their first home league 
match for five years. 


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Mendonca seeks survival course 


Russell Kempson on the big-time 
bow of Charlton’s Wembley hero 


A s Clive Mendonca 

walked off the pitch at 
Wembley three months 
ago. life could not have been 
sweeter. Chariton Athletic had 
beaten Sunderland 7-6 in a 
penally shoot-out after a pul¬ 
sating 44 draw in the Nation¬ 
wide League first division 
play-off final, and he had 
scored a hat-trick. A family 
holiday beckoned and so did 
the FA Carling Premiership. 

The abuse started as he 
made his way towards the 
dressing-rooms, past the 
massed ranks of the Sunder¬ 
land supporters, and it contin¬ 
ued until he had disappeared 
down the tunnel “A lot of fans 
were shouting at me. telling 
me I wouldn't be welcome 
bade any more.” he said. “One 
even said that he would cut my 
throaL" 

It was a disturbing dimax to 
a joyous afternoon, further 
evidence of the intensity that 
afflicts modern-day foothaU 
followers and the emotional 
irrationality of defeat. 
Mendoca, bom in Islington 
but brought up in Sunderland, 
had incurred the wrath of 
Wearside: no matter that the 
Roker Roar, a childhood mem¬ 
ory. still rung in his ears. 

“It upset me a bit but it was 
just a small minority of mind¬ 
less idiots,” he said. "Sunder¬ 
land supporters are brilliant.” 
He has since gone home, to 
visit his many'relatives, and 
returned unscathed. The bile 
of that afternoon w as no more 
than vacuous posturing, the 
vitriol of the vanquished. 

This afternoon. Mendonca. 
29, is likely to receive a similar 
reaction when he steps out 
against Newcastle United at St 
James’ Park. His background 
is noyv well chronicled, mak¬ 
ing him an easy targe: in alien 
areas of the North East and 
the fixture computer could not 
have dealt him a more harsh 
opening to the season. 

“I couldn't believe if when I 


heard who we’d gen.” he said. 
“I suppose the only way Sun¬ 
derland fens are going to 
forgive me now is if 1 score 
against Newcastle. I'm from 
Sunderland. Im a fen and I’m 
not too pleased if Newcastle 
supporters are happy that 
Sunderland hare missed 
promotion. 


“I sat down to watch the 
Wembley video only a feu- 
weeks ago and I enjoyed it. It 
was a staggering game. Hay¬ 
ing in it was unbelievable, the 
atmosphere was something 
totally new. and I felt really 
sorry for Michael Gray when 
he missed his penalty. 

“I was really pleased with 


the haKrick. it was the stuff of 
schoolboy dreams, but that’s 
all in the past now and we've 
got a big challenge ahead of 
us. Were all got a positive 
attitude and while we know it 
will be difficult playing 
against world-class players, 
were got a great spirit here. If 
we stay up. it will be a 
successful season.” 

Reality has already kicked 
in, there are no delusions of 
grandeur. Success, for the 
promoted small fry, is mea¬ 
sured by avoiding relegation. 
Yet Mendonca, after a modest 
career with Sheffield United, 
twice, Doncaster Rovers, 
Rotherham United and 
Grimsby Town, will savour 
every moment. 

"I've scored 20 goals in the 
first division for the past three 
seasons so Ire proved myself 
at that level." he said. “If I get 
chances, 1 always think HI 
score, whichever division Pm 
playing in. Once I’d moved to 
Charlton. 1 still believed, even 
at my age. that I could make 
tile Premiership. Hopefully. 
Ill da myself justice, and 1 do 
feel ire earned the right to 
play there.” 

Two years ago, he had little 
but the scrapheap to ccniem- 
ptate. A mystery back ailment 
kept him out for IS months 
and it was only after a series of 
tests and scans, visits to spe¬ 
cialists, an appointment with a 
chiropractor and. ultimately, a 
course of tablets for the rterve- 
rdated spinal problem that his 
Future was positively resolved. 
Charlton paid a dub record 
£700.000 for him last summer 
and his 28-goal return con¬ 
cluded an unlikely talc for 
player and dub. 

h is a happy Valley now. 
Expectation is high, if tinged 
with trepidation, and the new¬ 
ly expanded superstore took 
£60,000 in shirt sales in its 
opening three days. Men- 
donea’s No 10 sfld our in 48 
hours. 


, HUGHROUTLH3GE 



Mendonca is eager io taste life in the Premiership 



Miller’s changes 
bring renewed 
hope to Aberdeen kj 

By Kevin McCarra • ** 


WHEN funds are in short 
supply, goods have to be 
refurbished rather than re¬ 
placed. So it is with football 
teams. Aberdeen are re¬ 
nowned as a weU-run dub, 
but Alex Miller still does not 
have the sort of budget that 
allows an abundance of 
signings. He has had to settle 
for tinkering with foe squad 
he inherited when taking over 
in November of last year. 

The training has been hard, 
with the players put through 
three sessions a day in the 
dose season, and. thanks to 
some tactical realignment, the 
shape of the team has ala) 
been forced to develop. The 
alterations to personnel are 
few. with just Craig Hignctt 
and Mark Perry, from Mid¬ 
dlesbrough and Dundee Uni¬ 
ted respectively, signed under 
freedom of contract 
. All the same; there is tenta¬ 
tive hope among supporters 
that the process of change has 

begun. On the opening day of 
the season, Aberdeen beat 
Dundee 2-0 at Dens Park. 
Demands of a different order 
will be made when Celtic 
come to Pittodrie today. The 
Glasgow dub has not lost to 
Aberdeen since April 1995, 
despite the fact that the teams 

have subsequently met a doz¬ 
en times in the League. 

One factor is new. Celtic for 
the first time since 1988, are 
league champions ami. as 
such, their status as quarry 
has g rown. In their years of 
ascendancy. Rangers learned 
oow their own fame could 
hone the ambition of other 
dubs. Aberdeen, in particular, 
were always liable to perform 


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Hignett new arrival 


with more vim against Rang¬ 
ers than they did in foe 
matches with the other half of 
foe Old Firm. 

The demands on the ener¬ 
gies of Celtic have been great \ 

recently, with a 1-0 victory 
over Croatia Zagreb in foe g 
European Cup on Wednesday 
taking them to the edge of 
exhaustion. JTozeFVenglos. the 
manager, fielded Craig Bur¬ 
ley in that match despite his 
damaged knee ligaments and 
his fitness for tbe fixture wfll V 
have to be assessed.' 

Rangers, who meet Moth¬ 
erwell at Ibrox today, are 
seeking their first victory in 
the new Scottish Premier 
League, as do St Jobnstone. at 
home to Kilmarnock. So 
early' in the season, there is 
disquiet in one d(y. Dundee, 
who play Dunfermline Alhlet- a. F 

ic at East End Park, are # 
already regarded as at risk of V 
relegation. Dundee United ■>. . 
whose board is under Ere * 

from protesting fans, face 
Heart of Midlothian at 
lynecastie tomorrow, 























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K evin Davies lumbered 
into the lobby. The re¬ 
ceptionist had -woken 
him from a deep sleep. 
He looked like a big, 
drowsy bear. It was just after lunch 
and he had been thinking of driv¬ 
ing “across" to Sheffield, where his 
family lives and his soul lingers,, 
but the weather had closed in on . 
the moors above Blackburn and 
sent rain sheeting across the M65. 
He was going to stay put. 

There was a live game an the tele¬ 
vision that night anyway, he said. 
Manchester United were playing 
LKS Lodz. He didn't dunk he 
would like ft at United. Too many 
people clawing at you. too much at¬ 
tention, too high a profile. He was 
happy with his move to Blackburn. 
Time to get cm with the job. Into 
training, out of training, bade to the 
hotel. There was a film on after the 
football. He was going to watch 
that, too. 

If he was a pop-star, then maybe 
he would change his name. Kevin . 
Davies doesn't quite do it But that 
he is not a pop-star type. He is not 
cut out to be oite of football's glitter¬ 
ati no matter that his £7.25 million 
move from Southampton to Ewood 
Park made him the third-most ex¬ 
pensive player in domestic transfer. 


He fits “flash” about as well as Vin- 
nie Jones suits “soft". 

Perhaps ft’s just that he has not 
had time to get used to the high fife. 
One of sue children,-he grew up 
“poor but always happy, always 
playing out? in Sheffield. His fami¬ 
ly is. still his focus now. Providing 
tor them has. given him that rare 
ability that many other young men 
who get rich quick lack, the chance 
to put his wages in perspective and 
bestow them with a real value. 

.After aH. it was only five years 
ago when he was earning £40 a 
week as a:YTS trainee at Chester¬ 
field in the Nationwide League sec- 




Somehow, there is something re¬ 
assuring about die fact that this 
summer's big-money buy is as nor¬ 
mal as the man on top of the dap- 
ham Omnibus. You will not catch 
him in a sarong and probably not 
at a film premiere or m a. nightclub 
punch-up. He loves his football,' 
he’s happy that it has made him a 
rich young, man. but. it hasn’t 
wrought the change it wrings in oth¬ 
ers. 

At first, you wonder if he’s dulL 
But that soon passes, ft is just that 
we have been conditioned to flashi¬ 
ness in footballers, to extroverts 
and showmen, and this makes a 
pleasant change. Davies is not like 
that He sits back and lets it all 
wash over him. He weighs things 
up for a while before he starts to re¬ 
lax. He exudes a calm that startled 
some of the otter. Blackburn play¬ 
ers. who were expecting their 
record signing to come in tearing 
up trees. 

I asked him if there was any part 
of him that was flash. He smiled 
for a moment “Flash?" he said. He 
didn’t even bother to answer any 
more than that He shook his head 
a couple of times and kept smiling. 


ond division, four years, ago when 
he broke into the first, team and 
started earning £200 a week. 

Then, die season before last. 
Chesterfield set off on that thrilling, 
most improbable of runs to the 
semi-finals of the FA Cup, account¬ 
ing for Nottingham Forest along 
the way and coming within an ace 
of beating Middlesbrough to get to 
the final. That shot Davies, a powers 
ful tiff 3in, I3st centre forward, and 
his team-mates into the public eye 
and at the end of the-season Grae¬ 
me Souness paid £750,000 to take 
him to Southampton. 

Souness left before Davies had' 
lacked a ball in anger, but, after a 
shaky start under David Jones, his 
managerial successor, exacerbated 
by bouts of. homesideness for his 
family in Sheffield, he took the Pre¬ 
miership by storm, scoring 12 goals 
in 24 appearances, including the 
one that beat Manchester United at 
The Dell. 


He seemed to be on the brink of 
forcing himself into the England 
squad when he sustained a serious 
ankle injury that ruled him out for 
- die rest of the season. Even then, 
with only five months of Premier¬ 
ship football behind him, Davies 
had done enough to persuade Roy 
Hodgson, the.Blackburn manager, 
to make him the dub's record sign¬ 
ing. 

“I was surprised-when 1 found- 
out Southampton had agreed to let 
me go," be said. “It came out of the 
blue really, but they made it dear it 
was up to me and I came up here 
and looked at the dub and liked 
. what I saw. When the last stand is 
finished, it will be a.fiuntastic stadi¬ 
um — and I Til excited about play¬ 
ing m Europe, too. 

“But one of the best things about 
the transfer was that ft happened 
just before the World Cup. Every¬ 
one was going mad about England 
and what was going to happen, so 
nobody really took much notice of 
my move. I just came in and got bn 
with it and it was all fairly quiet 

“I used to be very shy, but I’m bet¬ 
ter now, partly because IVe had to 
spend so much time in front of tele¬ 
vision cameras. But my lifestyle . 
hasn’t changed at all. I’ve still got 
the same friends I had when I was 
a YTS at Chesterfield and I still see 
all the lads there. I went over for a 
game against Rotherham recently 
an dl got up for one of the lads’testi¬ 
monials. 

. “1 don’t care about money. It's 
never been important to me, but it's 
nice to have it there now. I*ve just 
bought a house for ray family in 
Sheffield, which will be my home, 
too. although I’m going to buy a 
smaller place near Blackburn as 
weD. It’s nice not to have to worry 
about whether you can spend it on 
this or that, like most people do, 

“That’s what nice for me. lean do 
things for the family. I spend more 
money on them than I do on my¬ 
self. We had a big barbeque last 
week and I just went out and 
bought loads of food, a few drinks 
and a nice bottle of champagne. 
My sister said to me “you’ve spent 
over £100” as if she was shocked. 
It's nice to be able to do that now 
and again and not worry about ft. 
I've got a little brother who*s 11 and 
so I got him a computer. I’m not 
one to say I’ve got this and that in 
the bank but I can buy things for 
people now. 

“1 bought my first .house at 18 
and I got a mortgage and now 1 


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Davies will have the spotlight on him ai Blackburn after the relative anonymity of life at Chesterfield and Southampton 


have got a pension going. I've been 
quite responsible in that respect as 
well. But I've got no commitments, 
no wife or kids, just my family. As 
long'as they're happy, that's great. I 
feci as though I can look after them 
and that's a great feeling.” 

Although Blackburn have four 
front-line strikers, it is likely that 
Davies will start the game against 
against Derby County alongside 
Chris Sutton with Kevin Gallacher 
being moved to a position wide on 
the right to accommodate him. Igor 


Stimac, a defender Davies rates as 
one of the best in the Premiership, 
is likely to be marking him. 

Davies has already learnt a lot 
from Sutton. He has watched the 
■ way defenders seem to bounce off 
him, tiie way he finishes even in 
training and, most of all, the way 
■he screams for the ball and tells 
those around him exactly where he 
wants it Together, they will be ex¬ 
pected to score the goals that propel 
Blackburn towards a challenge to 
Arsenal and Manchester United 


and help them progress in the Uefa 
Cup. 

“More than anything, watching 
Chris has shown me what a bit of 
aggression can do and that perhaps 
1 should be demanding the ball 
more," Davies said. “Off the pitch, I 
am quite quiet and 1 take that on to 
the pitch as well. When I play with 
Sutton, he is constantly yelling at 
people, telling them exactly what he 
wants. 

“People ask me about.the pres¬ 
sure that will come with this move 


but I think it was probably a bigger 
move for me last year going from 
the second division to the Premier¬ 
ship. Now 1 have had a year in the 
Premiership and that will have 
helped me. But 1 am a shy lad and 
it takes time to settle in with a new 
bunch of lads. At the moment, I just 
get on with ft in training and then 
come back to the hotel.” 

The football is on there and the 
evening film. And Sheffield is only 
an hour away. Kevin Davies is 
lucky. He's easily pleased. 


Cynicism and devotion remain as 
City adjust to their alien territory 


Shearer steps towards 
new form of limelight 


7 • ’ ’ ' 

AN assortment of dudes, suit 
ed-up and burly, stand guard 
at the entrance. quid, 
mate.” says tbe one with a 
neck the width of a fire extin¬ 
guisher. The official car parks 
were full at 2pm. and .all that 
remains are patches erf ropedr 
off wasteland with signs read¬ 
ing “Safe Parking". In a rush, 
kick-off time looming, we’ll be¬ 
lieve anything, risk eveiy- 
thing. 

It is the first day of the Na¬ 
tionwide League season and 
Manchester Sty supporters, 
as ever, are joyous in. the pstn. 
Relegation, ineptitude, a bi¬ 
weekly change of personnel 
(on and off the pitch), they just 
love il These are people who 
eat three Shredded Wheat and 
£ skip the milk, just to make 
breakfast a whole lot less fun. 

The second division is. sup¬ 
posed to be a seaside resort out 

of season, all creaky, in nadof 

a lick of paint and populated 
by die-hards in dura coats, 
but Maine Road still feels big- 
time. Las Vegas by the Ship Ca¬ 
nal. ftjople everywhere. A blur 
of dearie blue is disgorged 
from narrow side-streets to jos¬ 
tle for space among the police 
horses, fanzine s dfef& , burgr 

stalls and face-painters. 

City boast four separate fan¬ 
zines; everyone wants to have 
% their say on this fallen mstitu- 
“ don. Good humour survnjs.. 
tempered by conviction anda 
heauhy warihess-“Even City 

couldn’t balls ibis season.up, 

- could, they? No. don’t .answer ■ 
that)” reads the editorial in 


Mark Hodkinson finds enthusiasm at Maine Road 
imdarripeiied by. relegation to the second division 


Bert Tmutmann's Helmet.. 
Elsewhere, they compete to 
present the definitive list of 
City's playing staff: 38 at the 
last couht. Blink, and there 
goes smother non-playing'play- 
er, another wage padceL 
Inside the ground. City’s 
MC (Madam of Ceremonies) 
is orchestrating support, and a ■ 
proper little madam she is too. 
She sashays across the pitch, 
with all the big-grin, thigh¬ 
slapping pazzazz of someone 
bom to star in pantomime fn 
exoticlocations like Ashton-un- 
der-Lyne or Mablethorpe. - 
. She has no respect for syn- 
■tax. no respect at aaaaall. 
-Words' are there to be 
stretched until -they almost 
snap under the strain. “You’re 
looooking good, Maine Road,” 
she tolls the crowd. As toe-, 
team finally runs out She-. 
chrieks: “Go wild, go crazy, it's 
fee start trf a new season.” 

The City players stare atfee 
crowd in disbelief-32.134- fans 
have assembled to watch them 
play Blackpool in the second 
division. They have ghostly, 
bloodless expressions that 
transmit the • collective - 
thought “Are we the lions* or 


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the Christians?” The crowd 
starts to fidget after 24 min¬ 
utes of aimless football. Sud¬ 
denly. City score. Shaun Goat- 
er, a yard from the goal-line,, 
stubs the baU straight at Blade- 
pool’s keeper. The referee, af¬ 
ter a glance at his assistant, 
says it crossed the line. Maine 
Road goes wild, goes crazy. 

Goal celebrations will prove 
enigmatic this season for City. 
Since they are perceived as infi¬ 
nitely superior to their rivals. 


forefinger ana nod sagely, in 
the manner of a Scout Master 
testing the wind direction be¬ 
fore a six-mile hike. 

No chance) The players 
punch the air, punch their 


chests, punch Goaier. A goal 
is a goal, and it feels good. 

Mark Raddiffe and Marc 
Riley of Radio One are sum¬ 
moned from the crowd to 
draw the raffle. They hare 
onto the pitch and Raddiffe 
jumps up and down, throwing 
out his arms and legs in the 
manner of a starfish wired to 
the mains. The MC is danc¬ 
ing, knees bent, hair bobbing, 
with Moon Chester, City's pecu¬ 
liar alien, mascot thing. City 
are winning, aliens have land¬ 
ed, the whole world’s gone 
mad. 

Two more goals secure the 
win and the tension dissipates 
amid the communal singing. 
We love you City, they declare, 
before coming over all swoon- 
some with Blue Moon, which 
is. sniff, sniff, the most beauti¬ 
ful, sentimental song ever writ¬ 
ten. At the final whistle, the 
scores from Division Tiro are 
announced to the crowd. They 
cany on talking, barely notic¬ 
ing. One supporter, hurrying 
dbwri the aisle, stops abruptly. 
“Hey, this is our division, isn't 
itr His mate nods. They both 
faugh. 

In the press room, the 


‘City boast four separate fanzines; it seems everyone 
wants to have their say on this fallen institution’ 


league tables flash up on the 
television screen. City are top. 
and everyone chuckles. The 
football had been frantic, the 
players gripped by a form of 
agoraphobia, a fear of run¬ 
ning into space, of holding the 
ball for more than a second. 
Where there was once a poetry 
about Manchester City, a 
sweet rhythm that even ran ro 
their names — Bell, Lee, Sum- 
merbee — their game is now 
as fluid, as pleasing on the ear 
and eye, as the choppy, strop¬ 
py prose of Tskhadadze. Tiaito 
and Dicfcnv. Still, it was effec¬ 
tive against Blackpool and 
away to Notts County in the 
Worthington Cup on Tuesday, 
and success is the best pal of 
confidence. 

Give him a win, and Joe 
Rqyle, City’s manager, is your 
genial Unde Joe. A defeat, and 
he can barely lift his head. 
Hands in his pocket, smile in 
place, he was Uncle Joe on Sat¬ 
urday, chuffed as mint balls. 
“We mustn’t get too excited.” 
he said. Another smile. He 
was keeping his emotions in 
check, but his body language 
mocked the downbeat tone of 
his words. He was shuffling 
from foot to foot, rolling his 
shoulders. “The re’s a long way 
to go." Huge smirk. We must 
cany on working hard." Satis¬ 
fied nod of the head. 

U City still top the league 
next May, we may find Unde 
Joe issuing these paeans to pru¬ 
dence and modesty while tap* 
dancing on the tables, singing ( 
Blue Moon even. j 


COULD Alan Shearer be fol- 
I lowing Eric Cantona from the 
FA Carling Premiership to Tin¬ 
seltown? Following ms star¬ 
ring rote in the McDonald’s 
commercial, the first Holly¬ 
wood offer has arrived on the 
England striker’s desk. 

Evidently impressed by his 
flawless playing of himself in 
the hamburger advertise¬ 
ments, producers of a roman¬ 
tic comedy are trying to tempt 
the Newcastle United forward 
into a small role in The 
Match. It is the opportunity to 
join a distinguished cast, with 
-Richard E Grant. Ian Holm 
and Neil Morrissey heading 
an impressive list of stars in 
the Scotland-based project 
which is mid-way through a 
iwo-month shoot Shearer has 
been offered £10,000 for an af¬ 
ternoons work. “We have told 
him we can fly him up by heli¬ 
copter because we know he is 
a busy man ” Allan Scott, the 
producer of the £3.5 million 
film, said. 

The film, to be released by 
Polygram early next year, is 
loosely based on the experienc¬ 
es of writer and director Mick 
Davis, a trainer at Glasgow 
Celtic before he derided to try 
his hand at script writing in 
Hollywood. The film con¬ 
cludes with a grudge football 
game between two village 
pubs. Sam Fox, once of Page 
Three, is the barmaid. 

TWELVE years as assistant 
and then manager of Rangers 
have clearly ingrained Walter 
Smith with a strong sense of 


Matt Dickinson 
puts the boot on 
the other foot 
to kick off a 
new column 

colour blindness. One of the 
Scot's first decisions on taking 
charge at Everton was to re¬ 
move as many traces of Celtic 
green from the training 
ground as possible. A carpet 
and training bibs were all 
among the items which Smith 
ordered to be changed to a 
nice shade of blue. 

There used to be a joke that 
Smith had ordered the table 
tennis tables to be painted 
blue at Rangers. Maybe it 
wasn't a joke after all. 

GIANLUCA ViaTU claimed 
this week that he “didn’t care 
about whether players are 
English”. The Chelsea manag¬ 
er mighT not care but the rest 
of us should. 

Having offloaded Danny 
Granville, one of the country's 
most promising young full 
backs to Leeds United, vialli is 
now contemplating whether it 
is worth the London dub hang¬ 
ing on to Jody Morris and 
Michael Duberry. 

. Morris, who may be forced 
to go out on loan if he is not 
sold first, has good reason to 
feel hard done tv, having al¬ 
ways impressed in his 25 
league appearances for the 


dub. The England Under 21 
midfield player is likely to be 
the latest victim, though, of the 
influx of foreign players. 
When the Premiership kicks 
off today, there will be 166 of 
them and it is unlikely to end 
there. 

CYNICS might raise a know¬ 
ing smile at the news that 
Wimbledon spent two weeks 
of their pre-season training 
without a glimpse of a foot¬ 
ball. Perfect preparation, then, 
for a season when many ex¬ 
pect them to struggle to get a 
kick. 

In fact, it was all pan of a 
highly effective new fitness pro¬ 
gramme introduced by Daley 
Thompson, the former Olym¬ 
pic decathlon champion and 
one of England's finest ath¬ 
letes, who also roped in Kriss 
Akabusi. Roger Black and 
Derek Redmond to put the 
Craay Gang through their pac¬ 
es. 

"We have always prided our¬ 
selves on being on the fittest 
teams in the league," said one 
Wimbledon player, "but this 
has taken us to a different level 
altogether. After Daley had fin¬ 
ished with us. we could hardly 
walk." 

The punishment has not end¬ 
ed yet. Thompson has been 
asked by Joe Kinnear to stay 
and he is happy to oblige. The 
athlete is an impressive centre 
back who has turned out for 
the Wimbledon reserve team. 
"He can outjump ail of us," 
said a player. "But then he did 
use his pole vault." 












34 SPORT 


THE TIMES SATURDAY AUGUST 151998 


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Oliver Holt 
The season has 
not yet begun 
and already the 
omens are not 
good for Mid¬ 
dlesbrough in 
the FA Carling 



Premiership. Their last short 
stay was bedevilled by disciplin¬ 
ary problems with Emerson and 
Fabrizio Bavanelii and yester¬ 
day. on the eve or the opening 
match against Leeds United at 
the Riverside Stadium today, 
two of their leading players were 
struggling to be lit. 

This was to have been Paul 
Gascoigne’s return to the Pre¬ 
mier League, his return to the 
stage that his admirers feel he is 
bound to grace this season. But 
at the end of another traumatic 
week for the troubled midfield 
player, a calf strain is threaten¬ 
ing to force him out. 

It would be cruel luck for 
Gascoigne. He is desperate for 
an opportunity to prove Glenn 
Hoddle wrong but it seems that 
he may have to wait for his 
chance. Middlesbrough are also 
concerned that Gaiy Pall is ter 
may not be ready to face George 
Graham's stubborn side. 
Paltister. who left Manchester 
United because the club feared 
that injury after injury, particu¬ 
larly his chronic back problem, 
would catch up with him this 
season, appears to have suc¬ 
cumbed immediately. 

Amid the signs of foreboding, 
the hints that this season may be 
one long health check for Bryan 
Robson and his team, who have 
nine players injured altogether, 
they will at least be able to draw 
on the services of Paul Merson 
before his suspension for being 
sent off in a pre-season match 
bites. 

If Gascoigne and Pallister are 
absent, though, the Teessiders 


MIDDLESBROUGH 

LEEDS 

Today, 3.0pm fsottouti 


may struggle to cope with the 
threat of a Leeds team who 
exceeded all expectations last 
season. They have more than 
compensated for the loss of Rod 
Wallace to Rangers with the 
signings of Dutchman. Clyde 
Wijnhard. and Danny Gran¬ 
ville. from Chelsea. 

Added to that, they will wel¬ 
come back Lee Sharpe after he 
missed almost the whole of last 
season with a knee injury. The 
attacking combination of 
Sharpe. Harry Kewefl and Jim¬ 
my Floyd Hasselbaink. mixed 
with the notorious obduracy of 
the Leeds defence, should be 
enough to prevent a happy 
return for Middlesbrough — 
even if Gascoigne and Pallister 
doplav. 

MIDDLESBROUGH 14-4-2) M SdTwaror - C 
Fleming. G Fesla. G Pallister. D Gorticn — P 
Stamp. P Gascogne. A Tanraenct. Ft Uustae 
— P Mason. H Rsani 

LEEDS UNITED B-5-2)- N Marryn — G Ltate 
R Jobson. D Waboafl — G Kelly. Ft Hockin. L 
Sharps. H Kernell. D Grarwfle — JF 
Haasetoaink C VWjnhard 
Referee: D Etaay 


Premiership mootings al Middlesbrough: 4-1. 
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Fated odds- Home 13-8 Away 11-8. draw 
11-6. 

■ PREDICTION: Middlesbrough 
to lose, with or without Paul 
Gascoigne. 


XL. 


n Kevin McCarra 
Whether it be the 
profits, the atten¬ 
dances. the tro¬ 
phies or the 
indiscretions of 
Eric Cantona, 
extra large has 
been the only size in stock at 
Manchester United in the 1990s. 

As recently as the beginning of 
this year, they were regarded as 
the nemesis of the rest of English 
football. United were supposed 
to have a squad whose present 
accomplishment and imminent 
development could crush all 
contenders on die domestic and 
European scene. 

Several injuries, a loss of form, 
the resurgence of Arsenal and 
United were in danger of being 
presented as a thwarted institu¬ 
tion. skulking in the shadows 
consumed by bitterness. There 
have been some vexations. Pat¬ 
rick Kluiverr recoiled from a 
move to Manchester from Milan 
and the transfer fee has prevent¬ 
ed Dwight Yorfce from leaving 
Aston Villa for Old Trafford. 

The 3-0 defeat by Arsenal in 
die FA Charity Shield last week¬ 
end must have been irksome. 
Public glee over suspicions that 
the sighing of Jaap Stam from 
R5V Eindhoven for £10-5 million 
could prove a blunder was also 
endured Without a trophy for 
more than a year, the side, 
according to Ferguson, is 
nungr.. Where the Premiership 
title is concerned, it is steadiness 
rather than aggression on which 
teams depend. United complet¬ 
ed a steady 2-0 win over LKS 
Li/Jz :n the European Cup on 
ft sdnesda;. and one could envis¬ 
age Stam the hard-tackling 
centre back around wham the 
defence will rally. 



MAN DID 
LEICESTER 

Today. 3.0pm (sold out) 


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■ PREDICTION; A ‘o' United 


Peter Robinson 

Frankly, this 
business of car¬ 
rying suspen¬ 
sions from one 
. . . season to the 
t next is a bad 
~~ 1 idea. Yes. yes. it 




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seems nice at the time, stopping 
people from kicking each other 
senseless in the middle of a 
promotion/relesalion struggle, 
but at what cost? Here’s what: 
David Un worth is suspended 
today and. sorry, but that is an 
appsiltng shame, ft ho care*; 
whether he is with .Aston Villa or 
E-strion — as far os one can tell, 
it’s Villa — because after the 
nunsenre of the past fortnight ho 
should be obliged to play for at 
least one of them this afternoon, 
preferably both. 

Tr.c irony is. of course, that he 
would probably have gm a 
game. Villa arc missing Ehiogu. 
also through suspension, and 
Even nr? are concerned about the 
stale of Bilic’s groin, so central 
defenders are in short supply. 
Bilic faces a fitness test a: 
lunchtime. 

There are debuts aplenty to 
look forward to — Cldand. 
Dacaurt. Collins and Matcnuri 
for Evenon. Thompson and 
perhaps Ferraresi for Villa — 
with Walter Smith sitting 
through his first FA Carling 
Premiership game on the 
Evenon bench. Evenon would 
like m have included Mario 
Stanjc as well, but he has yet to 
complete a million move from 
Parma — and. guess what. Mila 
wanted to buy him, too. funny 
that. Dwight Ynrke is certain to 
the Villa attack, which 


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■ PREDICTION; A'.rj. at. — Villa 
Asre so supers ;as? wne 



Today brings another test of 
efficiency. The tight-knit 
Leicester City side will be a 
reliable gauge of United's readi¬ 
ness. Last season. Martin 
O'Neill’S team won 1-0 at Old 
Trafford. The defenders. Frank 
Sinclair, a club record signing at 
E2 million from Chelsea, and 
Geny Taggart, are the dose- 
season acquisitions. 

Leicester ideally need a new 
forward to partner Emile 
Heskey, but it is impossible to 
excoriate O'Neill for the lack of 
one when United have also 
failed to track one down. 
Despite the disparity in funding. 
Leicester and United have some 


experiences m common. 

MANCHESTER UNITED pr«Mete 4«-Ml 
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— P — * Cafe 

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wmol less than likely when 
Manchester United were mak¬ 
ing public ami rather clumsy 
attempts to sign him. hut Stan 
CoHymore has a *;orc thigh, so he 
ac:s the day off. 

As for the likely outcome, it is 
anybody^ guess. I’m afraid. 
Villa slaughtered Evcrton a: 
Goodison list spring, hut much 
has changed on the blue side of 
Stanley Park since then. !t is also 
the first day of the e eason. which 
means previous form or future 
prospects mean exact!;, nothing. 
A gred day for a wild guess. 

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George Caulkin 
It is rare indeed 
for the opening 
match of a season 
not to be accom¬ 
panied by hope, 
hype and expecta¬ 
tion. The late 
summer sun has a habit of 
softening the inbred fatalism of 
many supporters; a flourish of 
the manager's chequebook in the 
preceding weeks can fool even the 
most cynical of observers into the 
odd dream of trophies come May. 

This game will set some of 
those dreams into sharper focus. 
It might set the tone. too. 
Newcastle United, after the tra¬ 
vails of last season, will be 
expected to resume normal 
service by thrashing their newly- 
promoted opponents. For 
Charlton Athletic, St James’ Park 
will offer a stiff and immediaie 
examination of their FA Carling 
Premiership credentials. 

Not all is won or lost on the 
first Saturday of a new campaign. 



NEWCASTLE UTD 
CHARLTON 

Today: 3.0pm (sou out) 


of course. Newcastle's 2-1 victory 
over Sheffield Wednesday 12 
months ago hardly led to a 
championship assault and nei¬ 
ther. necessarily, would defeating 
Chariton, fn fact, the idea of 
claiming Arsenal’s crown is a 
mere fantasy for most Newcastle 
fans, but a vast improvement on 
the thirteenth-place finish of last 
season most certainly is not 
Failing to beat Alan Curbishfey’s 
team does not enter the equation. 

Such an outcome would mean 


more than just mild humiliation. 
Since their play-off final win on 
penalties over Sunderland in 
May, Charlton haw invested 
around £2 million on new 
players and are heavily backed to 
make a swift return whence they 
came. Kenny Dalglish, after 
splashing out nearly £13 million 
on nine acquisitions, knows the 
pressure wifi be on if his side fails 
to gel quickly. 

NEWCASTLE UNITED IpOssMe; 4-4-2) S 
Oven - S Watson, L Chavet S Peace. A 
Parma — D Hwam, R Lee. N Oatoeas. G 

C^^-TWI 4-*-3 S Eg 

— D Mfla R Rutus, E Youcte. C Pw*a — S 
Nswfon, M Kirtsesa N Redtem i Ftabnson — 
CM o ndonc a . AHutt 
Referee: DGaOagter 

Prartfcrertp m*e<>f*3a a Si James’ PSrtc No 

Rxhjies 

Leafing scorer (J997-98I. 6, J Bones 
(Newcaaoa): 23, C Maxtoncs iCtertan) 

New laces: Newcastle'S GuvonTh, L Charvet. 
Y Yoryaefe. G Brady. L Perez, C Swart. N 
Sotow. 0 Hamann, S Glass: Chariton: N 
Ttedeam. C Paw* E Bepacjwa, S Boyce. A Hurt 
Suspensions: 0 Bony (Nwreasfle) 

CoreTs odds: Hama. 4-7 Away- 9-2. Draw 
125 


■ PREDICTION: Newcastle to win, 
but not by much. 


SIX THINGS ABOUT GAZZA 


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RusseO 
Kempson 

Here we so. E>?s 
down, look in and 
get vour mor.ev- 
on Wednesday 
for a season c"f 
strugclc. Danr.;. 
W ilson deserves his chance in 
big time, haring guided Bamsiej- 
info ■— and. it has to be said, out of 
— the Premiership, but it appears 
as though he will have his har.ds 
full at Hillsborough. 

Benito Carbone still cannot 
make up his mind whether he 
wants to return to lta!> or stay ir. 
South Yorkshire while Dcjur 
Stefannrie is having problems 
renewing hi? work permit. Ron 
Atkinson might have saved VVed- 
nesdav from the drop las; season. 
before he was shown the dcor. 
but he did not exaettv- leave 
behind much raw materia]. 

At least Wilson, surely, car.r.a: 
make as bad □ start id the season 
as David Pleat did last v car. with 
the side losing three of their firr 



SHEFFIELD 

WEDNESDAY 

WEST HAM UTD 

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four games and drawing the 
other.'The last of the defeats, 
memorably, was 7-2 away to 
Blackburn Rov ers. 

ft'es? Ham, conversely, are 
bursting at the seams with vhali- 
n. no; entirely unconnected with 
the fact that Ian ft'rishc has 
joined :he EastElnders cast. When 
Jchr. Hanson is free of suspen¬ 
sion — re is not available this 
afternoon — the partnership 
could become one of the most 
ihciy find prolific in the country. 


especially if they avoid the dis¬ 
pleasure of the referees. 

"Expectations are high." Harry 
Redknapp. the West Ham man¬ 
ager. reports. "JVe not spent a 
fortune during the summer, al¬ 
though I’ve done a bit of wheeling 
and dealing, frit 1 think we've got 
a pretty good squad. Let's put it 
this way: I haven’t put any money 
on myself getting the sack." 

Neither has Wilson, but there 
are a few shrewd, if heartless; 
punters who have. 

SHEFFIELD WEDMLSOAY .pov.L« Mf. K 

— 3 ASKflTT. J HnKone OnoBitr. 
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HurTjwsys — P * Care?. A Bcch 
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— 1 ftoFZXi. = =i2Crjrd. H RjCsocA — S 
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Referee. P 

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o-i ac. !■: 

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New faces. Shefiad Wednesday: J CcO.®-, A 
.ta*. Efrc«T». a Ojunfat Wb at Han Unfed. I 
n* • i/arssa. ?; adocr. S 

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LaStxakesoOds. 5-*» a«-i« 7-4 2r-w 
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■ PREDICTION: West Ham wm. 



Bill Edgar 

The lavish spend¬ 
ing earlier :hi? 
decade that se¬ 
cured these dubs 
a passase to the 
FA Carling Pre¬ 
miership appears 



not quite enough in cant them ar. 
automatic place in the proposed 
European super league. Born cop- 
ten finishers list season, the:- 
may be icfl to fiahi dtiutsu 
domestic battles. 

Perhaps this rejection by the 
money-morivuted rewls has en¬ 
couraged Jack Walker, the Biack- 
hum Rovers owner, to make a 
show of financial strength. He 
has promised Roy Hodgson, his 
manager, unlimited fu.nri> :c 
replace Colin Hendry, the ciuba 
talisman ic centre hack, w ho has 
joined Rangers. The absence 
through injury of two other 
central defenders, Marion 
Broomes and Tore Pedersen, has 
increased Hodgson’s problems. 

However, poverty in defence is 


BLACKBURN 

•v • 

DERBY 

Toizv. 3.0pm iflckets av&iabie; 


vies compete for places with Chris 
Sutton and Kevin GalJacher, 
arguably the Premiership's best 
forward pairing last term. 

Unlike Hodgson. Jfim Smith, 
the Derby County manager, has 
strengthened his defence, increas¬ 
ing life total of nationalities in his 
squad to 13 in the process. 
Horario Carbonari, an Argentin¬ 
ian. has joined for a record fee of 
£2.7 million while Slefan Schnoor 
has arrived on a free transfer 
Iran SV Hamburg. 


compensated by riches in attack. 
Martin Dahlir,. dubbed The Tor¬ 
toise during a poor first season, 
seems to have caught up at last. 
Outstanding pre-season form has 
led Hodgson io say; "Martin is 
now the player I thought 1 bought 
trbt year." 

The manager will hope that he 
has signed the right player in 
Kevin Davies, a striker acquired 
for *725 million on the evidence 
of half a seasons work far 
Southampton. Dahlin and Da- 


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I PREDICTION; Home wn. 


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Rob Hughes 
The - most , in¬ 
triguing ques¬ 
tions of litenew 
season revolve 
around Chelsea, 
the club whose 
wage structure 
frightens Alex Ferguson “To 
death”. Can Chelsea, nine elev¬ 
enths of their team foreign, win 
the championship of England? 
Has globalisation |one so far 
that foreign technique,, more 
pertinently foreign tempera¬ 
ment, is capable of sustaining 
’ nhicaVialli 



COVENTRY 

CHELSEA 

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the marathon? Is Gianhica VI 
enough of a man-manager to 
meld his polyglot parts into a 
consistent whole? 

To win the FA Carling Pre¬ 
miership. a side has to conquer 
the likes of Coventry Chy. Thatis 
not easy. Chelsea lost at 
Highliekl Road last season, in¬ 
deed only two visitint teams won 
there. The City light blues, in 
Gordan Strachan’s persistent, 
emotive, enthusiastic way, fin¬ 
ished that campaign hr competi¬ 
tive form — and from Magnus 
Hedroan, the goalkeeper, to 
Dion Dublin, at striker, they 
fancy their chances of finishing 
in the top half of the table, a feat 
Coventry have never adiieved. 

Today the odds are: stacked 
against Coventry. Strachan op¬ 
erates with half the turnover and 
half the wage structure of ViallL 
The Chelsea player-manager, 
with his languages, his pedigree 
and age dose to the players, with 
the money and the lore of the 
West End, keeps getting his 
man. He finds it harder to sell off 
Englishmen than to recruit Mar¬ 
cel DesalUy. the most redoubt¬ 
able defender of World Cup. plus 
Brian Laudrup, Albert Ferrer - 
and Pierluigi Casiraghi. 
Strachan. meanwhile, breaks the 
bank to hire Robert Jami, then . 
finds that Mrs Jami has no 


intention of forsaking the Span¬ 
ish sunshine far the industrial 
Midlands. CoUeetivdy. Coun¬ 
try might overcome the thrilling 
individuality of Chelsea, though 
the heat will- put a premium on 
skill against endeavour. 

Viam has worldly talents, he 
accepts that he must almost win 
or bust, and his problem is the 
search for consistency. Indeed, 
the bookmakers run a country 
mile when asked to name odds 
on Chelsea fielding the same 
team on successive matches, say 
three times, in the Premiership. 

It is unlikely from the start 
Laudrup is doubtful with injury 
and possibly Gianfranco Zola 
will step back into the “hole’' 
behind Casiraghi and either 
Vialli or Tore Andre Flo. 

D: M Hodmen — R 


COVENTRY CITY (+4-2): M t 
Nilsson, R Shaw. G Bran, D Bunows — P 
Toffer. N Whelan. T E Sotveett. G Bdateng — 0 
OuMn. Dttuchertjy 

CHELSEA (4-a 1-2) :E-da Gaay —A Fsirw.F • 
Lsboeul. M DessWy, G L® Saux — D Wise. G 
Pbyet. R Di ftfedeo — G Zrta — T A Bo, P‘ 


Refers* GBertxff 

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(OwwSy): 11, G VtaH/T A Ho (Chaisaa). 

Now taoas: Coventry: J Watiomnw. P Hat. I 
BrtgtffwA PCJenwi Chsfiioa: P Casffagrt. M 
“ ~y. B Laudrup, A Forrer, L Psnsasa. M 


Suspension: J IMBams fCcwsrtry). • 
Ladbrokes odds Home: 2-1 Away: n-io. 
0rarS4. ■ 


■ PREDICTION: Home advan¬ 
tage to count, Coventry to draw! 



Oliver Holt 
Fbr once, all eyes 
will not be on 
new signings at 
The Dell tomor¬ 
row, even if 
Southampton, in 
particular, have 
a plethora of them to parade. In 
some ways, even the result will 
take second billing. This might. 
he Liverpool’s first game of a- 
new season, but, more important 
than that, it is Michael Owen’s^ 
first competitive outing since the 
World Cup. . . 

Quite how Owen will deal 
with the likes of Ken Mpnkoa 
and Claus Lundekvam after 
running rings"' arerawfr the • 
world’s best in France is a source 
of great expectation. Whether he 
is merely man-marked of dou¬ 
ble-teamed is another matter.' 

With Robbie Fbwler still recov¬ 
ering from injury. 1 Owen will 
almost certainly be partnered in 
attack by. Karlheinz- Riedle 
because Sean Dundee, who cost 
£2 million from SC Karlsruhe, is 
injured. The resurgent Patrick 
Berger is likely to play on the left 
side of midfieki after a series of 
dynamic pre-season perfor¬ 
mances. The composition of the 
line-up will, presumably, be a 
decision taken jointly by Gerard 
Houltier and Roy Evans. 

Liverpool’s problems, though, 
are still likely to be at tire bade, 
not in attack. They have tried to 
remedy that by buying Vegard 
Heggem from Rosenborg for 
million and Steve Staunton 
from Aston Villa, who arrived on 
a free transfer. 

Even though David Hirst is 
injured, Liverpool are likely to be 
tested to the full by an old 
adversary. Mark Hughes. Still 
aggrieved by his release from 




■' 'vV.'..’ -• •; 

LIVERPOOL 


Chelsea, he will be our to prove 
another point although South¬ 
ampton will miss the inventive¬ 
ness and strength of Kevin 
Davies, who-was sold'to Black- 
bum Rovers. 

His sale helped to finance an 
influx of new signings on the 
south coast as David Jones, one 
of the managers of last season, 
attempts to build on the twelfth 
place that his team achieved and 
avoid a return to the flirtation 
with relegation that used to be 
their annual affliction. However, 
even with all the new faces. 
Liverpool and Owen should be 
too strong for them. 

SOUTHAMPTON 14-3-i.aV P Jones - J 
DcxkL C LuxleRvam, KMonLou. F Banal —S 
Ripfey. CRaSner. DHowsSs —MLeTtsslar— 
M Hughes. J Beama 

UVERPOOLH-i-2] BFriedd —VHeggern.J 
Caraghw, p Btabb, S Staunton — J McAfesr. P 
irca. S McManaman, P Berger — M Omsn. K 
BwOe 

Referee: M Reed. 

Pro mta r aM p meetings at The DeR [taxn 
1882193): 2-1. *-2. 0£, -1-1 0-1. 


LeaeBng scorer {>997-8} 11. M Ls raster 
(Sorffhanpton): ia M Owen (UwpooO 
New faces: Southampton: M •Hughes. S 
Rpley. J Beanie. D Howefls. S ManhafL M 
Paul. Liverpool s Dundee. S Staunton, V 
Heggem 

Suspensions: F BonaS (SouBran^sort: M 
CaastLhwpoc^ 

Ladbrakes odds: Home 2-1. Away ll-ltt 
Draar9H». 


■ PREDICTION: Liverpool to win, 
Owen to score. 



Matt Dickinson 
There is a theory 
among some of 
the Tottenham 
Hotspur players 
that there is a 
warm, loving 
soul . inside 



Christian Gross bursting to get 
out. It was only the pressure of 
managing than that turned him 
into a manic disciplinarian. 

If Gross is to relax and enable 
his players to do the same, if 
must be now. His first fixture 
could not have been better, with 
opener at Selhurst Park. 


WIMBLEDON 

TOTTENHAM 

HOTSPUR 

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an 


where Tottenham won 6-2 last 
season. Then follows a gentle 
couple of months. Spurs do not 
play any of the “big four” 
(Manchester United. Arsenal, 
Liverpool and Chelsea) until the 
North London derby .on Novem¬ 
ber 14. ft is imperative that they 
hn the ground running. 

The lack of investment is 
worrying' with Pablo 
Tramezzani. bought from Pia¬ 
cenza for £1.4 million, the only 
new face. Gross, though, be¬ 
lieves that the revitalisation of 
Darren Ahdenoa witnessed at 
the World Cup. is “like signing a 
new player", 

Lcs Ferdinand and Chris Arm¬ 
strong are a powerful combina¬ 
tion to worry any defence if they 
stay free of injury. 

At Wimbledon, Joe Kinnear 
has been ranting and raving 


against the- r .— 

tion that this could be_ 

that the great adventure ... 
after 12 seasons in the top flig 
Without additions to the squt 
it is difficult to see beyond 
relegation struggle. The word 
though, that Jason Euefl loo 
devastating in training and 
keen to better his Premiers! 
telly of four goals last season. 

WtfttJSDON 14-*2J N Su&ran — K Gum 
ram. C Puny. D Bfeckwco. A WmUo - 
Aidtey. M Hughas. A ftatwts. Kennedy - 
£um.EB«*u 

J0T7ENHAW HOTSPUR (4-4-511 W&er - 
Oar. S Campbell c Caidamoad. 
Tfameasan — 3 Fox, D Andarton. N Bert 
Grc'a — C<^m»tfong, L Ferdnana 
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J^taostt WmOteJorcncne Totfenftaa 
Tramezzsii 

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R*afl odds: Homo- 6-4. Away &4 Draw 114 

■ PREDICTION: Spurs to sta 
with a win. 



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A n outsider would not notice, 
bur there-- is a different 
atmosphere about the Chel¬ 
sea training ground this pre¬ 
season. It is only a subtle change in 
mood from the previous couple of 
years, but I believe it is a signifi¬ 
cant one. 

The word that probably sums it 
up best is ruthless. I am not the 
type of person for making brash 
predictions about what Chelsea 
can win this season, but there is a 
real feeling of professionalism and 
focus about our work. 

It is evident in aD the changes 
that have been made at Stamford 
Bridge this summer, even down to 
a new chef at the training ground, 
where there, are no-more baked 


can help 
title gap 


beans. • Rich sauces are out ^nd 
salmon, rice and fresh vegetables 
are in. We wiD be a lean and, I 
hope, mean outfit 

Then there has been the arrival 
of our new fitness coach from 
Juventits. Antonio Pintus. The 
physical work we have beat doing 
is die hardest I have known, but I 
know it will be to our benefit later 
in the season. I can say for certain’ 
that the malicious stories implying 
that Gianhica Vialli has. needed 
“substances" to achieve his phy¬ 
sique are totally false. I am sure 
that even I will be looking Kke a 
body-builder if' I spend enough 
time with Antonia . 

The new players we have signed 
have also brought a ferocious 


desire to be successful. Marcel 
Desaiity is one of the most fierce 
competitors I know and the type 
who always looks forward to fresh 
glories. For him. the World Cup 
fina l is already ancient history. 
Before he signed for Chelsea, ne 
sat me down and made me look 
huh straight in the eyes. “I need to 
know that this is a dub where 
everyone wants to win things." he 
said, and I hope he is already 
convinced of it 

Pierluigi Casiraghi is another 
man who is very tuned-in. He does 
not speak a lot and comes over as 
quite a shy guy. But even on die 
training ground, he is. a real 
handful to mark and I know he 
will be giving some defences a 


0f£*:. FRANK 
- LEBOEUF 


really hard time, using his body 
and strong physique. 

1 remember Luca saying as soon 
as he took over as manager that he 
wanted to make Chelsea a more 
ruthless team. He knew that we 
were capable of playing brilliantly 
on our best days, probably better 
than anyone in the country, but 
that we let too many games slip 
away carelessly. 

All the intense preparation we 
have been doing is geared to 


making sure that we have the 
mental resolve that is cruriaf in a 
championship side. 1 have never 
known there to be such an end on to 
detail paid to tactics and forma¬ 
tions a week before the start of the 
season, but we know we need to 
erase some of the flaws that meant 
we only finished fourth last season. 

We lost II away games in the 
league last term, more than almost 
every other side in the FA Carling 
Premiership, including Wimble¬ 


don. Evenon and Crystal Palace. 
We drew only one and that is 
simply not a good enough record. 

It all starts this afternoon away 
to Coventry City, a game in which 
we immediately have the opportu¬ 
nity to see if we have learnt 
anything from last season. It was 
at Highfield Road on the opening 
day 12 months ago that we threw 
away a 2-1 lead with ten minutes to 
go to lose 3-2. To be regarded as 
credible champions, we cannot 
afford such carelessness again. 

Super league flaws 
■ I cannot pass up the opportuni¬ 
ty to comment briefly on the 
proposed formation of a European 
super league, which I believe is 
fundamentally flawed, and 1 am 
not just saying that because Chel¬ 
sea have not been invited! 

What dubs such as Arsenal and 
Manchester United seem in dan¬ 
ger of forgetting is the unique 
qualities of English supporters. 
Like nowhere I have played in 
Europe, you have this fierce rivalry 
that means grounds are full for 
almost every game. 

I really cannot see supporters 


queueing up at Old Trafford for 
die chance to watch games against 
average European sides and there 
are bound to be some of those even 
if it is called a super league. 
Furthermore, what happens if 
Manchester United find them¬ 
selves struggling near the bottom 
of the table? 1 really hope a 
compromise can be reached with 
Uefa, because a breakaway does 
noi bear thinking about. 

On becoming a Union man 
■ The wonderful benefits that 
come from being a World Cup 
winner continue. 1 must start 
replying lo all the very special 
letters of congratulations that 1 
have been receiving, including 
those from Tony Banks and Tony 
Biair. 

The latest invitation comes from 
the Oxford Union, where 1 have 
been asked to talk to the students 
about life and football. 1 under¬ 
stand i am joining a distinguished 
list of speakers at the famous 
university and it is a real honour. 
It will certainly be a little more 
highbrow than the usual dressing- 
room banter. 








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HrCfr-ofT 3-0 unless stated • danote 8 .a/Hfc« 

Pouts coupon numbers h fractals • 

In Premiership fixtures. f denotes sold out ot berate- 


PREMIERSHIP 


(1) Bacfasn v Derby -_;__ 

(2) tCcwenoy v Chelsea___. 

(3) tBwrtonv Aston MBs_ 

(4) t Manchester Utd v Laiceetar-: 

r5)tMddtoston0iv la«dc-s— 

(6) tNevmstevChaiton-- 

(7) Sheffield Wednesday v West Ham. 

( 8 ) WbnHedon v Tottenham_ 


FIRST DIVISION 


(9) Bolton v Grimsby ^___ 

HO) Crews v Barnsley---;—!—; 

(ly Huddersfield v Port Vale- 

(121 Ipswich « Buy- 

(13) * Oxfold UttvWohwhBnipun —: 
(141 Queens Paris Ronpre v Bristol Qty 

(15) Stockport* Nonrich_ 

(16) Swndon v Suvtariand_ 

117) ltanmexe v Portsmouth- 

(18) WBtfenf v Bratton)- - 

119) West Bromwch v Sheffield Utd — 


SECOND DIVISION 


CO) * Btadmool v Oldham 
Cl) Brian! Rows* Reading — 

(22) Chesterfield v Burtay :— 

(23) Unecm v Mffm___ 

C4j inter) vAeoon-- 

(25>M«walv w^oombe_ 

(26) Notts County v Bournemouth 

(27) Stote w MacdesJtaW -- 

(28) WBtasM v Northampton- 

(29) Wre*ham v CofchMsr ___ 

(30) York v GHntftam ... 


THIRD DIVISION 


(3D Barnet v Hartlepool —-:-:- 

(32) Brighton v Chester_— 

(33) Cambridge Utd v Swansea - 

CWi Cardiff </Peteitjoroujji 

(36) Halifax v Brentford- 

(37) HuS v Darirgtwi ...--— - 

(38) Leyton Orient w Wotherfm -;— 

09} Maraflstt v Plymouth -- 

(—) Rochdale * Torbay . .... -- 

(—) Scunthorpe w Cajtrte--——i— 

(--) Southend v Shrewsbury -——,—- 


CONFERENCE 


)BeftawvS(B«en8(p----— 

> Dam v Doncaster ----- • ■- 

)Tbrea Green vRushden and Dtomond* — 

) Keyes v Nortfsrich- — ___ 

) Hndnesfort vVfoWng- n ___ 

) KetterirwvYeoia ~-——- 

) Wdriermreter v Morecarte —- 

3 Wrwarrnlan v Hereford __:_i-- 

) LnretvFamborowtfi —__ L --- 

) Southport v Telford - ; .-.-- 

) wefingvChaftarham_____ 




BACK IN THE FRAME 


(40) Dunfenoine v Duxiea 

(41) Rangers v Motnenm —„ 

(42) St Johnstone vKSmamock' _ 


FIRST DIVISION 


(43) /hr v Greenock Morton — 

(44) Clydebank v Fatal!- 

(45) HatnBtrai V Afedrie — 

146) Hfeomtan r Stranraer —._ 
(47) StMbran v Rath —-- 


SECOND DIVISION 


(48) EestRfev Aloe-:.— 

(49) Forfar v Partich —:- 

(—) kmmess CT v Urtn^an _ 
■(—) Queen of SouthvAiteoeth 

--- - 


HIRD DIVISION 


t—iAtton V Ross County —.... 

{—} East Sttrtt* vBractfn-- 

(—) Monbose v Berefck-——— 

l—) Queen's Partrv Dumbarton _— 

{—) Stanhousemuir v Cowdenbeath- 




PREMIERSHIP 
FIRST DTVISIO^ 
SCOTTISH PREMIER 


— Bmnfotfiani v.Cqsal Palace (LO)- 



:V t. "v" . 


Aberdeen v Celtic (6.05)- 

Dundee utd « Hearts- 


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Man United posed for the camera. For our younger readers, those strange things in the background are called terraces — Richard Whitehead 




t ARSHNAt ---p t35 2 2 « 40 # 7 4 25 23 8 0-2 L2 


2. MANCHESTER UTD 


4, CHELSEA 


38 77 +47 13 4 2 42 9 10 4 5 31 17 5-3-2 W3 

13 v2 |-J: 4T42 1 is ^9]? 5126 261 V-3-T |L1 


6. BLACKBURN ROVERS 38 55 +5 

7 JjgTON ^ ^ 

8. WEST HAM UTD 38 56 -1 

10. LEICESTER CITY 38 53 +10 

lb 

12. SOUTHAMPTON 38 48 -5 


S; ^ ; 5 26 26 5-3-2 
7 1 11 34 29 16-0-4 
■. ii26[25 5-2-3 
5 6 8 17 26 ‘3-1-6 

^aU^SS:24 8-0-2 

3 4 12 16 39 4-3-3 
iSS; 3-1-6 


6 10 3 21 15 7 4 8 30 26 3-4-3 


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12. SOUTHAMPTON 38 48 -5 

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14. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 38 44 -12 

- . — -•■■■.■ ' ■ *?>'.”■ ' • A'-71 

15. 33 r>44 >12 

16. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 38 44 -15 

WMM 

18. BOLTON WANDERERS 38 40 -20 

19. ^ ^ 

j20. CRYSTAL PAUCE 38 33 -34 


38 48 -5 10 1 8 28 23 4 5 10 22 32 3-2-5 

3fl| T®; ^5 -- 6 22 20 . 3 6 10 13 24 *2-3-5 

Z8~44 12 7 8 4 23 22 4 3 1221 34 3-5-2 

^^6 ^a^;25 . ;S 8 ■; 6 16 ; .21 11-5-4. 
38 44 -15 9 5 5 30 26 3 3 13 22 4 1 3-1-6 

WTift-z*\£r - 2 v'3 fir-16 ^ 2 - 4^4 

4* T ( . —* ’ -v> • • • >.. ; y-‘ •’ _• _• , ,, ~ • 

38 40 -20 7 8| 4 25|22 2 5 112'16,39 *5-1-4 

pr 381 3 ; [l12HT 2-1- 7 



38 33 -34 2 5 12 15 39 6 4 9 22-32 j3-1-6 


FIRST DIVISION 


SECOND DIVISION 


THIRD DIVISION 


Bomingfiarn-' 
Wohrtinptn.. 
Notvnch.. 

sneffUtd. 

Stockport.— 

Watfonl. 

Buiy-.... 

StuiteJand... 

BamsJey- 

Baton—-- 

C Palace- 

Oxford Utd... 
West Brom - 
Grimsby...— 

fpsvwch- 

Bradford__ 

Cre w -- —■■ 

Pur ten it) i ...... 

Swindon — 
Huddesfld_. 

QPR- 

PcnVbie.~~ 

Tranmeie.>. 


PW D L 

11 0 0 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
1 1 o o 
10 10 
1 0 10 
10 10 
10 10 
1 0 1 o 
10 10 
10 10 
1 0 1 o 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 
1 0 0 1 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 


F A P16 

2 0 3 
2 0 3 
2 13 
2 13 


Man Ctty_... 
Preston.— 
Wrexham— 
Nous Co— 


2 

1 

3 

Stoke- 

2 

1 

3 

'Boumemth.. 

1 

0 

3 

Burnley-- 

1 

0 

3 

Cotehastar... 

2 

2 

• 1 

Fulham- 

2 

2 

1- 

Luton-i-L. 

2 

2 

1 

Mlllwall- 

2 

2 

. 1 

Watsafl-—. 


2 2-1 

2 2 1 

0 0 1 

0-0.1 
1 .2 0 . 

1 2 0 

1 2 ,0 

1 2 : 0 
0 1 0 

0 10 . 

0 2 0 

0 2-0 


Bristol R — 
Nonnmptn- 
Oktttfm.M-.- 
ChearfW— 


-VWgan— 
wycomoe^- 
Unwm—— 
Blackpool u- 
Heading— 
York....—— 


P W D L 

110 0 
110 0 

I 1 O 0 
110 0 
1.1 0 0 
11-0 0 -. 
110 0' 
-1- 1 0 0 

II 0 0 ’ 
11 0 0 
11.00 
110 0 ■ 
10 0-1 
1 0.0 1 
1-0 0 1 

.1 0 0 1 . 
10 0 1 
.10 O l¬ 
io 0 1 

iDO -1 
. 1 - 0.0 1 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 
1 0 0 1 


F A Pts 

3 0 3 
3 0 3 
3 0 3 
3 13 
3 13 
2 0 3 
2 13 

:i -o 3 

10 3 
10 3 
10 3 
1. 0 3 
12 0 
13 0 
13 0 
0 1 0 
0 10 
0.1 o 
0 10 
0 10 
0 2 O' 
0 3 0 
0 3 o 
0 3 0 


Rrentfoni— 

Rotherham.. 

Bamst- 

Halife*—— 
L Orient- 

Swansea — 
Plymouth—. 
Shrwsbury.-.- 
Sowhend.... 
Cambs Utd.. 

Carflste-. 

Cardiff- 

Harfpooi — 
Rochdale — 
Searboro — 
Scuntfrpe— 

Hua.._- 

Breton — 

Torquay- 

Chester — 
Darlington— 
Deter—— 
Paterbort — 
Mansfield — 


P W D L 

110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 . 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
10 10 
10 10 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 
1.0 0 1 
.10 0 1 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 
1 & 0 1 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 


F A Phi 
3 0 3 
3 13 
2 0 3 
2 0 3 
2 0 3 
2 0 3 
2 13 
2 13 
2 13 
10 3 
10 3 
111 
111 
12 0 
12 0 
12 0 
13 0 
0 10 
0 1 0 
0 2. 0 
0 2 0 
0 2 0 
0 2 0 
0 3 0 


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Tanuie of PrainforsMp manaflant 

AFar 9 Json(Manch«toUtd> Nw 

J Wrmear {VWtlbtectanl Jan 

* R Ewans (Uverpoofi Jan 

H Redknapp (West Ham) Aug 

B Ftobson (Middlesb re iu g t) moj 

AClrtBrtey fChartton) Jim 

J Smith (Derby) Jun 

M O-NeB (Lacesren Dec 

A Wenger (Areenal) Sep 

G Graham deeds) Sep 

GStrachan (Corerwy) Nw 

D Bassett (Notnn^wm Forest) May 

R Hodf^on (Biadfoum) Jun 

D Jones (Southampton) Jun 

C Gross fltmerfoam) Nov 

J Gregory (Aston vwai Feb 

GVtaaiChcfoea) Feb 

WSmoh (Evenon) Jul 

DWflson (Shefoetd Wetfoesaay) Jul 

■G Haulier (IXwpool) -M 

KDolf^sh (Newcastle) Jan 

• denotes jtm wonoger 


SUMMER SPENDING 


Manchester United 

£15.15m 

Cheteea 

LX2Zt m 


£1125m 

Evenon 

£ll-2Qm 

Newcastle 

ra.44m 

Asam VSa 

£7.5Qm 


£5.50m 

MdOtestxouff* 

53.40m 


£3.2Cm 

wen Ham 

£2.75m 


£2.71m 


£2.70m 

Sheffield Wed 

£2.50m 


£2.10m 


£iX0m 


£lJgim 

Omemy 

£1-B3m 


£J-35m 


iX2CVn 

WtmHedon 

to.OOm 

Total 

£88.33m 


REFEREES 


Premiership 

Cards Issued 

games only 

P Yellow 

Red 

LGWBsrd 

21 

94 

8 

2. M Reed 

19 

S3 

2 

3. GBaiber 

22 

89 

7 

4.0 Rennie 

20 

80 

4 

5. G Pol 

22 

82 

10 

6 . JWInter 

20 

77 

2 

7. DEBetay 

19 

64 

5 

8 .MR»ey 

20 

65 

4 

9. N Barry 

20 

67 

2 

10. P Durifln 

19 

62 

3 

ll.SDunn 

16 

51 

2 

12. AWBae 

23 

72 

2 

13. M Bodenham* 

21 

63 

1 

14. G Ashby* 

19 

55 

2 

15. P Alcoct. 

20 

57 

1 

16. P Jones 

21 

57 

2 

17. D Gainer 

19 

50 

3 

IS. S Lodge 

21 

54 

3 

19.KBus» 

19 

47 

4 


'denote/steed 


Sporting Index allows 
an infinite variety 

AS JF there were not enough ways for punters to lose their shirts, 
spread betting has forced its way into the public consciousness over the 
past few years (Russell Kempsoo writes). It can be hazardous in the 
extreme but it at least offers variety, sometimes bizarrely. rather than the 
plain and simple win or first goal scorer bets. Although the adrenalin 
rush is short — 90 minutes in football — h can be intense and often 
fraught 

Basically, the bookmaker offers a two-way price on the aspect of 
the event in question and the backer either buys at the higher price, for a 
unit stake of his choice, or sells at the lower. The difference between 
the result and the level the bet is opened at multiplied by the unit stake, 
represents the profit or loss. 

Sporting Index is one of the front-runners in the spread betting 
field and has formed many markets for the resumption of the FA 
Carling Premiership this afternoon. For Charlton Athletic's trip to 
Newcakle United, it advises buying the total number of goals on a 
spread of 2.6-2.9: for Everton's home game against Aston Villa, sell 
the total number of goals on a spread of Z4-2.7. 

Investors should apparently buy bookings — yellow card ten 
points, red card 25 points — on a spread of 41-44 for Wimbledon's game 
against Tottenham Hotspur and, using the same criteria, they should 
buy bookings for West Ham United's trip to Sheffield Wednesday. The 
spread is 4+47. 

For the match involving Southampton and Liverpool tomorrow. 
Sporting Index goes 11-12 on the number of corners and 31-34 on foe total 
of the goalscorers' shirt numbers. For foe eight matches today. 7-8 is 
foe spread for foe total of goals scored by non-UK players. Judging by 
foe influx of foreigners during foe summer foe message is buy. buy. 
buy... 


FOOTBALL COVERAGE 


Television 

Today: BBC 1 :12.20: Football Focus. 10.40: Match of the Day, featuring Newcastle 
United v Charlton Athletic. Tomorrow: Sky Sports 2:12.0: Blrimmgham Qty v Crystal 
Palace, live. Sky Sports 1:3.0: Southampton v Liverpool, live. 


Radio 5 live: Today: Live action from the English.and Scottish Premierehips. 
Tomorrow: Uve commentary from Southampton v Liverpool and Birmingham v Crystal 
Palace. 


Statistics compiled by Julian Desborough 


SCOTLAND 


CONFERENCE 


PREMIER LEAGUE 


SECOND DIVISION 


Last season 


Celtic__ 

Abenteen — 

Kilmamdi_ 

Hearts_ 

Mothered—. 


StJohnatrt-.. 

Dundee,_... 

Dundee Utd. 
Dunfrine.— 


P W O L 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 


F A Pts 
5 0 3 
2 0 3 
2 0 3 
2 13 
10 3 
12 0 
0 10 
0 2 0 
0 2 0 
0 5 0 


Clyde- 

East Fife.. 

Forfac.. 

Inverness Cf. 
UvingKan..... 

S&rting- 

Alloa.. 

Parttck.- — 

Artnotti. 

Quean Of S.. 


P W D L 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
10 10 
10 10 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 


F A Pts 

2 0 3 

2 0 3 

2 13 

10 3 

111 
111 


FIRST DIVISION 


THIRD DIVISION 


Fadorfi- 

Hibernian 
St Mirren — 

Antirie.- 

Clydebank... 

G Morton — 
Stranraer — 
forth.. 


P W D L 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
10 10 
10 10 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 


F A Pts 

2 0 3 
10 3 
10 3 
10 3 
0 0 1 
0 0 1 
O 1 Q 
0 10 
0 1 0 
0 2 0 


CowdnUih....... 

Queen's Pk_... 
Dumbarton— 

Brechin.— 

toss Co- 

East Stirling... 
Stenhsmur ~ 

Albion.. 

Montrose. 

Berwick-- 


P W D L 

110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
110 0 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 
1 O O 1 
10 0 1 
10 0 1 


F A Pts 
4 13 
3 0 3 
2 0 3 
10 3 
10 3 
0 10 
0 1 0 
0 2 0 
14 0 
0 3 0 


Cheltenham 
Woking.— 
Rushden—. 
Morecambe 

Hereford. 

Hednesford. 

Slough- 

Nontwrich.... 

wewng.. 

Yeovfl.. 

Hayes- 

Dover.. 

Kettering.... 
Stevenage.. 
Southport... 
KMdnfnstr-. 
Fambwougi 
leek._ 


P w D L F A Pts 
.42 2512 5 74 43 87 

,.4223 910 63 43 78 
,4222 812 72 48 Ta 
,42 23 514 79 57 74 
,42 211011 77 64 73 
,42181311 56 49 67 
,42181212 59 50 66 
-42181014 58 49 64 
-4215 1512 63 59 60 
,42 IT 916 64 62 60 
,4217 8 17 73 63 59 
.42161016 62 52 58 
,42 1510 17 60 70 55 
,42131316 53 60 52 
,42131217 59 63 5l 
.42131118 56 58 50 
.42111417 56 63 47 
.4212 822 56 70 44 
,42 10 1418 52 67 44 

~53 76 42 
51 87 35 
48 93 20 


Tettoid.42 1012 20 

Gateshead ...42 81123 
Staiyt)ridg£... 42 7 8 27 

















































36 SPORT 


THE TIMES SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1998 



west McLaren 
MERCEDES 

Position: 1 
Points: 108 



8. Mika Hcikktnen 
Position: 1 
Points: 76 
199S best; 1 


w 

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7. David Coatihard 
Position: 3 

Points: 4Z 
1998 best 1 


SCUDERIA FERRARI 
MARLBORO 

Position: 2 > 

Points: 92 





4. Eddie Inina 

Position: 4 
Points: 32 
1998 best: 2 



3. Michael 
Schumacher 
Position: 2 
Points: 60 
199S best: 1 




MILD SEVEN 

BENETTON 

Position: 3 
Points: 32 



I 

JORDAN 

MUGEN- 

HONDA 

i Position: 5 
j Points: 7 


! SAUBER 
PETR0NAS 
> Position: 7- 
■ Points: 4 



15. Joan AM 
Position: 11= 
Points: 3 
1998 best 5 


DANKA 

ARROWS .xi 


Position: 7= *r\xi ) 
Points: 4 'xx -fx 


18. Pedro DMz 
Position: 14* 

Points:! 

1998 baste 


17. Mika Salo 
\ / Position: 11= 

/ Points: 3 
19S8 best: 4 


FROST 

PEUGEOT 







1997 hstast top: 

Into l&372soew Ptontzm 

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Team-mate threatens Briton’s Formula One future with Jordan 

Hill prepares to 


From Kevin Eason 

IN BUDAPEST 

THE highs have been the sum¬ 
mit of Formula One. but the 
lows for Damon Hill have 
plumbed the depths of disap¬ 
pointment. Five years ago to¬ 
day, Hill won his first grand 
prix on the twists and turns of 
the Hungaroring. That victory 
sei Hill on his way to a world 
championship and the sort of 
fame and riches that are the 
stuff of fiction and the fantasy 
of every lottery ticket buyer. 

HOf is back in Hungary this 
weekend, older but not much 
wiser as to why the vagaries of 
Fbrmula One condemned him 
to being an also-ran almost 
from the moment after he had 
lifted the championship tro¬ 
phy. Hungary provided the 
only high point in a blighted 
year with Arrows last season, 
though even his second place 
was apparently cursed too. an 
astonishing victory snatched 
from him by mechanical fail¬ 
ure only minutes from the 
flag, allowing Jacques Ville- 
neuve to win. 

Though with his third team 
in three years, the Hungarian 
Grand Prix could again prove 
to be a decisive point in Hills 
career. The McLarens and Ffer- 
raris dominated practice 
again yesterday, but, for once. 
Hill was dose enough to be¬ 
lieve that he can return to die 
podium for the first time in 17 
races. His Jordan was less 
than a second off the pace of 
the leading McLaren of David 
Coulthard, but, perhaps more 
significantly, only a thou¬ 
sandth of a second behind the 
Ferrari of Eddie Irvine. Trans¬ 
lating his sixth position yester¬ 
day on the time sheets to the 
same place in qualifying today 
would offer Hill his best hope 
of the season. 

The Englishman, who so of¬ 
ten has looked ill-tempered 
with frustration in 1998. was 
ebullient: “We are within 
shouting distance of the quick¬ 
est car and looking good," he 
said. “We are only looking for 
seven-tenths of a second and. 
on this circuit, if you find a 
good balance, it is possible to 
find as much as a second. 

“Practice can be deceptive, 
but I am feeling fairly confi¬ 
dent and there is something to 
go for in this race. There really 
is an outside chance of getting 
the car up die grid: if we can 
do that, then I am really opti¬ 
mistic.** 

Certainly, a good result here 
would consolidate his efforts 
to ensure that he stays at Jor¬ 
dan next year. Relations with 
Eddie Jordan, the team owner, 




Michael Schumacher puts his Ferrari through its paces in the wet conditions that prevailed during the practice session in Hungary yesterday 




cooled dramatically over Hill's 
summer of discontent, when 
he vented his frustration loud¬ 
ly at the under-achievement of 
the team, even hinting that he 
would leave. Now the ground 
rules have shifted: Hill wants 
to stay, but Jordan is desper¬ 
ate to keep hold of Ralf Schu¬ 
macher. 

Schumacher started the sea¬ 
son erratically, but he has out- 
qualified the J996 world cham¬ 
pion seven times this season 
and scored points in three rac¬ 
es to Hill's single fourth place 
in the last race out in Germa¬ 
ny. Now tiie German is m a 
powerful bargaining position, 
sought after by both Williams 
and British American Racing, 
and Willi Weber, his manag¬ 
er, has been only too quick to 
point out to Jordan that his 
man is earning less than a 
quarter of Hill's 145 million a 


year. Jordan wants both men, 
but knows that he will be 
stretching his budget thin to 
pay two huge salaries, which 
might force Hill to accept a 
pay cut to stay, unless Jordan 
can convince Benson & Hedg¬ 
es. his main sponsor, that the 
pair are worth bankrolling 
with yet more millions. 

“I have always said I want¬ 
ed them both to stay,** Jordan 
said. “My objective is for conti¬ 


nuity and now our technical 
people have done a terrific job 
with the car and they both 
have something to work for." 

Realistically. Hill is unlikely 
to influence the outcome of 
this race, although his fluent 
driving style Is suited, to a 
trade that will shred the tyres 
of unruly drivers. As HfliH Jor¬ 
dan flowed thrqu^i the hills of 
the Hungaroring yesterday, 
the memory of that first victo- 


DETAILS FROM THE HUNGARORING 


PRACTICE TMEG: 1.0 CouWmid (OR 
Mctarttv*fenaK*H) into tftsfflms 2. 
M HakWrem (fin. McUrofr-Mwcadvri 
120.186; 3. M Schumachar (Ow. Rsnari) 
120.489:4. J Vtomnun* (Can. WHum- 
Mecachrcme), 120441; 5, E ttvkw (Ira. 
Ferrari), 720.778; a. D HR <09. Jonten- 
Munn Honda) 120.778; 7, G RsfchaBa 
(to. Banatton-RayUs), 121.110:8, R Schu- 
matter (Gar. Jordan-Muoan Honda) 
121.198:9, H-H Prentzen (Gar. WMania- 
MacactasR*# 12121R 1ft R BmfcMto 
(Brazi. Stwvart-Fort) 121.414; 11. JHar- 


bart (08. SaUwr-Patronu) 121971; 12, 
JVaftoKMR(HoEStiimitfiOR4 r*>40& 
13. J Atari (Fr, Ssuber-Patfonaa) 
121290; 14. M Sato (Fhi. Airowm-Yama- 
la). 122.1*5; IS. AWtoi (Aua. Bartatorv 


Ptay&foJ 122287; IB, 


i (Fr.Pnw- 


Amms-Ytamaho) 12SU50: 29. E 
rum (Arg. Mrarctfiord) 123971; 21. R 
Roaaat (Brad, Tyn*M*m» 125.611; 22. 
JTftfl m. Pnxt-Poubaoq 125.79a . 


(Brari. 
Turn I 


ry still Strang, minds at Ferra¬ 
ri were cast back to another an¬ 
niversary. Teh years ago. Enzo 
FCrrari, the founder of the 
most successful and enduring 
Formula One team, died. 

Ferrari have endured a dec¬ 
ade without the team's guid¬ 
ing light—and without cham¬ 
pionships. This season will be 
no different Ferrari were pin¬ 
ning their hopes on their F300 
performing better on tins low- 
speed circuit which demands 
high grip; titan the high-speed 
Hockenhdm, where the McLa¬ 
rens were in their element two 
weeksago. 

■ Unfortunately for Ferrari, 
the McLarens could probably 
perform brilfiantiy on the 
moon, so adept is the chassis- 
engine combination, and they 
should dominate this race as 
they have the past two. The 
only question is who will fin¬ 


ish first Coulthard or Hakkin- 
en? The Scot answered foe in¬ 
quiry honestly yesterday by 
dropping more titan a hint 
that he is prepared to allow his 
team-mate to drive to the 
championship unobstructed 
and wifi obey orders to move 
over if they are issued. 

“I don’t think it will be 
strange if die team wants me 
to support Mika, or unfair of 
them to ask me given the posi¬ 
tion of the championship,” he 
said. “Looking at it from their 
point of view, I can under¬ 
stand that. They want a one- 
two result and preferably they 
want Mika to win." 

. Which means Coulthard 
win play the blocking role if 
necessary to ensure that 
Michael Schumacher gets no 
easy chances to dose the 
Ihpoint gap between him and 
Hakldnen. 


* 


Brazilian struggles to survive in the slow lane 


H e may be the worst driver in 
Formula One; but at least 
in the mind of Ricardo Rus¬ 
set hope springs eternal The hap¬ 
less Brazilian goes into the Hungari¬ 
an Grand Prix this weekend un¬ 
daunted by his inability to get even 
to the start line, never mind the cheq¬ 
uered flag. 

According to a race preview issued 
this week by Rosser's Tyrrell team, 
which discusses the problems of over¬ 
taking at one of the twistiest and 
tightest circuits in the Formula One 
calendar, there are "surprises possi¬ 
ble". 

Alex Varnava. Rossers race engi¬ 
neer. womes: "Overtaking is always 
a problem in Hungary. Unfortunate¬ 
ly. this sort of circuit can make for 
processional racing. It is therefore 
very important to secure the best po¬ 
sition you can in qualifying!." 

Overtaking for Rosset is not just a 
problem in Hungary but on every cir¬ 
cuit even when he has managed to 
stagger on to the grid. Rosset has 
qualified for only eight of 11 races 


Kevin Eason reviews the calamitous 
grand prix career of Ricardo Rosset 


this season and failed to complete 
five of those he actually started. His 
best finish was eighth in Canada, but 
that was only because mayhem ac¬ 
counted for most of the leaders and 
there were just ten finishers. 

Yet he has made the last row of the 
grid bis own. five times setting off 
from the tail of the field, the winning 
McLarens and Fenaris only a dis¬ 
tant vision until they appear in his 
wing mirrors to lap him. 

Rosset 30. bought his seal in For¬ 
mula One He is the son of a S3o Pau¬ 
lo clothing magnate; who could af¬ 
ford to put £3 million into Tyrrell to 
ensure a drive among the elite. 

Performances ranging from unfor¬ 
tunate to hilarious drew anger and 
concern from his feUow drivers earli¬ 
er this year, but that has turned to 
sneaking admiration for his determi¬ 
nation to cam 1 on in the face of over¬ 


whelming odds, apparently unaffect¬ 
ed by the fact that hundreds of mil¬ 
lions' of television viewers regularly 
witness his most embarrassing mo¬ 
ments. 

His nadir came in Monaco, where 
Rosset first crashed into Jacques VB- 
leneuve during practice and then 
told the world champion that it was 
his fault. Then he spun, only to com¬ 
pound the felony by ploughing his 
Tyrrell into the crash barriers while 
uyfog to rum it to face the right way 
round. 

Monaco was frissecond non-quali¬ 
fication in succession. Formula 
One's first no-shows for a race since 
the Lola team failed to make the grid 
at the start of the 1997 season. That 
was the Lola team’s Nol driver — 
Ricardo Rosset 

In fairness, that was hardly the 
Brazilian's fault nor has his Tyrrell 


been exactly been foe most reliable 
car this year. Just how wide is foe 
gulf between the first row of foe grid 
and (he last was demonstrated at the 
German Grand Prix two weeks ago. 
where Tyrrell expected Rosset to hit 
a top speed erf 210mpb- Actually, he 
hit a tyre wall and spent the weekend 
recovering, missing foe race. In foe 
meantime, David Coulthard regis¬ 
tered Z23tnph in his McLaren, 
enough of a difference in Formula 
One to make Rosset took as though 
be was driving with the handbrake 
on. 

With five races left. Rosset is now 
in the twilight of his brief and less 
than brilliant career, due to leave Tyr¬ 
rell when it becomes British Ameri¬ 
can Racing — to be replaced, 
wouldn’t yon know, by Vflleneuve. 

Stiff, he has left his mark on For¬ 
mula One and there is always hope. 
As his engineer says of Hungary: 
"Our chances could be better than at 
some of the circuits we have visited 
recently". But then, things can only 
improve. 



retorts in 

•odious 



Rossetti winning is not an issue 


ATHLETICS 


Morceli considers final 
stride into retirement 


NOUREDDINE MORCELI. 
(he world’s leading mikr for 
seven successive years until 
fast season, may have run his 
final race. Morceli has quit for 
the remainder summer and is 
considering making his retire¬ 
ment permanent. 

In a period of dominance 
achieved rarely in any disci¬ 
pline of athletics. Morceli. 
from Algeria, set world 
records at 1.500 metres, foe 
mile, 1000 metres and 5.000 
metres, won three world tides 
and crowned n all with Olym¬ 
pic gold medals at liOO 
metres in 1996. Thar was just 
outdoors. 

Indoors he was a world 
champion and world record 
holder at 1,500 metres. Howev¬ 
er. last season, Hicham El 
Gucrrouj. from Morocco, sup¬ 
planted Morceli as world 
champion and this summer he 
has taken his 1500 metres 
world record. Meanwhile, 
Morceli has looked a sorry fig¬ 
ure. culminating in his failure 


By David POweu 

ATHLETICS CORRESPONDENT 

to finish in foe Monte Carlo 
grand prix iasr Saturday. 

To escape El Guenouj. 
Morceii could srep up to 5,000 
metres btK. with Haile Gebrse¬ 
lassie and Daniel Komen wait¬ 
ing, it hardly an easy option. 
So Moreeli. a: 25. is thinking 
of calling :t a da> "Afar all. I 
have been training really hard 
for JO years now .” he said. 

Figures released yesterday 
b* the Lntcmatianai"Amateur 
Athletic Federation tlAAfl 
show the British Grand Prix, 
staged in Sheffield wo weeks 
ago. way down foe league of 
successful meetings this sum¬ 
mer. Sheffield is’ranked fif¬ 
teenth cn the lAAF table that 
evaluates meetings. 

The British Grand Prix 
props up foe table of Grand 
Prix I meetings held in Europe 
and the Vnited States. It is no 
surprise foat foe four Golden 
Lea g u e meetings staged so far 


are ahead of Sheffield, but it is 
unilaftering that four Grand 
Prix H meetings soon more 
highly. 

With foe Golden League con¬ 
sidering expansion from six 
events to ten next season. Brit¬ 
ain cannot expect promotion. 
However. Fast Track, which 
took over the organisation and 
promotion of the British 
Grand Prix this season, will 
need to generate considerably 
more television and sponsor¬ 
ship income if Sheffield is to 
gain entry into foe Golden 
League 

Alan Pascoe. the head of 
Fast Track, which took over af¬ 
ter the British Athletic Federa¬ 
tion went bankrupt, said: It is 
not a disappointment because 
we understand there, will be no 
change next year." Pascoe 
said. "It would not be until 
2000 that we could cane in an¬ 
yway. which suited us. be¬ 
cause we knew there was a 
year of pain as far as finance is 
concerned." 


BOXING 


Tyson boxing clever by 

applying to Nevada 


WHATEVER maybe Mike Ty¬ 
son* reasons for switching his 
application for a licence from 
the New Jersey Athletic con¬ 
trol Board to the Nevada State 
Athletic Commission, it was 
certainly foe right move and a 
clever one at that. 

It was Nevada that revoked 
his licence for biting off a piece 
of B ander HoMfetd’s ear in a 
championship bout a year 
ago. so it was right and proper 
that he should go bade there to 
get himself reinstated. Shelley 
Finkel. Tyson’s manager, is 
fairly certain of the New Jer¬ 
sey licence, and so decided to 
seek Nevada’s approval first. 
Tyson has been criticised by 
the press and the public for fry¬ 
ing to bypass.the Commission 
in Las Vegas. 

finkel said yesterday that 
he felt very positive about go¬ 
ing to Las Vegas. "We can al¬ 
ways go back to New Jersey if 
it’s bad in Nevada," he said, 

John McCain, the United 
States Senator who introduced 


By Srikumar Sen 
BOXING CORRESPONDENT 

legislation to dean up boxing, 
said foal while Tyson had 
been legally within his rights 
applying to New Jersey, foe 
move had been contrary to the 
spirit of the Nevada ruling. 

Mills Lane, the Reno refe¬ 
ree, who is still being blamed 
by TVson for his problems. 



Tyson: impatient 


said: “He has to face the mu¬ 
sic. He can't dance round it” 
Dr Elias Ghamezi, the chairm- 
man of the Nevada Commis¬ 
sion, added--“Maybe he [Tys- 
onl has come back to his sens¬ 
es and decided that the best 
way to go about it is to go back 
to foe state that revoked his li¬ 
cence. We have a very fair 
Commissi on and we make de- 
cisions on the spot but he will 
have to convince the Commis¬ 
sion he is a fit person to have 
his licence back.”. 

A quick (tension would be 
welcome as Tyson wants to- 
have a contest in November or 
December against Jeremy Wil¬ 
liams, who was knocked out in. 
three rounds by Herny Akfo- 
wande. 

The inquiry by Nevada is un- 
likely to be foe diarade that 
the New Jersey one was, with 
witness after witness making 
Tyson out to be btemetess and 
it will not hdp Tyson if he los¬ 
es patience with the question 
fog as he did in New Jersey. 


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By Mjchael’Henderson 

TRENT BRIDGE (South Afri¬ 
ca won tasty.Sri Lanka'beat 
South Africa by 57 runs. 

-SOUTH Africa want to go 
home and who can blame 
them? A summer that began 
well, with victory -m. Che 
Texaco Trophy, and remained 
successful until the fourth 
Test, when a •cr ucial decision 
went against them,- - has 
petered otto The weather was 
suitably dull in Nottingham 
yesterday- as' they lost the . 
opening game in the triangu¬ 
lar tournament against the 
world - one-day champions. 
They (fid not exactly run. up 
the while flag; but, in mid- 
aftemobo. as wickets tumbled, 
it was a dose-run thing. 

Sri Lanka have not greatly 
enjoyed their month, in the 
country, consigned to the 
shadows while South Africa 
slugged but a Test’ series, but 
there wiere few signs of ring- 
rustiness. The way their open¬ 
ers set about the bowling..after 
they had been, put .in,- was 
characteristically bracing, and - 
they wasted no time in getting' 
their daws into South Africa’s 
battings later.- A game that - 
should have been competitive, 
between' the two most accom- 1 
plished learns in limited overs 
cricket, turned out id be an 
immense disappointment 

Only : when Rhodes and : 


Scoreboards _ 
Ben Hoflioake. 


Symcox were adding 100 in 16 
' overs for the sixth wfeketdid 
they look like making a decent 
fist of it But after Rhodes 
drove a catch to deep mid- 
wicket. and Symcox followed 
two overs later, the innings 
disintegrated. • 

Ranatunga, a less portly 
chap now that he has shed two 
stone, made the top score, 58, 
before he was run out at the 
fag-end of the innings. 
Jayasuriya. Kalawithararta 
and Atapattu all made decent 
contributions, to the total of 
258, as did die reliable Mr 
Extras, but they win feel they 
should have leftSouth Africa 
with a bigger hill to dimb. '••• 
Before 15 overs had been 
bowled, however, it was clear 
that they had enough. Kirsten 
went second ball-wztixnt scor¬ 
ing. Kallis followed and South 
Africa soon found themselves 
32 for four, from which there 
was to be no way back. There 
were some weary men out 
there, -wondering what they 
were doing. Apart from 
Rhodes and Symcox It was 
pretty thin gruel for the crowd 
of 7.000. • 

They couldn't have com¬ 
plained about the morning, 
r thought Jayasmiya, whether' 
he is-m<)r out of form, always 
1'inakes compulsive viewing 
f and he Was matched by Kahu 
who was not shy tohit toe ball 
r twer the top. They took79 from 




Pollock, the South Africa all-rotmder.celebrates the wicket ofWkkremasingfae, one of his three victims yesterday. Photograph: Alistair Giant 


the first ten overs without a 
care in the weald. 

South Africa might have 
saved themsd ves a lot of both 
if- Symcox had caught 
-Jayasuriya when he drove the 
first ball of the innings to extra 
cover. Pollock, tbs bowler, 
fiifis^whhthreewicketsbut 
he rbaHy wanted one then. It 
-was left to Donald, who 
should really have been 
putting hisfeet up here after 
his labours this summer, to 
get among them, as Jaya¬ 
suriya edged a catch and De 
Silva, drove to cover. 

; After that stirring start, the 
innings lost some momentum 
as Smith Africa fought bade 
gamely, and benefited from 
some poor shat selection. 

. They took the field without 
their captain. Ranatunga. who 
. was nursing a knee injury. It 
mattered not as Kirsten was 
bowled in. the first over and. 


with just right runs on the 
board, Kallis drove wastefolly 
to cover. After ten overs. South 
-Africa were 25 for'two. . 

Rindel dipped hard to 
square leg in the eleventh over 
and saw Chandana, the sub¬ 
stitute. hold a very good catch 
as he moved to bis-left. In the 
next over, Ferera yorked 
Cullinan. When Cronje was 
leg-before to Murali, South 
Africa were on the ropes at 66 
for five. 

Symcox, the off-spinner had 
been promoted to No 5. He is 
a powerful man, and a dean 
striker of the ball when the 
mood takes him foul he played 
intelligently here, though he 
had little opportunity to open 
his shoulders. His half-centu¬ 
ry came from 77 balls with 
only one boundary, though he 
didswing Murali high into the 
crowd at mid-wicket. 

At that stage South Africa 


needed 110 from 15 overs and 
so long as this pair could 
sustain their partnership they 
lived m hope that the men who 
came afterwards could see 
them through. Rhodes had 
just reached his half-century, 
from 46 balls, when he gifted a 
catch to Hathurusingha. After 
that it was all fall down. 
Symcox drove a straightfor¬ 
ward catch to kmg-on in 
Dharraasena’S next over anil, 
in the over after that, Boucher 
was runout 

EJworthy, who had earlier 
bowled five overs for 43 runs, 
completed a hapless perfor¬ 
mance when he was out 
without scoring. The South 
Africans still had ten overs to 
bat out and they used up nine 
of them before Donald was the 
last man out, bowled by 
Dharmasena. Sri Lankahad 
won eagerly, and proved a 
.point 


SCOREBOARD FROM TRENT BRIDGE 


Soutf) AAn won toss 

SRI LANKA 

S T Jayasuriya c Boucher b Donald ... 36 
08 bate4 bus) 

♦R S Kttmfthanrai c Crania b Kadi - 33 
09 bate, & Tours) 

M S te©«tu * Boucher b Symcox _ 40 
{60 bats. 1 lour) 

PAdeSBwcKtatfanbDonald — 12 

(9 bats. 2 tows} 

-A Rarotunga run Out —..58 

(VI bate, 3 tours) 

D P U jMwsrdene c Boucher b Cronje 5 

U C HtOtuowsiflha taw b Cronje-14 

(85 bads] 

GPWflctaamasInghabPoBoek_ 8 

(6 bi*s, 1 tour) 

H D P k Ohermaoana c Boucher 

bPoBock--~-9 

(bbefiB. 1 ku) 

S A Perora not ot£-•__ 0 

Gbafc) 

M MuraSharar c Ehrorthy b PoOock — 4 
Q bate 1 Iolt] 

Baras fo 4. lb 12. w 16. nb 7) _ — . 38 

Total <47.5 (Mrs, ZOSrnin)- 258 

FALL OF WICKETS' l-85(Jflyaeurtyo33J.2- 
8B (Atspaou 0), 3-102 (Wapaffij 
0). 4-102 (RwoJunp 27). &T82 (Ranasnga 
31). 8-224 {RansMtta 48i. 7-235 
(Ranatunga 51). 8-252 (Ranakrrga 57). 9- 
254 (Peres 0). 

BOUflJNG: Mock 8S0-54-3: EJworoiy 50- 
430; Donald B-0-40-2: Kate 7-0-23-1: Andel 
2 -O-iaOSymcos 9-1-42-1. Crane frO-29.2. 


Walsh retorts in Caddick offers an McLean makes 
venomous style England reminder swift progress 


By Jack Baxley 


By Pat Gibson 



^ 'BRISTOL (first day of four. 
Kent won toss): Kent with 
three Juxt-inmngs wickets-in 
hand, are 48 nuts behind 
Gloucestershire. 

■THE umpires must notify the 
England and Wales Cricket 
Board when 15 or more wick¬ 
ets fall on toe first day at a 
championship match, but 
Harry Brind, its pitches 
inspector, should not have to 
jostle with the weekend trip¬ 
pers on their way to the West 
Cbunrry. The clatter of 17 
wickets at the County Ground, 
had more to do with- poor 
batsmanship than the quality 
of groundsrnanship. 

Gloucestershire. 62 points 
behind Surrey, the leaders, 
but with two games in h and, 

■ still nurse hopes of their first 
championship since ; W. G. 
Grace was in his prime. They 
have picked tip fewer batting 
points than any other county, 
however, and their problem 

. was plain to see as they 
collapsed to 142 ail o ut- 

Kent who have crept sur¬ 
reptitiously into fifth place, 

-• level on pants with Glouces¬ 
tershire but from a game 
more. have, not done much 

1 better with the bat and they 
fared even worse this time, 
subsiding to 55 fax seven 

= beforea pliant stand between 
Marsh and Phillips in fading 

lighttook them to 94 for seven. 

■ It was fairly predictable that 
Courtney Walsh and company 
would match anything the 
Kent attack coukl do, but that 
should not detract from toe¬ 
way McCague and Thompson, 
bowled fo conditions that 
again proved how inept, most 
county batsmen are, when 
toereis something in thepitdL 

This one baa pace ana 


bounce but George Sharp and 
.John Steele, toe umpires, 
confirmed that it was not 
. responsible for the mayhem. 
“It was quick," they said, "but 
it has been consistent and tile 
ball has not seamed or swung 
'--unduly.?-' 

. The pattern was set in the 
first four overs when Han¬ 
cock, driving ambitiously, and 
Tfewson. pushing apprehen¬ 
sively. were both caught low 
down at second slip , by 
Hooper off Thompson, play- 
ing in only his second champ¬ 
ionship match of* the. season* 
because of Headley’s England 
call-up. 

It would have been worse if 
Hooper.had not pot down 
another, easier, chance from 
Alleyne. then on right, off 
McCague. looking like the 
England bowler heused to be. 

As it was. Afleyne, surviving 
two more difficult; chances. 
manag ed to eke out 55 in three 
hours white ltik side perished ‘ 
around him, only, Dawson 
having a hard-luck story after 
. Rilton, at short fe&- had 
instinctively parried his firm 
shcA flicked toe ball up with 
* his boot as it dropped in front 
of him arid completed the 
catch. . 

Then it was Kent’s torn to 

■ struggle: Ed Smith soon fell to 
Mike Smith’s - inswing. and 

. Walsh bowled the out-of-form 

■ Ward second ball and had 

FUtcm caught at second slip. 

Hooper was'just beginning 
to make baiting look' easy 
_ when Alfeyne put himself on 
and held a retumcaldi second 
; baB. Two balls later, Chris 
Walsh, making his debat. was 
caught at slip; Then a dflalory 
-Fleming was rim iout by 
Courtney Walshs torow from 
all of 90 yards. 


TAUNTON (first day.offour; 
Northamptonshire won 
tossf Somerset with four 
first-innings wickets, in 
hand, are 52 runs behind 
Northamptonshire 

■ THERE was life and bounce 
in the pitch at Taunton. 
Northamptonshire, where 
the pitches are usualfy docile; 
were taken by surprise. They 
woo toe toss, looked expec¬ 
tantly for a sizeable score but 
found themselves fending off 
a rampant Andrew Caddick 
and no less effective Graham 
Rose, not without some dan¬ 
ger to life and limh. 

In the rimnnstances, they 
did pretty well to tom 33 for 
the loss of their first four 
wickets Into 187 all out The 
way that Caddick. of Somer¬ 
set and stilL possibly. Eng¬ 
land, was bowling, they 
could have been all out for 
less than three figures. Only 
bold counter-attacking by 
Kevin Curran and David 
Sales and a fierce wag or two 
from toe tail kept them 
afloat 

Northamptonshire could 
also be reasonably satisfied 
with toe inroads they made 
into the Somerset batting on 
a pitch dial was still offering 
considerable hdp to toe 
seamen, of which North-' 
amptonshire have a formida¬ 
ble array, not to mention the 
accurate offspin of Jason 
Brown. You can never tell for 
sure, but the odds against 
much bappening bere on tire 

. fourth day are long indeed. 

Caddick and' -Rose, his 
fong-time stablemalc, took 
five wickets apiece during a 
Northamptonshire ininning 
that was all over by 3L45pm. 
The first sign that batting 


would be a hazardous busi- 
- ness came early when Rob 
Bailey received a snorter 
during Cad dick's second 
over. It lifted from just short 
of a length and Parsons took 
the first of several catches 
held by Somerset in the weD- 
populated slip region. 

The second loud appeal 
from successive balls foimd 
Montgomerie leg-before to 
Rose’s swing. The prodigious 
Mai Loye — averaging 93 in 
toe championship before this 
match — went to a fine, 
swopping catch by Trescoth- 
ick and when Kennis. at 
short extra cover, held the 
ball aloft after Pemberthy's 
skimming tow drive, four 
wickets had gone for 33. 

Curran, who took 14 off 
Prirson’s last over before 
lunch, chanced his arm and, 
with Sales, added 68. It was 
all rather desperate stuff, 
however, and although Tay¬ 
lor and toe Northampton¬ 
shire Rose added valuable 
runs before toe innings was 
wrapped up, much swinging 
and missing was involved. 

The Somerset batsmen 
faired little better. Tres- 
cotolck looked in command 
for a while, but, after he had 
attempted an unwise pull far 
too early and was caught at 
point, their descent from 52 
for one was rapid. Brown 
found the pitch responsive to 
* his finger-spin, while Curran 
rotated his seam bowlers to 
great effect 

. Had it not been for 
Bowler’s watchful and deter¬ 
mined batting, which saw 
him reach toe only half- 
century of the game thus far, 
Somerset might not even 
have been contesting the lead 
oil the first innings.. 


By John Thicknesse 


PORTSMOUTH (first day of 
four: Hampshire won toss): 
Hampshire, with seven first- 
innings wickets standing, are 
50 runs ahead of Essex. 

HAMPSHIRE had the good 
fortune to meet an Essex side 
short of four of their best five 
batsmen, then win the toss on 
a grassy pitch to set Nixon 
McLean loose on the parched- 
up outfit that remained. When 
the West Indies Test bowler 
look five for 37. it was little 
wonder there was only one 
side in it by toe dose. 

The pitch might not have 
changed much by toe time 
Hampshire started batting 70 
minutes after lunch. It still 
had bounce and pace. What 
had changed, however, was 
the personnel: Essex had no¬ 
body who could bowl as 
quickly as McLean, or on the 
day anyone who batted as 
fluently as Giles White or 
Robin Smith. - 

White was a revelation. In 
the entire Essex innings, there 
were only two attacking 
strokes of brilliance. Irani, 
their sole remaining top-five 
batsman, was responsible for 
one, a wonderful short-arm 
hook for six off a ball from 
Stephenson most batsmen 
would have been deflecting for 
a single. 

The other was a punched 
straight four by Napier, 18. 
which thanks to a Hartley 
yorker. disappointingly repre¬ 
sented four-sevenths of his 
score. 

Nothing could have up¬ 
staged Irani’s six. But when 
White drilled the first ball of 
the innings through the cov¬ 
ers, and followed with a 
straight drive and a skimmer 
off his legs in IJotTs new two 


overs, Essex would have 
feared there was no way bade 
for them. Smith turned theft- 
fears to certainty. Arriving a 
few minutes before tea, after a 
second-wicket stand of 53 by 
White and Kendall, he an¬ 
nounced himself with one of 
his lethal, crouching square- 
cut fours and reached 50 off 57 
balls with right fours. 

Essex might have been out 
for many fewer than their 141 
had McLean and Hartley 
marie best use of conditions in 
toe morning, when toe pitch 
was the same colour as toe 
infield. But McLean, seeming¬ 
ly over-excited by toe bounce, 
bowled consistently too short, 
while initially Hartley too 
seldom made the batsmen 
play, certainly for a long- 
serving medium pacer. 

To keep a toehold on toe 
game, though, Essex needed 
either Irani or Grayson to take 
tool But Irani gave two 
chances before lobbing 
McLean to a motionless long 
leg, while Hartley out-thought 
Grayson, pushed him back 
and had him leg before. 

They were off to a bad start 
when in the third over Robin¬ 
son, their third most experi¬ 
enced batsman in the absence 
of Hussain, Stuart, Law and 
Peters, fended McLean to 
third slip off a ball he had no 
need to play. 

When Hodgson, a left¬ 
hander. was beaten by a ball 
slanted across him by 
McLean, Hibbert edged Mor¬ 
ris to the wicket-keeper past 
onei of the best balls of the 
innings, and Grayson and 
Napier were trapped by 
Hartley, they were 104 for five 
at lunch, and lost their last five 
wickets in 124 overs in the 
afternoon. 


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on a dull his way to 
Derby day half-century 

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is swiftly 
forgotten 
on a dull 
Derby day 

By Barney Spender 

DERBY (first day of four: 
Worcestershire won toss): Der¬ 
byshire were all out for260 in 
their first innings 

LYING three places off the 
bottom of toe county champ¬ 
ionship there has been little to 
cheer about ai the Racecourse 
Ground this season, but on a 
dull and grey day. which saw 
toe play abbreviated at either 
end by rain, there was an 
unfamiliar buzz as toe mem¬ 
bers queued eagerly outside 
the club offices to buy their 
tickets for the NatWest final. 

Unfortunately, the mood of 
levity that followed their 
hectic win over Leicestershire 
on Wednesday extended to the 
Derbyshire batsmen who. 
having been put in to bat by 
Tom Moody, the Worcester¬ 
shire captain, failed to make 
toe most of a threadbare 
at t ack and what appears to be 
a pretty decent pitch. 

They were undone in part 
by their own impetuosity—six 
wickets fell to poor shots — 
and in part by the bowling of 
Stuart LampitL who bowled a 
tight line to collect five for 33 
with his honest if somewhat 
unspectacular, medium pace. 
It was his best performance of 
the season and was just one 
run shy of his career best he 
took five for 32 against Kent 
nine years ago. 

Two of Lampftrs victims, 
Michael May and Robin Wes¬ 
ton, were surprised by balls 
that jagged bade into them 
and Jan Blackwell got the best 
ball of the day. a lifting ball 
that left him. to fall first kail. 
Kim Barnett and Matthew 
Cassar. however, went on the 
chase and perished to rank 
bad shots. 

At least Weston gave further 
cause for pleasure in the 
Derbyshire ranks with a me¬ 
ticulous 84. his third 50 in foifr 
championship games and a 
mature one at that It is 
strange to think that Durham, 
who released him last year, 
felt they could Jive without 
him. 

He had a fruitless trial with 
Worcestershire earlier in the 
summer, which may have 
added to his determination 
and pleasure. He struck 12 
fours and appeared to take a 
special delight in lashing his 
elder brother Philip's dubious 
looking left-arm seam to the 
boundary. 

Michael Slater briefly 
looked the part with three 
boundaries off Bobby Chap¬ 
man’s first over but departed 
when he edged a catch to Steve 
Rhodes. Slater clearly did not 
approve of die final decision 
and. after a lengthy delay at 
toe crease, finally departed 
with much head-shaking and 
an accusatory finger pointing 
at the Worcestershire 
wicketkeeper. 


CHESTER-LE-STREET (first 
day of four; Durham won 
toss): Durham have scored 
269 for four wickets against 
Glamorgan. 

THE suggestion of increasing 
turn persuaded Durham, ana 
especially Nick Speak, to 
adopt an attritionai approach 
against an inexperienced Gla¬ 
morgan attack on a slow 
pitch. Whether the end justi¬ 
fies the means may depend on 
an unpromising weather fore¬ 
cast. but Speak looked initial¬ 
ly content simply to find some 
form. 

Boon also batted at his 
leisure in making 86 not out to 
approach his third champion¬ 
ship hundred of the season, 
hitting ten fours from 223 
balls in toe process. 

Speak, with a meagre 
average of 26 before this 
game, edged his way to 59 off 
172 balls in four hours. His 
lade of adventure was under¬ 
lined by his failure to hit a 
boundary in a spell of almost 
two hours late in his innings. 

When slashing a catch to 
third man. Speak duplicated 
the careless dismissal of Mor¬ 
ris. who had shared Dur¬ 
ham's best first-wicket stand 
in the championship this sea¬ 
son of 76 with Lewis. Durham 
had averaged only 17 runs in 
23 previous opening 
partnerships. 

Without Croft and the in¬ 
jured Watkin and Waqar 
Younis. Glamorgan relied on 
Dale: a purveyor of away 
swing with assistance from a 
cross-field wind, and Cosker. 
whose 27 overs of left-arm 
spin cost only 31 runs: 

Simon Jones, 19, son of Jeff, 
toe Glamorgan and England 
fast bowler of the 1960s, 
showed potential on his 
championship debut and took 
the catch to dismiss Speak 
and end a fourth-wicket stand 
with Boon of 128 in 49 overs. 

Thomas dismissed Morris 
and then Lewis, caught low at 
first slip, to read] 52 first-cJass 
wickets this season, but Gla¬ 
morgan’s day was one of toil. 
Speak made it so, having 
scored only 38 runs in Boy- 
cott-esque style between lunch 
and tea. without offering the 
semblance of a chance. 

Daley, pushing forward, 
edged an oufrswinger from 
Dale to Darwood. He had 
played several authentic 
strokes through the covers 
but typically, failed to buOd 
on a sound start. Even Boon 
was fallible Chopping Thom¬ 
as past his stumps and play¬ 
ing an occasional false stroke 
between his favourite cuts. 
Glamorgan can expect Dur¬ 
ham to bat on today with toe 
intention of building a formi¬ 
dable total while increasing 
the spin-friendly wear on toe 
pitch. 


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Lancashire 
make hay 
at expense 
of tradition 


By Richard Hobson 


HEADING LEY (Lancashire 
won toss: first day of fourI: 
Lancashire have scored 455 
for eight wickets against 
Yorkshire 

IF THE graveyards of York¬ 
shire and Lancashire were 
noisier than usual last night, it 
was probably the rattle of 
bygone cricketers turning. 
Never before can the bowling 
have been as charitable, or the 
batting as cavalier, on the first 
day of a Roses contest 

The cricket at Headingley 
yesterday will have provoked 
incredulity on each side of the 
Pfermines and, for Yorkshire, 
the remote possibility of catch¬ 
ing Surrey, the championship 
leaders, was surely lost in the 
first mad session, when they 
conceded 190 runs in 34 overs. 

Lancashire, having conspic¬ 
uously ignored the tradition or 
“no fours before lunch" in this 


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Crawley: record 

supposedly most attritional of 
county matches, continued to 
punish anything loose there¬ 
after. Nobody drank deeper 
than John Crawly, whose 180 
beat Ernest Tyldesleys record 
of 178 as the highest individual 
score for l^ncashire here in 
the championship. 

Crawley batted for 327 min¬ 
utes and faced 293 bails, 
hitting 24 fours and a six. It 
says much for the pace at 
which Lancashire began after 
winning the loss that his most 
profitable shot was sliced over 
third man as early as the 
seventh over. 

Hutchison plugged away, 
but Hoggard did not recover 
after conceding 4S in his first 
spell of four overs. Stemp had 
no excuse and Middlcbrook, a 
young off spinner, maintained 
a far tighter line and length. 
Ominously, given that Lanca¬ 
shire. too. have included two 


spinners, the bail he produced 
to bowl Wasim Akram turned 
appreciably. 

Crawley’s fifth hundred of 
the season, and fourth in the 
last five innings, will have 
reminded the selectors or his 
ability, though not necessarily 
persuaded them that he war¬ 
rants a recall to the England 
ranks for the one-off Test 
match against Sri Lanka. He 
was dropped at second slip by 
Byas on 55 before he displayed 
the most elegant strokes be¬ 
tween square leg and mid-on. 

Poorly as Yorkshire bowled, 
there was also a large degree 
of culpability about Lanca¬ 
shire’s batting. Wood steered 
Hutchison to slip in the fourth 
over and Fairbrother. adding 
88 in (4 overs with Crawley, 
was caught behind slabbing at 
a wide bail from McGrath. 
Flintoff then gave a catch to 
Vaughan at square leg as he 
failed to get over an attempted 
pull against Hoggard. 

There was madness in the 
method at times, but method 
behind the madness too. Al¬ 
though the predicted rain has 
stayed away so far, it seems 
likely that time will be lost to 
the weather at some stage, and 
Lancashire, having climbed 
above Leicestershire by virtue 
of their four batting points, are 
desperate for a positive out¬ 
come here to bite into Surrey’s 
lead. 

Lloyd does not need a rea¬ 
son to play aggressively. He 
soon drove Stemp back over 
his head and reached 50 in just 
48 minutes. His dismissal 
replicated that of Flintoff, with 
Hutchison the bowler this 
time, but the support offered to 
Crawley by Hegg proved 
equally reliable. Hegg ap¬ 
peared distinctly agitated 
when he was adjudged leg- 
before against McGrath. 

Crawley had reached the 
stage of near-dominance after 
tea. Other than a tendency to 
mistime his sweeps against 
the spinners no shot seemed 
out of his range. It was 
surprising that he should offer 
a thin, leading edge to Blakey 
attempting to force the perse¬ 
vering Hutchison through 
mid-wicket, against the 
bowler’s natural slant. 

Austin and Yates extended 
the total beyond 400 m the 
most becalmed period of the 
day. The only consolation for 
Yorkshire is that Wasim has 
suffered a recurrence of his toe 
injury and may not bowl. 



Adams, the Sussex captain, pulls another boundary on his way to an imperious innings of 170 at Hove yesterday 

Adams puts Sussex in overdrive 


HOVE (Sussex won tossk Sus¬ 
sex have scored 371 for seven 
wickets against Middlesex. 

GIVEN a firm pitch and, in 
opposition, a medium-paced 
county attack lacking in vari¬ 
ety as much as in experience. 
Chris Adams will as often as 
not bat with a great seme of 
purpose His innings of 170 
against Middlesex yesterday, 
authoritative throughout, en¬ 
abled Sussex to reach a total 
of 371 for seven before an 
excellent holiday crowd. It 
was his fourth century of the 
season and his highest score 
since his arrival on the South 
Coast 

Other than when Tufnell 
and Week*® were bowling 
together straight after lunch. 
Middlesex looked as out of 
sorts as their standing in the 
Britannic Assurance county 
championship table would 
suggest Two of their side 
chose to wear their flimsy and 


By Ivo Tennant 


unappealing Sunday League 
caps, some of their ground 
fielding was slipshod, and 
Tu&iell kicked a stump out of 
the ground in frustration after 
the ball went for four over¬ 
throws off his own bowling. 

They did have some success 
after lea. when Raa who 
contributed a pleasing half 
century, was run out respond¬ 
ing to his captain’s call for a 
quick single. Then Wasim 
Khan, resuming his innings 
after retiring hurt with a sore 
knee, was leg before to 
Hewitt, as was Martin-Jen- 
kins. From 306 for three, 
Sussex would have struggled 
to assert themselves but for 
Adams batting with ever in¬ 
creasing dominance: 

One shot in the last session, 
just after he had reached 150 
from 210 balls with 24 fours, 
emphasised this. Ram- 
prakash had two fielders on 


the boundary for Hewitt, one 
at a squarish long leg and the 
other backward of square, yet 
Adams still dissected them. 
He always looked to take on 
the bowlers, not least in his 
cover driving. When he and 
Bevan were adding 96 in 16 
overs, batting looked a simple 
affair indeed. 

This after a relatively indif¬ 
ferent start upon winning the 
toss. Newell, who has man¬ 
aged just 25 runs in six 
inning, was taken at second 
slip off Bloomfield, his defen¬ 
sive shot that of a man who 
has no self confidence re¬ 
maining. Teirce was leg be¬ 
fore not fully forward, and 
what with Wasim retiring 
early In the day. Sussex 
looked to their captain to 
come up with an innings of 
some magnitude. 

The dub responded to criti¬ 
cism of the square — at any 


rate in local terms — by 
leaving more grass on the 
pitch, but this made scant 
difference. "You are unlikely 
to see lots of wickets falling 
unless you scatter it with hay." 
was file estimation of Jason 
Lewiy. The ball came on to 
the bat and left it with marked 
regularity when Adams was 
in. When be was eventually 
out. caught at the widest 
aiming yet another expansive 
cover drive, he was four runs 
short of 1,000 for the season. 

Adams faced 225 balls and 
struck 27 fours. Sussex chose 
well when they appointed 
such a positive cricketer to 
captain them. Next season 
they will be without Neil 
Taylor, their former Kent 
batsman, who is retiring after 
a first-class career that has 
lasted for 20 seasons. He will 
be able to boast that he scored 
more centuries at Canterbury 
than Colin Cowdrey or Frank 
Woolley. 


Shah's class 
fails to 
bring the 
best from 
England 

By John Stern 

WORCESTER (first day of 
four; Pakistan Under-19 won 
toss): Pakistan Under-19. with 
all first-innings wickets in 
hand, are 255. runs behind 
England Under-19 

IN MAKING a superb 96 
yesterday. Owais Shah, the- 
England Under-19 captain, 
showed himself to be in a class 
above his colleagues in the 
first NatWest Under-19 Test 
arid continued his welcome 
return to form. 

Having been dropped for 
one match by Middlesex after 
a second pair of the season, 
Shah, 19. has responded by 
making MOagainst Yorkshire, 
52 in both innings against 
Warwickshire, a fifty in the 
third Under-19 one-day inter¬ 
national and then this delight¬ 
ful innings, which contained 
16 fours mid one six. 

However, his dismissal four 
runs short of his hundred 
started a sequence of three 
wickets in 12 balls as England 
frustrafingly threw away the 
iniative that Shah and Mich¬ 
ael Gough, the dogged Dur¬ 
ham opener, had established. 

Shah bad hit Shoaib Malik, 
the off spinner, for a straight 
. six and four to move into the 
nineties, but off thefirst bail of 
the nexi over he tried to swat a 
big bouncer over square leg. 
With his bat almost vertical- 
he succeeded only in edging 
the ball to the wicketkeeper. 

Five balls later Swann was 
out leg-before to an Irfan FazD 
yorker and Peters was caught 
as he. pushed forward in the 
next over. England, who were 
so prone to these lapses in self- 
disdpline on their winter tour 
of South Africa, had slipped 
from 200 for three to 208 for 
Six. 

The decision of Bazid Khan 
to put England in raised 
eyebrows because although 
there was movement with the 
new ball, neither the colour 
nor the behaviour of the pitch 
appeared to justify an inser¬ 
tion. England would have 
probably chosen to bat first. 
However, Irfan's final spell, 
which yielded four wickets for 
six runs in 2 ? balls to finish 
.England off for only 260. said 
otherwise. . _ 

His use of the inswingmg 
yorker, with which he snared 
three of his six victims, was 
exemplary. Both Irfan, 17, a 
bustling right-armer, and 
Zahid Saeed, the left-armer, 
were extremely brisk* swing¬ 
ing the bail and troubling 
most batsmen with their pace. 

There was time for only one 
over of the Pakistan innings 
before rain brought a preraa- 1 
tureendtotheday.lt was time , 
enough, though, for Laraman i 
to drop Inam-ul-Haq off i 
Grove before be had scored. 


Rain takes 
Ashes 
series into 
final 

showdown 

by Sarah Potter 

HARROGATE (final day of 
four); England drew with 
Australia 

OWNERSHIP of the Ashes 
will now depend on the final 
Test at Worcester next week. 
One Tost session to raini—ar a 
crucial stage on the penulti¬ 
mate day — was enough to 
condemn this match to a 
draw. Australia, who had 
made all the running for three 
days, considered the pitch too 
fiat to offer a morning declara¬ 
tion and batted until mid- 
afternoon for their 283 lead. 

Two Tests have yielded 
more than two thousand runs 
for the loss of only 33 wickets 
— an average of 65 runs per 
wicket. This is roughly twice 
the usual expectation and does 
not make for the most enter¬ 
taining cricket Plainly, either 
pitches such as Guildford or 
Harrogate are too fiat for 
these women’s matches or the 
Tests should be' stretched to 
five days. 

Australia have the most 
penetrative attack in the 
world. Had they not lost the 
services of Charmaine Mason, 
to a groin injury, it is possible 
they would have been more 
adventurous; ' Especially as 
England were unable to field 
their most influential batsman 
of the series. Jan Brittin. 

Brittin has been batting 
with the-finger she broke 
during the one day series 
swathed in bubble-wrap but. 
early yesterday, a visit to the 
local hospital confirmed an 
infection. A course of anti¬ 
biotics should ensure her 
availability at Worcester. 

Yestprdays play was not 
without incident. Lisa 
Keightley missed out on a 
century for Australia, lobbing 
a simple catch to Karen Smith¬ 
ies at square leg. Karen Rolton 
showed exceptional timing to 
finish unbeaten on 65. while in 
the field for England, captain 
Smithies led a spirited display 
with two wickets. 

At the crease, Charlotte 
Edwards was unbeaten on 42 
when the -game came to its 
end, 15-overs into England's 
second innings. In the two 
Tots to date, the home side’s 
openers have registered 592 
runs. Brittin was duly named 
as England's player of the 
match. Cathiyn Fitzpatrick 
took tile Australian award. 

It was umpires. Ann Rob¬ 
erts and Alan Heath, however.- 
who caused Harrogate heads 
to shake. On at least two 
occasions, the players should 
not have remained on the 
pitch. It undermined thematch 
and. as the drizzle turned to 
driving ram, they were so slow 
to respond that the wicket 
became too wet Abandon¬ 
ment was confirmed at 5pm. 


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f aj.:. o= «r:<£TS i-a 2-4.3-48.4 78 5- 
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FALL OF trryz TS *•!€■ 2 1-3G 4-40 

5-40 6-tt. 7-55 

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25-1 Miw 4-2 7.2 Imw 4-3-1 

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WPTSW3U7M i.v -/ n, ;■• •: jr - w -v 
nerr lass. HumA-v M."t arv. 

mw 56 m jr-r SO r V“. jhr vi 

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A /E HSC&l c A,r-u- £• MIW-: 1 7 

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P M Stf-Ji I'J* 2 

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Tob) (45.4 own) - .. 14? 

FALL OF iVC?ET3 '-T 2-?> ^ 4-dE 4- 
59.6-1:3. 7-1T7 s r- V» 

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T J7-1 Jj-w.-j 54>-l?-6 

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G Vi Vilm S»r 3 L* A 5f 

j P Sb-phwxr ■: □ ftir.trns . 2 

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Northamptonshire 

TAutnon :fcsl -ia, Of tax fi7ff.tr r'rr- 

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R J Etafly c P&rs&ns D I 

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*?»i tsr*. 1 Untie/ifi’ h&,v reonxl JfS frr 
atfs 

LANCASHIFE: 

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HuJSfWxn 20-J-7S-3. Hawepn 10-4-7J-0. 
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Second Womens 
Test Match 

England v Australia 

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AUSTRALIA. =.-? "r - X-c .K 

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England Under 19 v 
Pakistan Under 19 


TV 7.e’-ico r =-u 
J 0 Gcr.-«? £ » s j-.-p 4 


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_ ATHLETICS _ 

ZURICH- 1AAF Grand Prtx meaflnq. 
Wmnas. Men: 100m- S Ogwcyj 
ro' 995s« 400m: 1, M J o r ji sai (CSi 
43 W Ekltartr 4 m Richjns-ur (GE: is «1 
5. i TScmec 44 54 SOOrn. J hnuta (Xer-i 
ImKi 42B7WC 1,500m: H EJ-3uewwj; 
fMOf) 136 45 SriWh- 7. A JVHi6wnan 
3 X 69 Saocnr i. H OcSirwusm sef; 
12 5J cs non hunflas * Jctwcn iuSi 
1L33wc Bnw»r * Jan^r t&l no: in* 
400m hunfleur. 9 njsi 47 73 

3.000m aRKfUscftas* S aurnuAi iKor.: 
fi-iin 12tax. DISOKL L iGtn, 

67 30m. «cn lump: 3 Ktyugn IRlsw 
2J6m Bntts/* $ D Gram 2?2i 7rtfie 
jump: J Ec«ito iGB- 17 72m Pete waut 
U Tjtjkil Ift/csi 5 06m bsais: L 
(Gcrl 67»jr-i Women: 100m IS Jans, 
iusj io r?w€ 40On G Sn» iGer) 
49 51 000m: M WdT-sta iMoa inn 
5£li-*c liMOm: S -Russ: 

3 59 60 lOtJm nurdJes: M Fioo-jt yarn 
1C52VK 400m hurttes- \ Baren ^js: 
5234 Long turap. M JCTCi, (USi 7 jT-i 
J avefai. T Hai«LD iTto: 69 59m 


AUSTRALIAN RULES 


AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE /fcnr* *4s»jume 
219 1151) FfOrtantk? 7 5 '47) 


BADMINTON 


SINGAPORE: Open c ftanwishp a Snv 
gtes TTorC round- Men: P G ChrsT'^vsisn 
•.£*.111 y H Arty ilTX)i 13-15. 15-&. 15-SJ. 
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U VVM jtojJjjnw U-7. i:-3 

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'S-is. 153,15'i Women. CMemr. fiJcni 
b! Cndara flnj/11-3 11-3. S SuMtfi 
te J?Lng J3n’>*-li 1 «-5.11 5, YZhw,^n« 
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BASEBALL 


AMERICAN LEAGUE Berdan 8 PAroe>£3 
7 LWiFVrt' ?Cevotsir1 J (!Grnr>. Tsicrio 
4 AnNHim 3, nfcw Ton* Yont.i«w 2 lom 0 
harsas-CJi? 6 Tampa Boy 4 iIGncsl 
NATIONAL LEAGUE VH3 5 Sap Or.-y: 
0 . PitHOunpi 9 Cmenrjii 6 MvfiXn 6 
Utenkn* J. La A»wrt» 5 FfcrdJ • 


(5cume Tomu Zl-M. B NoOto Ealon 
lewnl tt 0 Counsel (Bottom 21-7. C 
Comvocn Bush Hfl Parts) bi J Watson 
IS'aSnrea! 21-9 J BracCev fLangloKTi ks G 
Cirnmoa. i , Stons SUBonfl il-16. A 
iVjaCham Perm k a pbotti 

iCLraiW) 2MC. P HjK (BteUhmgtey) W J 
Lsc iSi tAetrei 31 -0. N ETner iCa-rJ/n) K 
J iFtovtogm ?l-6 M Dve* 

ICJeveJjn Ptam. tn R Ksmetly fUaitfen 
EPegrv 2f-t?- M Fnm IBienhsmi bJ K 
Gas- rs i&ccslcri Jl-IS: V* Arxfefson 
(Rjesxsne CWfRV! H M Crowe 
i5.cmogfc*ci 21-6 G Bush (New MUir: 
Fo*U: ot D Bcirrcn 'S-Kjportl 2M9 ft 
PjrV» .C-man Con«ai*! 61 R Large (Rvcte 
JAmnai Jl-13. A Tr^n IS Frarasl bi C 
OfHf, '3 Sttp/Mirt 27-14. S Pjrtier fSdWrt 
L; A a .JZ<f tftirriieshami 21-6 K Hawes 


Town, C’ E BrowwcJ (NortMowni 21-9. V 
LKsfrp'aw fftinaK* and Etcm a p 
S- c*\- (P.hot. Fee; 01-13 A Green 
i rcj&rapii K O Sm-h 'Newrtami 21-10. A 
Jjcct»s:3e*l K J (Weswm PafK 

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S<Utes*a;> « J EUSwan ^amwdl 2i-9. J 
tiewror -S t: D Horen iGreal 
SfiC^etC! 21-10 Triples: Mcond round: 
Sidixi. ;S Fbge) U .’ivo-e itj Madden: 
24-16. JAtx4-**is Crnwnch :A Haihiavi bt 
Ejrcrv^e-C' w 3 VSiams: 17-11 Si Neou 
ffJCrscrtei a ZlStezfreniC KyellO-iE 
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5o^nc: IP Cwi 17.10. Lmrr^wi y 
Ccm>6fSan*tswl:AS&d 1 ?r;S0-Jl iVesr 
ELiOT«eii iP K.twacn: L? Hcnicw Part (J 
£.—dto' 21-15 COKftctf'X iB Brcnun; « 
'.'ifc-'j Ro^. 1 U &0QUnd; 7T>T5 Gated (P 
•ft.'^crtsi a Aiastsir,- :3 *hnii 2’-” 
ft r^J.v iM Hciden a Btaeft Pirt. 
vVsSrg X ffnc+ii 1518 Ean SWton 
KtoctS! (A PMC«! pi Lwtostc. 1 RaiMav 
‘C DartcW :a-iji Mart* (L Thcrwoti ts 
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vjf* ,t*J CXstrrt iG Amr) a ramiad id 
Oc-jj; JM£L Tcv <’ <E BrasoCi W Wclon 
fC Hjneyr Td->3 FWUiCJ? <W Djt/; fa! 
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iJ 3flW! K Own {3 Hojrtfi »7 7Z 
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H*nes;. 2.1-3. 


CRICKET 


SECOND a CHAMPIONSHIP. TWnJ day 
at four ttotti Ptroa. Hamertw mo 
Reddings GC Vixw&sW 477-> iDL 
u ptii ijp, M AShe4M27noiouL I Frat 
731 and 170 kit 3 iWA W-jgR 108 na ui\ 
Gic*ei3E»5hic 337-C (P i L3zBi*ury 134. 
AJ '.Y*yc 32. G< McMfljn 8V MJ 
Cjndr*r55f 7«K6nglon:»orJii.-jp4lM 
:LC INoekes 122.1D Fares 5a. 5M Guy 
52rtf TJL KtfiMxtouWi 4-103} LW- 
:■» -,A J SttjuES 35 L C Vtoehx 4 - 
36i iC’Wnq on 45-2 Bant Qreoa 
.VarwsretttLre 2ss jw 31-0 Ncflingham- 
TwS»«tPRPoi[*3l« GFAn*w87. 
NAG-P60 G E W-Jlcn r A. .1E ffejdiai 48 
rsfots Sk (4«7rta^j5-30/ fltwMatosfc® 
Znri nrv gs 31-0 


CYCLING 



Hamt*j»gar(Oen)at4(seir3 R Sorensen 
;Oer^ 43 sac- 4. P BeMn (W 46 sac. 5. C 
McRae 1US) 50 sac. 8 M Kytwb pari 
same lime. 7. A Pete (Latvia) 51 sec: 8. M 
BlAKbun B3onj 54 sec 9, P Monert (Darri 
10. M Hwana )Slow*taj both same droa 

EQUESTRIANISM ~~ 

BRITISH OPEN HORSE TRIALS CHAMPI¬ 
ONSHIPS (GATCOMBE PARK): tnterme- 
«S»l» ChampKjnsWps (Drassage results 
so tar): 1. Lord KUnghini 10 Moor^ 26 
PtfW&cs 2, ’Jofoe duRoc [M Fuse. Jarani 
28 pens. 3. Zambezi Sprt (E Watsom 29 
pens. Advanced 1 (Dressage): 1. Squefch 
IB Daw&ori US) 23 pens. 2. State 
thpfama (K Grfkmfl 24 pens 3, Wetexi 
Romance CL Thwnwon. Ire) 26 pens. 

FOOTBALL : 

EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP: Quafi- 
lymg round: Ftst teg: Bangor Gty 0 PC 
Hafo2^ Cert ? CSKA >tev 1 FCLantanaO 
Hearts 1 . (Samoan 0 Maccsb 
Ha4a i 

AVON HriSlWANCE COMBINATION: Hist 
rSwtskxi: Luton 4 Brighton 1 

PONRN S LEAGUE: Pronto: 
Bonngfwn 0 Noam Forest Q. F*st 
rtwstercOaham 2 Manchester cay 1. Pore 
VavOTOJsl Brorrweh 1. VUolrertiarnCBjn 1 
sneiiieawcaa 


BQDYKE, East Clare CC: Vtaatol intend 
sartors championship: Erst Round 
ScoresiiaEr and Ire urtesa rtatedt: 675 T 

GaaiAwi j M»a« aa c Etsm t us». e 
Bfte* rust D Jones J Dolan m rUS). Q 
PaslwiAB]^Brtsdwt* (Car!. J R De&ch 
(US) 7ft M Saer. L rtOTns: N CoteS. A 
BrooAs B Sotty. □ rta* P Leomd J 
Rhodea. □ Creamer W; I Fbchanhoo 8 
V®wcy JSAi. G Egan. Dr A Spring 72; G 
Gw. K Stewr^pn-H toms tSA|. N Wool 

ABareSQ (US>. D DoLse) 1 C®: D CTStJl&en- 
Jitodson.BLcjxsrontUS). TiJCamar.P 
TownsenJ. N ftatoHEo fAus). T Hortoa C 
OComor C M&DVtiM (Can). T Hatpin: J 
Bfjm&arn ISwa). 

tfoWISEA: Erea Vortshirs; Enobtfk La¬ 
tte Opsr WemaetSaM Champronaten: 
QUartar-lnats: K Ftahcr [Ftaya LyfcnVtt K 
McAmtefTmqnou 8 i) 2 aid DRustewrai 
fttoodsome Ham U S Cbrtricy 
(Woodswe Han 5 and 47 J Lanft 
WWKL7c^i«oirB(NoWlC#BeMdnd3: L 
MnedRh (RWdmg) tn C George iKwm 
Nt*sffl4 and 3 . 


EUROPEAN WOMEN'S UNDER-21 NAr 
JKWS.CUF: Ovblon A (Betbstj. Stem- 
tetx WdtiwhrKfc 4 Span ft Germany 2 
Lhaw 1 -SB Playoff: Htriand 2 Caeai 
RasuhU: Z 12-3 pens); EngUM 1 iKdsoi 
Belarus I (4-2 pens I 


LACROSSE 


PRAGUE; Women's European champion- 
urtpte Suoriaid 8 Czech Ragucie 4 - 


MB^KAJRNE.AinbafaKi’SAUensSBcai- 
8* Open c h empter toto OuatBr-teBie o 
Pateiet (Aus) Cfl J VVStoTK lAusl 1M. T&- 
*1 IHmnstQBbiBDmis-tAuslin. 

15 15-4 J5-a iM PRneefAuditfRErtes 
iAuw IM 14-17. 13-15, ifria tS-IA, C 
Hawtoid (Are-,) K C Mute lAusl 1S3. t5-«J. 
15-10 Wxnens ChenvMnhlpXluater- 
ffnata: S Rz<3otaid (Aus? Ot K Ua)oi Uusj 
>1 ft1.'J-3.LJOV«(NzlblCMSEn(SA]9. 


Z 100.108: C Owens (Aus) bt R Grfnhsm 
[Au^ 9-4, 10-0. 9-0, M Martin (Aus) bt P 
Beams {Nzl 9-1,9-2.9-8 
PRINCETON, USA: Morrffl Lynch World 
teem championabip: Jurtor men's; Guar- 
ter-Auf resits: PSUstan 3 Wates 0 (M 
HunsamtxR Dawes 9-0,9-2,9 t 5.MZaman 
U S Lems 9-0. 90, 9-1; S Zaman at S 
H&OaRrid 9-7, 9-fl. Egypt 3 Canada 0: 
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Yoimg Surrey all-rounder refuses to be written off as a one-Test wonder 


ing for bigger stage 


ALAN 

LEE 


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R emember Ben. Hollioake?, 
He has been all'too easy 
to forget this summer, as 
those celebrated sightin gs 
of a precocious, glamorous talent 
have given way to a whiff of scat* 
dal and the stale stench of indiffer¬ 
ence. Boy wonder all too soon be¬ 
came just aixrther mortal man. Dis¬ 
miss nim, though, at your peril. 

It is, admittedly, too long now 
since the teenage Hollioake de¬ 
scended like a God-given saviour of 
the game, stunning a Sunday foil' 
house at Lord's by treating Glenn’ 
McGrath like a dub bowler in die • 
park, flipping him here, biffing 
hum there and, best of all, respond-' 
ing to a vitrioiic mouthful from the 
Australian with a g uileles s grin. 

That was in May last year, the 
third of three victories in a one-day 
series illusory in more ways than : 
one. Since then. Holfioake’s only ap¬ 
pearance for England at home was 
in the Trent Bridge Test, ten weeks 
later, when the Ashes were conced¬ 
ed a gain. 

He qualifies for membership of > 
the one-lhst dub and there are scep¬ 
tical souls ready to dedare that he 
will never disown die right. Rrr Sur¬ 
rey. this year, he has made few. 
runs arid wickets have crane in 
twos and threes rather than the 
fivus and sixes that command atten¬ 
tion. Now, it seems. Andrew FTint- 
off has usurped him as the hewkid ' 
on the block. 

Tomorrow, however. Lord's stag- - 
es another Sunday oneday intemar - 
tional, against Sri Lanka. HoQio- : 
ake will be absent, for "he could not 
gain selection even in England'S 
squad of 14, but there will doubtless 
be those in the capacity crowd for 
whom the occasion mil. stir a inem- 7 
ory and beg a questinn- WhafS hap- v 
penedtohim? 

The answer is quite a lot; lhtle of 
it good. Since spring, young Ben 
has had to cope with adversity for 
the first time. Onlynowisbeshow^ 
ing signs that the experience, initial¬ 
ly diminishing, will make him a 
stranger person. 

At Headingky this week. Hollkh 
ake sei2ed his chance in a represent¬ 
ative situation. His unbeaten 70 for 
a Counties Select XI against the 
South Africans was a reminder of 
the range and timing of his stroke- •• 
play. He also took a coui^e of wick¬ 
ets. His cricket bore a mark of new 
maturity but the boyish humour re--- 





Ben HoHroake will be absent from Sunday's big match at Lord's bat is confident he has emerged stronger from this year’s setbacks and knows the selectors are alive to the qualities he can offer England 


mained. David Lloyd, the England 
coach, emerged from die dressing- 
room at HeadSngiey on Wednesday 
shaking his head m mock bewilder¬ 
ment ‘Tie wants to know the way 
from here to Alton Towers.” he re¬ 
prated, wide-eyed. “You know, kids 
on rides and all that” Hollioake, 
smardy Hazered, dean-shaven and 
ck»se<^RDed,folkAvedhimouterH 
jofymg he Kttie jokE. 

His expression changed to solem¬ 
nity, thou gh, as we discussed what 
has.befaHen.htm since the tabkMd- 
led nation decided he alone was 
young enough, sexy enough and. 
oh yes, talented enough to make 
cricket acceptable in the modem 
marketplace. 

Tterewasiwinstanfdedine.no 
sudden collision with reality. In¬ 
stead, he accepted his lot last sum-. 
mer. toured Sri Lanka with die A 
team wilh considerable distinction 
and returned home to find every¬ 
one inking him into the senior side 
for the home season. And then, 
nothing. 

Well, not quite nothing. The first 
cut was, indeed, the deepest - a. 
vague, unsubstantiated but none¬ 
theless damaging reference in an er¬ 
ror-ridden magazine article im¬ 
plied that he had smoked cannabis 
while on tour in Sri Lanka. 

The context was ironic The alle¬ 
gation appeared in the type of 


to infiltrate in search of a younger 
audience - so much so that the jour¬ 
nalist concerned had beat under¬ 
written on his assignment by one of 
‘ the English game's biggest spon¬ 
sors. It was a spectacular own-goal 
. and, for Hollioake. the tuning was 
■ dreadful. 

He talks about the episode now 
with natural resentment, but stops 
short of self-righteousness. “I was 
pretty shocked at first," he said. “I 
found it quite annoying. I got 
nailed for doing it, both in the pa¬ 
pers and in therrrinds of other peo¬ 
ple, but when I was drugs tested a 
month later, I saw no publicity 
about the fact that ft was negative.” 

Adam- Ben's elder blotter, be¬ 
lieves the crisis-occurred bemuse 
Ben was “too trusting”. If it was a 
set-up. though, it was also a let¬ 
down. It may be a commonplace 
for 19-year-olds to smoke cannabis 
recreationaDy but when it is alleged 
of an international sportsman, slur 
and stigma result 

“I know now it was one of those 
things that were waiting to hap¬ 
pen,“the younger Hollioake said. 
“I’d been built up and someone was 
going to drag me down. Irs the way 
some people with a pen in their 
hand tend to work. I just have to for- 
get it, put it behind me." 

At first, Hollioake feared that his 


career was being sent into freefall. 
"When I got dropped for the one- 
dayers in May, I was really disap¬ 
pointed. My first thought was that 
h had something to do with the 
drugs thing. But Grav [David 
Graveney] phoned and told me it 
definitely was’nt and 1 believed 
him.” 

The upset, though, had a deeper 
effect on him. His form was poor 
and those dose to him believe it 
was no coincidence. The confidence 
and tnstinctiveness was drifting 
away. He had to turn tilings 


throe situations when it would 
have helped.” 

Ben’s place is in Battersea, a typi¬ 
cal bachelor flat - “very messy” he 
admits in his slow drawl-and it is 
there that he relaxes from cricket. 
”1 sleep a lot," he says. “On a day 
off. I can he found In bed quite late. 
1 sit around on my sofas, watching 
television or listening to music — 
rock-funk stuff, like lennie Krav- 
itz." 

Just like any 20year-okt really. 
Except that Hollioake has not been 
allowed to be just anyone. A great 


There is a sense of frustration but I 
know I have only myself to blame* 


around and he had to do it alone. 
But then he is used to this. Tve pret¬ 
ty much always looked after my¬ 
self. My parents still live in Austral¬ 
ia and I was at boarding schools in 
England from a very young age. Af¬ 
ter that, I lived with Adam fra the 
best part of three years before get¬ 
ting my own place. 

“The need to be independent has 
helped me, on the whole, but there 
have been times when 1 could have 
done with a mum or a dad around 
and the drugs issue was rate of 


deal has been expected of him, a 
huge amount of attention dis¬ 
pensed on him. So far. he is acutely 
aware, the returns have not 
matched the investment 

He looks back on his two spectac¬ 
ular days at Lord's last year - the 
second of them a 98 in the Benson 
and Hedges Cup final - and admits 
he felt instant affinity with the big 
stage. 

“Yeah, it felt like l belonged 
there. I knew I hadn’t done what 
most have to do before playing fra 


England, the grafting and earning 
your place, but it felt like I’d been 
picked at the right time. 

“It didnt surprise me that 1 
wasn't immediately in the Test 
side. I didn’t think it would happen, 
despite all the fuss in the press. But 
if they had chosen me. I’d have 
backed myself to do well again. I 
would have felt comfortable.” 

The only two first-class centuries 
of his career were made in Sri Lan¬ 
ka, in the unofficial A-team Tests. 
“It'S annoying to admit it but I 
think I play better in overseas condi¬ 
tions. Sometimes, English wickets 
don't agree with my style of batting 
but if I’m going to be a county crick¬ 
eter I've got to learn." 

Surely, though, county cricket is 
not the apex of his ambitions ? He 
banishes the thought immediately. 
He has worked, recently, with the 
England coaches. Graham Gooch 
and Bob Cottam. and believes the 
breakthrough is imminent 

"I’ve been treading water but III 
definitely be all right 1 know I have 
got a strong enough character to 
come back. Some people have writ¬ 
ten me off already but that doesn’t 
worry me in the slightest 

“My bowling has been fine, a lot 
better and stronger than last year, 
but I’ve been impatient in my bat¬ 
ting. I know there is a big score just 
around the comer and Ive been try¬ 


ing to force it to come rather than 
playing each ball on its merits. 

“I have worried about a fair few 
things this year. There is a sense of 
frustration but I've only got myself 
to blame, so it doesn’t last that long 
-1 Just tell myself to get on with iL 
I’ve shown some temper, too, be¬ 
cause it’s the first time at any level 
that I’ve experienced prolonged fail¬ 
ure. l*m learning to deal with it 
and, next time, it won’t last so 
long.” 

He has no carp against the selec¬ 
tors. merely expressing apprecia¬ 
tion that they have encouraged 
him. “I know they all rate me. They 
think I can play. I’ve just got to 
prove to them that I am ready 
now.” 

His soul hardens only when he 
talks of the inflated publicity that 
trailed him for so long and the inevi¬ 
table hurt when it turned sour. "1 
will admit that 1 got a bit overtaken 
by it last year. I didn’t get a big 
head or start believing in it all but 
name me any 19-year-old who 
wouldn't have enjoyed that? 

“I’d never had any bad publicity, 
it had all been good. Now that I’Ve 
experienced a bit of the other side. 
I'lJ be a bit more wary if the good 
times come round again." And they 
will, won’t they ? “Maybe sooner 
than anyone thinks," he said with 
heartening conviction. 


Reborn Cork helps Derbyshire climb off the canvas 


T his has been good 
news week. England 
beat South Africa on 
Monday to win a five-Test 
series for the first time in 12 
years, and on Wednesday Der¬ 
byshire reached the NafWest 
Trophy final after a thrfifing 
win at Leicester. Dominic 
Cork, who had a hand in both 
games, as player and then as 
captain, must think his cup 
runneth over. That may be 
good news. too. English crick¬ 
et may have regained an im¬ 
portant player. 

At the beginning of the sea¬ 
son, given the choice, Cork 
would have settled for half the 
cake. That be has wolfed it all 
down, crumbs and all, is a 
boon for him and for us alL v 
“Corky” really is a Broad¬ 
way Baby — spark, to 
pierce the dark, from Battery 
Park — way up to Washing¬ 
ton Heights”. You can’t keep 

him off the stage for kxig. un¬ 


less you turn out the lights 
mid lode die theatre. If his 
recoveiy from injury and dis¬ 
enchantment is maintained 
throughout the winter, and be¬ 
yond, English cricket will be 
richerforit. 

But it is my intention, after 



Cork; centre stage . 


that < straining semi-final at 
Grace Road, to salute his dub. 
Derbyshire are seen by many 
people as a dowdy, woebe¬ 
gone dub, and they have cer¬ 
tainly endured a rough old 
time of it All the more reason, 
therefore, to commend then- 
achievements, if only to re¬ 
mind them that not everybody 
is against them. 

To reach Lord’s they had to 
beat. Surrey and Leicester¬ 
shire on their own grounds, 
each time after losing the toss. 
That is an achievement in it¬ 
self They marmalised the 
brown-hatters, and kept their 
nrave admirably at Leicester, 
when the home side appeared 
to be coasting to victory: That 
semi-final was an excellent 
game, to which Leicestershire 
contributed a' good deal, 
tboogh not as much as they 
would have liked. 

Those are the bare bones of 
the story which, when flesh is 


MICHAEL HENDERSON 


PMMm 


added to it makes their 
progress even more commend¬ 
able- Devon Malcolm, their 
opening bowler, and Chris Ad¬ 
ams, one of their leading bats¬ 
men. left the dub last winter 
and have since sent shots 
across the bows of a stricken 
ship. They had their own rea¬ 
sons for leaving, money and 
personal ambition among 
diem, but their joint depar¬ 


ture was not designed to make 
those they left behind fed any 
better. Incidentally, whatever 
became of Malcolm? Has any¬ 
body spotted him this season? 

They have also had to com¬ 
pensate for the loss of Rollins 
and Hams, two of their better 
young players. The team has 
a hotch-potch look to it tyros 
trying to make their way in 
the game, cast-offs from other 
counties, a couple of old lags, 
a wicketkeeper who can be 
heard in ndghbouring shires 
and a first-time captain. Yet 
they are going to Lord’s, and 
16 other teams are noL 

It is good news because Der¬ 
byshire have come to repre¬ 
sent everything that English 
cricket wishes it wasn’t They 
are provincial, for one thing, 
and we are all supposed to 
genuflect towards the dubs, 
and grounds, that generate 
large amounts of dosh. 

“What have they ever done 


for the game?” is a common 
complaint 

Wefl. let's have a look. In 
the last decade they have won 
two of the three one-day cups, 
and now have a chance of the 
hat-trick. They have finished 
second and third in the chanv 






Slater televised ’warning’ 


pionship, and might have 
won it if Malcolm, who ac¬ 
cused them of a lack of ambi¬ 
tion in his recent appalling 
autobiography, had bowled 
straighler in the last months 
of 1996. 

That’s a far better record 
than, for instance, Surrey can 
boast or Lancashire, who 
have far greater resources. 

Furthermore, they have 
done it in financial circum¬ 
stances that brought the dub 
to its knees, and amid an 
atmosphere of mutual recrimi- 
natiraL There have been com¬ 
mittee room shenanigansthat 
make relations in a Sicilian 
village look positively harmo¬ 
nious. For a time, three or 
four years ago. ft was impossi¬ 
ble to turn on Ceefax without 
seeing in the cricket section 
those three words: “Derbys 
fare ruin". 

Slowly, and not without 
struggle, they are putting it all 


behind them. The dub has 
bought the old grandstand at 
its ground, and there are 
plans to transform the place. 
It is a ground, inddentally, 
that is not nearly so hand-me- 
down as some people imag¬ 
ine. Jt is never a penance to go 
to Derby. The people are 
friendly (to outsiders, if not al¬ 
ways to one another) and the 
press box can often be the fun¬ 
niest place in the kingdom. 

Yet the image of neglect per¬ 
sists. “Derby is not a place for 
an overseas player to go", a tel¬ 
evision interviewer “asked" 
Michael Slater at Leicester. 
What intolerable presump¬ 
tion! There, in a nutshell, was 
everything this dub has to 
fight against and why their 
presence at Lord's is so de¬ 
lightful. And. if Slater scores 
the winning runs to beat Lan¬ 
cashire on September 5. all 
right-thinking people should 
offer three hearty cheers. 














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THE TIMES SATURDAY AUGUST 151998 


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THE TIMES SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1998 


SPORT 41 


Beckett and Watermark travel to Gatcombe seeking the stamp of quality 

Model eventer makes leap for the summit 



S ome people reach the 
summit in a single mighty 
bound. Others seem to be 
carried to the top. as if the 
top were the oniy right and proper 
place. Still others crawl every step 
of the way on their hands and 
knees. The method is immaterial: 
the point is the summit. 

And for ali of them, but perhaps 
especially for the last category, the 
final pitch is the hard part At the 
highest level of every sport, the 
actual ability of all the contenders is 
very close to being equal — and yet 
there are serial champions and 
there are perennial top-20 types. 

The final pitch is the hardest 
because it is a mental leap. And 
most of the the contenders for the 
top places know this. Dominance 
hierarchy: it is not necessarily the • 
biggest or the strongest horse that 
is the boss in the field. It is the one 
who believes in his heart that he is 
No I. 

And so to a chunk of deeply 
undulating counrryside near Ban¬ 
bury to meet a couple ready — or 
perhaps not ready — to make that 
small step, that quantum leap from 
jolty good to top-class. The horse. 
Watermark, was so laid-back that 
he started dozing in front of the 
camera. 

The rider. Beta Beckett, a three- 
day eventer, faces perhaps the 
crucial few days of her life over the 
weekend at the Doubleprint British 
Horse Trials Championship at 
Gatcombe. Her CV contains the 
added exoticism of experience as a 
catwalk model. Actually, she hated 
it and went back to the horsey life 
without a backward glance, but it is 
a nice line. And she certainly 
doesn't doze in front of the camera. 

The air around her crackles. I 
often speak to people as they bustle 
about the yard — horsey people are 
good bustlers — but not with 
Beckett It was not that she was too 
fast in the straights: she out-turned 
me. like a polo pony, darting here 
and there, grabbing this, grabbing 
that going back for this. "Butterfly 
brain.’’ she said of herself, with a 
truly excellent smile. 

Lashings of charm and welcome 
of course. She is perhaps a calm 
person at heart, but certainly not a 
still one. “I'm terribly impatient" 
she explained impatiently. Adding: 
“Except with horses. 

This is one of the many mysteries 
of the horsey life. Horses bring 
qualities from humans that are not 
expressed elsewhere in their lives. 
Rough-edged people find that hors¬ 
es bring out untapped reserves of 
gentleness: the hard-nosed find 



From catwalk to country walk: Beckett has never given her brief modelling career a backward glance since returning to the horsey life with Watermark. Photographs: Peter Nicholls 


sentimentality; self-doubters find 
certainty. And sometimes, the meek 
find the most relentless form of 
driving ambition. 

Naturally, the air crackles 
around Beckett, because, at 32. she 
is at the point when her career 
could break the sound barrier. The 
final pitch — die one about mental 
strength, the one about her rightful 
place in the dominance hierarchy of 
her sport — stretches up before her. 

She has been patient as well as 
drivingly ambitious: but she has 
now reached the point with her 
No 1 horse at which only the latter 
quality will do. It has been a 

stunning achieve- _ 

mem to get as far as 

she has. But that ‘Bed 

single step farther is 

what she will be natll 

judged on: what she ^ 

will judge herself on. wg 

The ultimate self- 
revelation of naffness gjrjjJy 

comes from those 
people who choose 
My Way on Desert Island Discs. 
There is consolation as well as 
defiance in the song's central claim. 
Anyone who has trained a young 
horse can empathise with it trying 
to do it well, trying to do it right. 
That is true, no matter what level of 
achievement you aim for or reach. I 
.feel it myself with the young 
hooligan in the smallest picture on 
this page. 

Beckett rides tall, a lithe 5ft llin. 
Watermark, or George, or even 
Lardy for his slug-a-bed ways, 
came to her as an insurance write¬ 
off. His first job with her was to 
have lh years off work. Then work 
could begin. And she tried above all 
to do it right. To take on an 


‘Beckett is 
patient as 
well as 
ambitious’ 


insurance write-off with 2h years 
rest is a bit of a gamble. To put in 
the years of time involved in 
bringing him on is a colossal 
investment. Why? "Something 
about him. Just something about 
him." Another of the eternal mys¬ 
teries of the horsey life: the horse 
has something the rider believes in, 
responds to. 

And sometimes, gloriously, vice 
versa. Patience. No short cuts. No 
schooling gadgets, no draw-reins. 
Beckett had the belief that her 
hands, her patience, her entire 
horsey self were good enough to do 
the job the slow way. Hie careful 
_ way. “irs the differ¬ 
ence between having 
aff |c a slave and having a 

13 partner." 

It aS c Nicely put. 

Eventers ask more 
oc than riders in other 

disciplines and those 

ions’ that “k ^ 

way can sometimes 
be given. 

Beckett has been given a fair 
amount already. 

Watermaxk/George/Lardy has 
completed six threeday events and 
never been out of the top ten. Goal: 
the World Equestrian Games this 
autumn, to compete as an individ¬ 
ual. For this she needs a good 
Gatcombe, a good run in the final 
selection trials at Hen bury Hall at 
the end of the month. 

It is with Watermark that her 
hopes lie. Slouching out of his box 
like — well, like a horse, really. An 
ordinary sort. Then Beckett is on 
top and working: and a different 
animal. Looks a foil hand taller — 
"you should see him in competi¬ 
tion" — and moving with easy 


BOWLS 


balance, relaxed self-confidence. 
Beckett put him through some 
exquisitely neat flying changes, and 
a big flashy extended trot. 

They were working in a field with 
a camber like the roof of a house, 
but that was no problem to Water¬ 
mark. The loose horses milled 
about but fell back at a glare, an 
infinitessimal laying-back of the 
ears. Dominance hierarchy. 

And it was all highly promising, 
but there comes a time in life when 
you have to give up being promis¬ 
ing. You've other done it or you 
haven't That realisation tends to 
come at — more or less the age of 
32. The realisation that there is 
plenty of time and that it is running 
out That you are your own peak, or 
thereabouts. And if you are a peak- 
orientated person, you must sum¬ 
mon up your own peaking powers 
to reach the summit of your 
choice. 

“Butterfly brain." she said again, 
striding in and out and in and out 
again, in her splendidly eccentric 
riding clothes of halfchaps and 
sling-backs. And later “If 1 had 
brains lid be dangerous." Stock 
dismissives. Pay them no mind. 

She knows how good a job she 
had done with Watermark: to take 
a horse from writeoff to within 
touching distance of the lop. Train¬ 
ing an event horse is long-term 
business, and patience is one of the 
great allies as well as the great 
virtues, and it must by definition 
take years, and it always involves 
the overcoming of more setbacks 
than you would believe possible, 
but there comes a time when only 
one sort of time actually matters. 
That is to say. now. The smile is to 
die for the air crackles. 


FIXTURES 


Shaw attempts to 
complete title set 


By David Rhys Jones 


NORMA SHAW, who has 
won the national indoor sin¬ 
gles championship seven 
times on carpet, is hoping to 
win the equivalent outdoor 
title for the first time at Royal 
Leamington Spa today. 

Shaw. 61. was world cham¬ 
pion on grass in 19SI. and on 
carpet last year, and has won 
all the leading titles at 
Leamington, except of course, 
the blue riband singles event. 
Success for the consistent Dur¬ 
ham player would crown a 
distinguished career. 

In the final. Shaw faces Gill 
Mitchell, from Kettering 
Lodge, who was Gill Fitzger¬ 
ald when she partnered Shaw 
in the world pairs champion¬ 
ship at Leamington two years 
ago. 

Although they respect each 
other’s abilities, the combina¬ 
tion was not a success, and. 
while Shaw is off to Malaysia 
next month for the Common¬ 
wealth Games, Mitchell has 
lost her place in the national 
side and would like to make 
her point to the selectors 
today. 

Maureen Monkton and 
Edna Bessell, who won the 
pairs last week, have been 
joined by Jenny Whitlock, 
their Yeovil dub-mate, and 
have sailed into the triples 
final, where they will face Liz 
Tunn, Jill Nicholson and 
Brenda Brown, of Colchester. 

Singles: Third found: N Shaw (Norton) tt C 


Haney (Wigicrl 21 B Noble iLuon Toumi 
« V RedUnjham (Eaairwi 21* A 
Gowshsl (WaBftam ParKi M C DeniKOT 
(Bush Hd Parti 21-19: M Dyer lOevedOfl 
Promenade) tt M Pure iBumrnmi 21-10. A 
Truran (Si Pranas. Heywards Hesnlu tt A 
Parker (Canon Conwayi 21-15. K Hawes 
(City & County tt OxJcrSi M J Green [Wes: 
Moarsl 21-6 G Mitchell iKeKonng Lodgei 
W E CtwJHrtw iSttaHoie Tcwnl 21-11 A 
Jacobs (Box) a R Daring iMiBon Parti 21 - 
11 Quarter (trials: Sruw tt Nobte 21 - 1 J 
Over tt GowshaB 211 ! Hawes tx Truran 
21-19. Mflcftttitt Jacobs21-9 Sort-finals: 
Shaw W Dyer 21-18 Mttneii tt Hanes 21 - 
10 Triples: Quarter-finals. A Havwxxl J 
Ward. S Page (BaIdod>) tt J Norman. S 
GadO. UOsbomoiSrNaoisi 15-12. Hum 
J Ntcho&ao. B Brown (Colettes!er) b; C 
Bradney-Wntjm V Smart. P Kjixpfon (Wed 
Backwefl 13-9. P Hon. 1; Howfcy. N Holds 
(Wargravo ) tt M Jackin V Newson. C 
Ardor (Peterborough S Cist} 15-12 J 
WNtock. m Monk!on E Besses (Yaorf) tt 
Mainio Trench J Harman. J Gilboy 
(DenhamltS-13 Semi-finals: Ctfehester tt 
Bakfock 17-IJ. Yeovil bt V.'argdave 2S-10. 

■ Denis Love, of Dumfries, 
moved through to the quarter¬ 
finals of the Ayr Open Bowls 
championship last night with 
a 21-19 win of over Willie 
Irvine, of Crooksmoss. How¬ 
ever. Tommy Woods, of 
Auchinleck, lost 21-6 to lan 
McNcillie.of Coylton. while 
Tom O’Hara, of Prestwick, 
went down 21-15 to Colin 
McDougall. of Ferguslie.^ 

In the ladies' singles, Caro- 
line McAllister, of 
Lochwinnoch. claimed a last- 
eight place with a 2144 win 
over Je3n Ritchie, of 
Kilbarchan. McAllister was 
joined in the quarter-finals by 
Anne Brown, of Cooksmoss, 
who enjoyed a 21-3 victory 
over Sheila Cole, of Newion 
Park, and Fiona Sykes, of 
Cumnock, who defeated Ja¬ 
nice Maxwell 21-14. 


Britannic Assurance 
county championship 

110 . s^avTtJ day of four 
10 * avers mnnium 

DERBY: Derbyshre v Worcestershire 

CHEST EH-tE-STREET: Durtram v 
Glamorgan 

BRISTOL Gloucestershire v Kent 
PORTSMOUTH; Hampshire v Essex 

TAUNTON: Samersel v 
Northamptonshire 

HOVE: Sussex v Middlesex 
HEADING LEY: Yorkshire v Lancashire 

NATWEST UNDSV10 FIRST TEST: 
Worcester: Second day of four Eng¬ 
land v Pakistan (i 1 01 


PRE-SEASON MATCHES; AOrtncham v 
Bury XI. Basawsfofce v Dorchester. Bath v 
Cirencester Bognor v Aldashrt Town. 
Boreham Wood v Tottenh a m XI. Brackfey 
Town v Chesham OXted. Choriey v Aatvon 
United: Darttwo v Hendon (at Purfleat PCI: 
Hyde v Oldham XI: Oxford Cdy v Raunds 
Town. Si Albans « Chafinstard. Si Lean- 
arris v Narthwood: Witney Town v Ayles¬ 
bury Unted Wrexham v Boston United 

THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE YOUTH ALLI¬ 
ANCE: Mkfcnd Conference: Lr>x*iCByv 
Bairwigham ft 10l. Notts County v Wotwer- 
tvsnpton (110). Wrtsal « Northampton 
illOj WestBromvMansfield(11 01 North 
West Conference: Bury v OUSvim (11 Ol 
Cartels Urd v Blackpool (It Ol - Predon v 
Chester ill Ol. Rochda w v Stockport 
(tO 301 Wigan v Tranmere (11 0). Wrexham 
v Bumey (11 Ol North East C o nference: 
Grimsby v Darlington (110). Hartlepool v 
Halifax Jll 01 HjttfcrsfeM v Scarborough 
(11 0). Rotherham vHitf (110) Scurthorce 
v Sheri UM (11 0) Yak v Bradford (110) 

SMIRNOFF IRISH LEAGUE: Premier «*- 
vision: Ballymena v Qtenavon: QAonvSe v 
Potlidown. Crusaders v Coferane: 
Gauoran»Omagh. 

FAI HARP LAGER NATIONAL LEAGUE 
CUP: Section F: Home Fam v UCO (7 JO) 
Saaon A: Cotti Ramblers v Kfeamy (7 Oi. 
Cork v Waterittd (7 0 ) Seaton B: Farad v 
Finn Harps 16 JO) Section C: Umerek v 
Galway {'Or. Marvue United v Athtone 
(7201 

ULSTER FIRST DIVISION CUP: First 
round. Brat leg: Ards v Bartgar-. BaUydare v 
Ltfnavatly Uid; Camck v Lone Dungannon 

Swta v DtMiery 

COMPLETE MUSIC HELLENIC LEAGUE: 
Premier dbiaart Certertcn v EFC Chelten¬ 
ham. Grenceser Academy v Biceser. 
Odea v Haten Harrow n& > Banbury 
KjnTtvy v Fsrtcxd Snanwood vAOngdon 


SwxxJon Supermarlno v North Lagh. TiSfiey 
v Burnham, Wantage v Aknondafiuiy 

MINERVA SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS 
LEAGUE: Premier dMsion north: 
BaiWngs»*> » New BracMrefl St Peter 
BeaconsfieM Sycob v Ariesey Town. 
Brache Sparta v Haringey: Brook House v 
Hodfesdon Buckingham Athletic v 
Somereaa Amboy. Harpendan v Si 
Margareutxflv. London Cdney v 
Bnmsdovm Mtton Keynes v teHnjon St 
Marys. Roytnon v HHingdcxi Borough. 
Ruwp Manor v Port era Bar Town. Welwyn 
Garden v Waltham Abbey 

SOUTH EAST COUNTIES LEAGUE: First 
dMelon: Cambridge Lnd v Bristol Rorere. 
Colchesei Utd v Brighton: GWingham v 
Wycombe Leyon Orient v Rearing: Luton v 
Boumemotth. Portsmouth v Oxford Uld 
Southend Utd » Barnet Swindon v 
Brerdord 

ENDSLBGH MIDLAND COMBINATION: 
Premier dtvtstorr Ahrechurch v Boiehall S: 
ChesTyn Hay » Feckenharw Harx*ahsn 
Timbers v Kings Heath. I fcghgaie v 
ANestorr Kerriworth v Dudley Spbns- M» 
KA v Massey Ferguson Southern v 
Coventry Sphinx: Staley BKL v Btoton 
Commutmy College 



HIGHLAND LEAGUE DeveromalevCow; 
Keith v Peterhead. WCk Academy v 
Oachnacuddn 


(NED COUNTIES 
vtotorr: AFC WaUrn- 
nd GuitanJ Ash v 
v Chesskvpon and 
flmham; FeOham v 
v Hardey yftWBy: 
we: Readnq Town v 
v waion Casuals: 


NORTH WEST COUNTIES LEAGUE. Firm 
Cfiviston: Atherton LR v Salford. Bootte v 
Nentwdh Town, Cfthaoe v Leek. CSOB. 
Gkxssop North End v Prascot Cables. 
k^doEyove vHoNar Old Boys. Mama Road v 
VOutnal GM. Masstey v RemsboBon. 
Skafeneradala v Chaadta. St Helens v 
Roasendafe. WorMigton v Newcastle 
Town 

BANKS'S BREWERY LEAGUE: Premier 
dMMon: Brterley HI T u S matl w kJ t 
Rargere. Craciey Town v 
Dariaston v Banrion: Gomal A i 
BusOehofcne; Kingian Town v Thrtdate 
Lawson Martian Star v Mahrem T. Ludow T 
v Lye Town. Tipwn Town v Dudsy Town, 
Westtelds v WoNerhempton C. 


TOMORROW 


CRICKET 

Emirates triangular 
one-day toumamem 
>045. SO overs 

LORD'S: England v Sri Lanka 

Britannic Assurance 
county champlonatep 

lifl tfard day of ktr 
>04 overs mramum 

DE RBY; D erfayslwfl y Wttce s lershre 
CH ESTER -LE-STREET: Durham v 
Glamorgan * 

BR ISTO L: Gtoucesiarahlra v Kent 
PORTSMOUTH; Hampshire v Essex 
TAUNTON: Somereei v 
NotDvmpionshlre 
HOVE Sussex v Mwdtesex 
HEADING LEY: Yorkshire v Lancashire 

minor COUNTIES: Fust day ol two: 
Lutnn: Bedtwdslwe v Camandgesttrs 
Bowdon; Cheshire v Herefordshire. 
Bournemouth: Dorset v Berks. Wdfina- 
ton: Salop v Wits Colwyn Bay: Whies v 
Devon 

NATWEST UNDER-IB FIRST TEST: 
Worcester Thud day of four. England v 

Pakistan (11.0). 

FOOTBALL 

PRE-SEASQN MATCH Cnfcdnn v CrartOy 
1120 ) 

FAI HARP LAGER NATIONAL LEAGUE 
CUP; Section E: Bray v Sr Francs (3 15). 


Section B: Derry v Sfigo (3 15) Section D: 
□undak v Longford 13-15). Mgngghan v 
Drogheda (3 1ST 

RUGBY UNION 

Clubmtedr Glasgow Caledonians v Wast 
Hartlepool (at Bndgehsugh. String. aO) 

RUGBY LEAGUE 
JJB SUPER LEAGUE 

Halifax v Warrington (300) . 

Huddersfield v Salford (3.30). 

Hufiv Caatletord (3.15). 

Si Hetens v Bradford (7.35). 

Wigan v Sheffield 0.00) .. _ 

FIRST DIVISION 

Dw«St)uryvWhiiehaven(300). 

Swviton v Leigh (3.00) ................ 

Wakefeld vRodidafa (330)_ 

WWnatvK»ghlay(3aO). 

SECOND DIVISION 

BanowvYork (3.00) .. .. 

Lancashire Lyra V Bramley (3.00) . 

Oldham v Doncaster (3.00).— 

VtaWngton v Bctflay (3iX5 .. 

SPEEDWAY 

ELITE LEAGUE: Oxford v Mte Vue (7.30] 
INDIVIDUAL: Golden Greats 

a unde na pofls. Coventry (IDO). 

PREMIER LEAGUE: Gfeesgcrw v Newport 
(630). Newcastle v Exeier (5 30) 

DUNLOP CONFERENCE LEAGUE: 

Mfcfentulv Buxton (300). 



Bedford v Bedford AffiteUc (3.0).... 
Nottin^iam v Rofhartiam (3.0) ... 
Pontypridd n Saracens 0G) . 


EASTERN COUNTIES LEAGUE: 
Hertfordshire v Essex (Roebuck]: 
Huntngdonshte *> BedfordsMre (Peter¬ 
borough & District): Norfolk v Suffolk iDtdL 
& PlStKt) 

FRANCIS BURTON MIDLAND COUN¬ 
TIES CHAMPIONSHIP: Northam pto n sh ire 
v UnoofoshirB (Kettemg Lodge). 

HOME COUNTIES LEAGUE: Sussex v 
Kent (Prestonj 

INTER-COUNTY MATCHES: LetOBSter- 
shfra v CembndgeshUB (Sfeby): Warwick- 
fihra v BucWnghamnhire (Btossomfiald): 
WBshhe V Oxfordshire (Purton) 

SPEH3WAY 

ELITE LEAGUE: Coventry v BeOe Vue. 

PREMIER LEAGUE: Arena Essex v EcSn- 
burghfBQ); Berwick. vNswpot (7 &].S®to 

DUNLOP CONFER&4CE LEAGUE: Nor¬ 
folk v Buxton (King's Lynn, 70} 


the'Betime s 

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THE TIMES SATURDAY AUGUST 151998 


RACING: OWNERS ENCOURAGED TO SUPPORT JOCKEYS WEARING LOGOS ON BREECHES 

Settlement close in sponsorship row 



Muhiathir draws dear in the Hungerford Stakes at Newbury yesterday. Photograph: Julian Herbert / Allsport 


By Richard Evans 

RACING CORRESPONDENT 

A BREAKTHROUGH in the 
potentially damaging dispute 
over jockeys’ sponsorship ap¬ 
peared likely yesterday after a 
key meeting between riders 
and owners. 

Although the outcome of the 
discussions will need to be 
ratified by the British 
Horseracing Board (BHB) 
and agreed by the Jockeys* 
Association at its annual 
meeting at York next Tuesday, 
there was confidence on both 
sides that the disagreements 


RICHARD EVANS 


Nap: CENTRAL COMMITTEE 
{4.45 R/pon) 

Next best Gauntlet 
(3.45 Ripon) 

Nap: SATIN STONE 
(5.15 Pontefract tomorrow) 
Next best- Precodoas Miss 
(2J5 ling field tomorrow) 


which could have prompted 
direct action by the jockeys in 
contravention of the rules of 
racing have been settled. 

In essence, owners will be 
encouraged by their own asso¬ 
ciation and the BHB to back 
jockeys carrying logos on their 
breeches, but individuals op¬ 
posed to the idea will have the 
opportunity to opt out inside a 
given period of time — proba¬ 
bly a month — before the 
scheme comes into effect, 
which wifi almost certainly be 
early next year. Emotional 
references to an owners’ veto 
will be removed. 


The fresh wording will en¬ 
able the Jockeys' Association 
to renew its search for a 
sponsor, safe in the knowledge 
that it will be able to say the 
country’s 500 jockeys will car¬ 
ry the advertising for a large 
percentage — expected to be 
above 90 per cent — of their 
70.000 rides a year. The spons¬ 


orship package is expected to 
be word] around E) million. 

Richard Dunwoody, who 
had threatened to wear logos 
in defiance of Jockey Club 
rules if the veto idea remained, 
attended a meeting at the BHB 
along with Michael Caulfield. 
secretary of the Jockeys' Asso¬ 
ciation, and Michael Harris. 


chief executive of the Race¬ 
horse Owners' Assocation 
(ROA). Afterwards, both sides 
spoke about the “breath of 
fresh air" which surrounded 
their discussions. 

Harris said: Todays meet¬ 
ing was conducted in a climate 
of cooperation and under¬ 
standing. It is important that 


the jockeys are in a position to 
know where they stand. I 
believe the proposed proce¬ 
dure will give them this. We 
will encourage owners in ev¬ 
ery way possible to take part 
in the scheme, but those 
owners who don’t wish to 
must retain that right” 
Caulfield said: “We have 


LHUItWli lit" piwui.u j 

was like a breath of fresh air— 
particularly the attitude of 
Michael Hams. He was com¬ 
pletely n on-confrontational 
and went out of his way to 
help. There has been a mas¬ 
sive swing In terms of 
attitude.'' 

Rhydian M organ-Jones, 
chairman of the BHB*s Indus¬ 
try committee, welcomed the 
apparent breakthrough, say¬ 
ing: “I am glad that commoa- 
sense has prevailed within the 
parameters authorised by the 
board. The last thing needed is 
confrontation which threatens 
the authority of the board." 

In racing, it is always easy 
to be wise after the event but. 
when the runner-up in a 
classic descends into group 
three company without a pen¬ 
alty. he must represent some¬ 
thing of a “good thing’*. Sure 
enough. Muhtathir, just 
pipped in the French 2,000 
Guineas, treated his rivals 
with disdain in the Hunger- 
ford Stakes at Newbury 
yesterday. 

Looking magnificent in the 
parade ring, he broke smartly 
and set a seemingly steady 
pace under Richard Hills be¬ 
fore gradually quickening the 
tempo in the straight to win 
going away from Danish 
Rhapsody in a fast time. 

Peter Chapple-Hyam’s 
string has been under some¬ 
thing of a doud over the p3st 
month because of a viral 
infection but the odds-on suc¬ 
cess of Cirde Qf Gold in a 
strongly-contested Sparsholt 
Maiden Fillies’ Stakes con¬ 
firmed his hope that the worst 
is over. 


NEWBURY 


2 . 00 Almuhimm 

2.30 Amazing Dream 
3.00 Silver Patriarch 


THUNDERER 

3.30 Floral Raj 

, 4.00 Mowefga 

4.30 Miss Rimex 

5.00 SYLVA PARADISE (nap) 


Timekeeper's top rating: 5.00 OCKER 

Our Newmarket Correspondent: 2.00 ALMUHIMM (nap). 2.30 Riberac. 
4.00 Aginor. 


GOING GOOD TO FIRM TOTT JACKPOT MEETING 

DRAW- 5F-6F. HIGH NUMBERS BEST SI5 


2.00 ANDOVER HANDICAP (£8.342:7164yd md) (9) 


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417 1141 SURVIVAL VEXTIPIE (Cx F Ow) 3 VJiwfc 94 . Rlficn:ll - 

418 ra> HARARAH (H a!-to»kn*ni JQrJoC 8-3. T&snn - 

419 K3) 0 PP5EBHA105 <M Jadcw BJrwtWc* l!4j D EMIT S-3 N:5| 44 

420 Ui SAMmwGiSJlhaiasPtJVMiJOu'tO^^ - -- -Ste7» - 

421 Oi 0 SAV 0 BF«L«(JBuatalM* 9 ieW 47 e -3 - Uartr.Dw)T - 

BETTK& 7-2 IWq;- an* 5-1 Hram 6 i Shine. 7-1 FWRat lC-i Cicr -7-^ r stfSa^. 

U.I VMar. Oir-m*. ’6-1 mala. Lcttn Sra«. 20 1 jmss 

1997. UA1C00B9-0 n (ti- 2 ) 0 UcrW 15 nr 


4.0 0 QF TRIUMVIRATE CLASSIFIED STAKES 

(£7.390- im 4fj (6 runners) 

501 I}) 1-1231 BOWELS* I0IC.CJ.G; Otenoss ^o t t:-:- ^CWtr, £3 

502 111 31 AGStOR30 ID.F) itt* 1 Tu&Ei H GscJ 4-5-7 . _ . ... »=££•-> 27 

503 (41 15 SP1WHE 7 (G> it ->Wi 6 Jdvsxn >vShW *“■ 75 

504 :Ji 1 miYW1UY35(r)'»'.GTn'3C,.nc. W £.'q.?.-RCT 55 

505 '2! 1WB20 B407ET 18 C; F Gi ^ r - ti-y.: L r; .U?MTS [j3 

S» .'6i 31-2C2 LAST C1MSTJ4SS 56 iF| it a ‘Tilfc ^9-5 . . . U*Cs 91 

EcTTHG iMVsadga 6-1 ‘Mr.usCUU *■ 5-: ."rUji :. 

1957: ROffiff/ BOS'. 5 'j-7 • Win, :u ' -- 



103 na 0-0432 GOOD TICS 74 (CD^F/Am 0 *s D Robfcon] 6 (Ml 9-10-0 . 8 Wast (4) 88 


Racrad runner Dm In boctets. Sa-fiffcc 
torm If—tell P— pdW up. U~ neared 
nder. B — bnuft dawn. S—steoed up- R— 
rehisad. D — (ksouafiftsfi. Horse's name. Days 
smee last oUng. J 0 jumps FHH (B — 
tfukeo. V — rtia H— hood E — EyesrieU 
C —cotrewnw. D — dstrcawaiw CD — 


cause and demx wfener BF — beaten 
tavouth in lafest race). Going on wteMior* has 
■on [F —arm. good to tom. had. 6 — good. 
S—soft good lo soft heavy). Omorinbreeteb 
Tomer AgaMM((a- Merpheanyadomce. 
rmtepo^ speed ratng 


4.30 LEVY BOARD NURSERY HANDICAP 

(2-Y-O: £5.141:7f 64yd md) (13 runners) 

CDi 13) 133214 DMBLQ DANCER 28 (DJF.S) (KertBbeare {toarted 8 IhJtran 9-7 _ M Fatal 68 

602 r9i 0304 GOLD HOfJOR 22 Ms S Rnrl B UeUon 9-4..R Hughes 64 

603 (101 2120 BATHWCK 14 (D.S) (W CMntf) B Sant 9-3 . ----J Stott (32 

604 (121 124 UTEAMM 6 9 (Owefer Pa* S)ud) M Prtst* 9-2_S Santas 67 

6 t 6 ( 6 ) 1230 DAtgt ALBATROSS M (F) (0 TtncpUt J Oufcp 8-13-PatEtifery 70 

606 |B! 150 AOflLLES STAR 14 (S) (Attfa totontauta K Buhl HI — N Csdtan (5) 67 

607 (5) 522 PLURALIST 17 (Ptatta PMwfcp) WiarisB-10 --J FWfl 67 

608 (7) 00231 MSS RNEX 10 (F) dfigtaart Rmrshp) 0 BMuth 84 „ KPuBjrdp) 70 

EDS ( 11 ) 630245 MSSOC TED 14 (Gswn-Jarri^SD<J»6-5_URobtfS 60 

GiQ (2) 0244 GOULEY 28 (V) (Kora House Frfip) M (rfeoavtoSer 6-5 . Dane DM 63 

611 fl) 040 VHSTIJtoGDOOE32IPSate)MChamaB-i .—_TQtan. 68 

612 (4| 0640 HCHSTEMBl 14(0 MpuQUBel 8-Q-RMUtapt) 82 

613(13} 504 G0LD8I SYRUP 36 (lad CatarcB) R Nona 7-12-PFto5mons(7) 55 . 

BETTW& 11-2 Mbs Ruobi. 6 -T Ptaaia M DtantaL 8-1 OttWo Dnor. Gottn Sjms 10-1 Batata. Dai 
Afia^n. Gofty. htah SJearnr. 12-1 other: 

1997. SAfFRON LAIC 64 L MM ( 6 - 1 ) RHann® 11 ran 


5.00 STRATTON HANDICAP (£5,518:5f 34yd) (15 runners) 

1 (21 0025-4 CROWtKD AVB4JE 84 (D.F.G) (T Wetad) P Man 6-1041-S Sanders 90 

2 131 3-1000 SPffi) OK 22 (VJ)/ 5 )(PDei)HCartoy59-11-CMer B2 

3 n) 1M60 AUW3W46pD^uss)Wr)SDw34-10--TOtai ID* 

4 (5) 003100 ISYAWreE 14 (CiJ.F.aS] (I B**V) I Mdmo7-M, ..... DGrt®S(3) 92 

5 (ISl 3®000 LAMAfVTA 14 (Df,G) (W<LaneRsSap) JEitaee4-M . --JTta 77 

6 ft) D-0D30 HEUD MSTBt 7 (OJvCLS) (to C 5 D K UMOde# 7-9-5 K PAR 102 

7 ( 11 ) 0-3003 WUOWtWJEll (CDJ=5) (U Jattxn LJd) 0 BSsmto 5W NPoBardtS) 97 

8 (141 4501-0 FARAWAVLASS70(Ffl(JteeiLootHuugtai59-5-DHarrissn 80 

9 ( 12 ) 003340 SYLVAPAAA0&E 14(GruoieadHonda)CBritan59-3 * MRoterts 91 

10 14) 104430 MSTBJOLSON 15 (CJ)JF.GS| (B Fmonw R Hodjes 5511 _ RtttfK 103 

i> I 6 i (HXW) KMWDW£42(CD.F)(ffc)W^ttBUW3d3-6-9 .. OtaGteoi 82 

12 (9) 200133 OOd 8 (D.G.S)li Tezxairi li-,(Itaailey 4-3-8 :.PMeCta ^ 

13 (lOi 506131 aiPBtOR NAHE3110 (Dfl (Or. E Meehan) B Mtatoi 3-56 — MTtttnt 99 

14 (!) 005005 LDNGWCX LAD * (DJ) iMs U Wsttani K 5-6 -1 _USHiDayer 9B 

15 (I3i 030054 RWER T09V 8 Of£) (Al toesi J 8 <afcy 57-10 -- Ftata 96 

uag (andcop: r, vp Ian 7 9 

BETTVtS. £-’ Errwa Funwin 13 3 Odes T.\ Srm Fzade* E l Ml«> Dale. 10-1 Cwtaed Awaie. HeBo 
yao. 12-1 Javyrise. tt** Jotor. Limpw* <jC Has tern. T4-; daea 

1997- WU 0 » DALE «■ 12 h F*3ai C.7-2) 0 FtotaJi 13 on 


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3.45 Gold Chance 
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4.45 Tessajoe 


GOiVs GOOD TO FIRM DRAW. 5F-6F. LOW NUMBERS BEST SIS 


2.10 RIPON CATHEDRAL MAIDEN STAKES (£3 436 5f! (9 rum-re) 

: e, 23242 5L7 LED tor PATE 32 (31 >2 :*>ar: °Vi:. J tanr. Ji J f ’> A CVrar* 65 

; acM set 5 -m >* i-hk* ci ?■« ;» 'fc&a : e n .. v naccay 

; 23S TUSCAN DPEAU 19 {r . 6 4 Wnr.i J Bcr^e ?-e-lj K Daley 66 

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: L0J5 (JP?3A .r.*r. 3 W!?*, ;■ 3-3-9 .. . GCi-» 

• C: 3 tfiiWi 2LACT3tRD 21 '0 i u te* r :<■-/ ocartSJCBrwt 73 

:■ 0 weLTHAW SmARr 42 -0 S V C«S - ‘.’srpn J.jft J P Es» - 

SfTTLj t-: j-s" >: i 'r' %Kss tv T -t T’rtor. prry 's& 'lc'2. asm 

1557 ABCELL0 3!-? : Farxc -i *1 C Wtod I? v 


2.40 RIPON HOW BLOWER STAKES (2-Y-O £4.663 61/ (5 ism) j 

125565 3 Gi 'U Var^r-i U -'ar-w }: . . A&tetay 7? 

: : TrtSiAT 17iD£ii'.tytuKai.■ SorJa-9-3 . G^tt) 53 

: .: : aey-30r 7B iD.F» S TiTrtftrsJi ”i j-jS 4 - 1 .. JFin<te 77 

i i 222221 sOft AIJ! 13 >3 G.S) •'* I Scny e-i T . . _ . h Da*ir fTB 

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ETu7ij Jtvjr >’ £z/3a/ i > ir. Aon. t-i Cn-a-w. ti-‘ Pe-fil'L 

1X7 Ut Bl PROl&DQ 1 3 V **rfrwf (If-K it/tXJvr^r 2 ran 


3.15 EBF FILLIES HANDICAP (£7.133 


Tm2fi (13 runners; 


C4 


5 EK? UY DLS35WH IS (G) 'M". M -jU . U-yrt-Ja^; > 'Q O . MWpon 68 

r "j. Xn:(n 3e57 Cf AlLOn.L.rASi 1^ am- jferri&J-tJ ... _ GCarip 80 

1J5ra teSWCRslAOY10(F.G.jt;MrSK>»e,JFffit9^ ... *Drtrv OS 
r •:?, 51-C 2JZA ASTCN 121 <Sf.G> tor.. ? Par.: 3 7-2 . A&dtar 62 

: < 3151 sunrsmz 23IC.GI «c: C 6m Ziuorf- L 2 92 lHtsn 79 

•: :.- Sigja SCE1E 7 'G.SJ &Dxrr JSto-ff* 3-9-' — SDWazra 75 

7 ?. 43-325 WT^J(63'?rarx'rfji»Fa>wr»(,il»l±r-c3 9-0 . RCrrtwnj 75 

: :r- 2-C3T « 2 S 0 Lroris 6 (Sj -T L HI A tim S-5 f(? . .. JfZpo 81 

i -1. 54-331 (iy3aiAG0HZAM19»3/»iJ4nu?iPi»«n*-3-l!l - 82 

r? T, 453 CAEfhKA66'VriUnGU«3 ?Ck>: Jrw>*si V6-3 . . J*eaw 36 

• • ts -m Id tofraWJ BEES 14 (D.fi rQ P-BRfi, J CcaiB 3-52 L Bom# 63 

i r- fl30« «5S!lAli>DAKSR22(n'J^ii*)C3>whi4-7 -aWdatorCl S3 

•: •• 215515 Tji5 iD?.3r (3 Htth P Bo«n 2-7 IQ AlfcCsCto® K 

ESTuta 52 r.JT( UfL. 11 2 3c5 ?t M 7 : rt£.-vnBt Lsa 9-t Uy 0MW*-. Aean '-CJZ tiW'J 

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1997 NO CrpRESTOffiCa RACE 


FORM FOCUS 


My Desperado t»a Vmr.et W m (Hisner «ui- 1 >.T 3 Thnt> 
Cm.goeffl ^0IMtrea!Ug«3fep2iifil'HuwinB:?rjDa 
Ovthm: Cm It. rm in 3 db Gasftdtee lady tzi 5?i cf 5 in 

- ... - 1 Bomb k$ Sawji a to« 

i uggss m han&ccp 
I Koreans iantmllm 
i INn 2! 120yfl. gwd to 
i j YjjRcua i;ip si. 
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3.45 TATTERSALLS MAIDEN AUCTION STAKES 

(2-v-O F4.23S 6f)/)1 runnere) 


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4 15. 76 ARCHE6AK 32.J.V.1VU50, ‘ A Zjrtns Ci 

5 ■;» 5422 E3PA0A 19 ites J torPtorm. r 'JW ^ t .. * Tarty 73 

6 ifi; 5 scawraocacnto.a^ar-o!,'!*-. i-ar-wii ... C3 ( 

r iil G4 GOLD CHA3CE ISO Parc: : CrjXf 'i-.‘ . : l^r- 57 

J ISO; 025 JA1TE5 ca SOI !W. n enr-i » w/c 1-; 5 [D 

-I. a rSfOVSCOT UEKt« 77 fins'; l.z: 7 :• ! . . Ot-td 53 r 

lC ;3- BAffORDWEEM-WulKsscn JS>0 . - ==« i*. - T 

i: is. 5 *’CPESSFa.V«(Mr,J6utaKi4ErtS»7’: . SVciTi:;. 36 I 

fckfTftG J-' Cairrtc: £■• f-l toner-4ita* 7-: 7v~:: •:•’ j-i^z [ 

Dwti JjmiOcc 12 s t -err. ^is, rrvr, \ 


i%7 no cwrespcranriti race 


Afrtcan Viscn 7.*sssj c:: ..s'.' «v; Z::i r.i 

jnrv.irg rrta : c.‘jrtc GjuSC t- j.- T’-it *• 

Be My FjmRnpQ Fteart rjfcurr V: :n ri"-rrrt» ■? 

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-ifrz. alBevesJc, ,*I rjeodr arp-.icusry 41 3rdol s: tc Am [v-r- ■- i.r<Y :-rsi“ 

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!-jl $ 0 ?) imrtOSfy J 2 rc ol ;i n tede m ts*p ii-r - j .- 7 ^, 

DxKtr CT*i of 12 to in&ai Pfcne ir. rraide,-. iste i‘ ‘7 ■ 3a!2 

Chance ■?•*( «ti cl 3 to LH 7 B The RoO« .1 raden t c j ar.dijs*. -:.rt ^rss Dee 

53i of 'll! ar- 5orSari Uuia m ma»2«v a Che^'cr it#-: txC-. rr.:-^j i r -l i 
it[« 7 -e -ude ir, rbvdb tfcte al Ri ^cn ;TK. iteecwx :.“err “• T* u to 
,n maceo auction aate t iSf. Av». licresarj;, S^'/cr i Ensr .; .r s r, ’. 5 ^ 

till; cv cf i i>g.m!/-ra'.'.vl mae tpoess Ffly 6 ’-.i Sir c.t:7 ■; .^i-r; Cc'.r - -zs'.e- sr-res & 
Be^riey ‘'J sc*: 

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FORM FOCUS 


4.15 WILLIAM HILL GREAT ST WIUTBD 

HANDICAP {SHOWCASE AND TOTE TWFECTA RACE) 

(£24.125 6tH23 ruraieTSj 


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1 tfl 41300) )A0£0 t8:U)5.6.Si-J Kieis*. *31 

5 .'161 39(434 JBGffltffe K iD.f.a f j rs» . •»* s y v ^ Can 102 

5 r*i <0-201 myfl Tbcr. UDfi j-re :?tv. *7 '-r ,:; • dzs^j. 3 

7 (1C| Otjrru J8JMY1Q0 17 (WBr D Sj 7j£rT- ? “cttj'r 3- 3 i . ,'S-Jsn 94 

2 iKi 535200 0QJ8LE tCTXB U O.G5,.. 'Jw ' : 7 ! . L ?£T'A' 73 

9 17- 321510 NUCLEAR DEBATE 14 HL&S, .J Tajiti Ml : '! I . ; =srty? VS 

»6 (Fi rOC-03 EMERGING LWKET 7 (DJi - j Tit,c ‘ i.; GCfitt 95 

11 it'i 1-C6C4 REGAL REVDLUR0H15 iVD.USt ,3 Z**i - ' "-7 : -Ow gg 

•; ill, 212351 RR5TI4A.1: 3S Isi.CClGS| V«.».».:- >. 5*S IK 

12 06S&1T C'3ia=0SCW8'RDfGj:iiT.Jtvtrai'£ *:c'r.^54) li-ixrto- 71? 

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55 13i -4252 3TMD TALL 4 taFGS'i!T l U^ -JC/•+-:•'■S- f a ?JulSStaV 135 

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22 ?3i 125230 PISEOX 23 ittfS) rt» 5wr‘ o 3afv 2- >*• ‘5- Esrrttrsji *X 

21 :i. 422144 *HA’4yH3SJI.faa'T&aMJ(W-V; .’’T ... _ APtf.ftj UX 

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Hj.dott rs*. seed) Ossc Stair 5WI Ent of 25 » Jo Me), in 

runtfcjc a! AiiS i7l ecca to Jfcn; wtt Emerging Matter (Sto 
tcScr cO 191 lift Tadeo -Til :Cft d (5 to Land C* Dferi 'n grrjp TJ ;4ate af OXShccd iS. 
jaiC). prwaofi P»)Smd it a Fire Dome ije vme o!h lOisteslfeRPatSantointSfCjfl 

good to jcSI Mgrasdrie Z".ii 4ft al 2D to Super-cr Prerr^r in Taxirs® S GoatWCd (5f. ocotfl 

«fli NoUear Detuls '1ft trace oft 5' a 12D. Proud Haftre iCft vere eft 57*113ft. nit Dome 

(21 wire cfn 5>i 14ft. GtaD: SOm tW mrrx oft £«' :5ft and Double Acson itevebi ’41 

lift Friar Tuck bea Maion Uca 1 * 1 « Z-’-jrrer hstfcgi a Ya* (6* stft) J8rany Too 4V»i 

tos cl 4 to Venture C®iUcr m 1302 . s (XrssTr icf aert to &n) Regal ftorotubou rw #t ol 

6 to ZeUHta m Site a*e J Neaarava (it. Tel ’c 9rr). First Mate beat Mr fsabce )l*t si 7- 
mv scnscao at SouffnveiT (71 Are. iscsk) Doctoe Oscar deaf K-gn Cary t| in 32-nroer 

■-.stiao at Axn (St good to Arm, aremcLTr/ f%je ?/ ji ?r-nrm banttcap 41 

-Isooccd (M yxd to ^?ft wsh LereSed (Elt ;e?E 0 C 1 frVi! 12ft Ugu 0i Varan t^i 2nd o' 9 

to PBrpf'jn Yic» in haidtoJC « Ripcsa *5f. 55Cd) Stand TM 1)4! 2nd ct 5 to Ahrar: ilflht m ate 
r .-B5 a Ayr (SI. gvx) to V*} today Start t&z oete cf) 5*4i Cn Catisaot Cher Deaf PtOSfo 

45 m 5-rjner :nte a leicr^’o >5( 2i8vd iM to fsft) Vasari S'JI 4m ol 9 To Present 

CWncc ft states 3 Goowrod (6: gcoji Redocbtoitie 6«r iff: of ?6 to Rteh to icve tr. lady rutes 

^ra>C3D al Aieoi (71. gaod to hmu Leveled S: 7rn c 1 ; to L’t^sMie ui site £ am iH liyd. 

5-rtn. orewoiKf* be* 3R*p (me iv«i m l’taagr fcri’jpd! 9r^jttor. (K 213ri. good to trm| nth 

wfj Dawn iiib bettor oft 31 4ft. Pigeon 5ft: X. or 12 to Emoeor Nateem to hsvwap as 

Tanftnm <% 6yd gouii u ism) re»utew 2! 3rd ct 5 (a Jolayro (Sib worse oft to taretscap * Ayt 

!if. goal to 3 m vntti fottn Start Ots Detwr eft n\ V ^ftayro £•.-.! 46 SHE to Wwnti« 

hroao * TKrJ 10. gwd> 

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FORM FOCUS 


4.45 CITY OF RIPON HANDICAP 

(£7.165 Im 4! 60yd) (IQ ainrsrs) 


C4 


1 >7, D-QOSO TESSAJOE 10 (CD.F.G) dtic, Mss J A Cr«r*a 6-:C-3 LOarrort S3 

7 II 13600- RAIWE 301 tCP. tea Sjwksi E .Vrvrcs. _ GVM 85 

5 C. 455162 CHYSTAL FALLS 14 (GJ.F.GI'2 5-MTSI153do5i - 5-9-4__ . KDadqr 96 

4 |«S| D24QI KARAS 10 iVB.F) f" ** te ««• M Stie }>'■ .. 3 tatad 9T 

; I'Oi 60C3S3 TY*reJ0R6iBJ)f.5!lt>VTtf^:ctt.r=»: Ljd)1tasS-94; RCoctkaM 93 

5 E21403 COLVWVRTT2T3(G.S)-Rri>^a i ii«Eaat.9.0_JUcAta/17) « 

r I5l 320301 SLBfP.v r K.f5) (G Date. , tty* W-13 . ACntana 76 

5 <Ei 4-BJIO GHTTRALCOlWrnEE l6|F).'7.5^7JBt?Ch5plff-ff«#s34-9 RsMnU) 94 

9 \H 004400 GAWPIROI7iDflrSrW;-'rnw*faj;VL'srrr7T7.e€. AMacuy Qg 

13 0-2335 CLARTTV 9 >A Unru A ins 3-?-2.JFEgto 95 

BETTlfi. 5-2 fax.'. 11-2 Voter ML 6-i Cr»! FJ-: 7-T liirt.? ',■'-■^1 Carat Casmte 121 

lame. CaKerai C'JttY 25 1 Rawe 


1997 &UGA mm 5-3 *: 2 F Egr E => w 


FORM: FOCUS 


Tsasftoe f si 26 :■* 3 to in r^miop < Pcnabjj (im 41 

M. sod F.m. ?*i jnj ot fi to Capons in 

_ tvnCiKC & 0-,’sr (!m 4« ttrt. good to fan) Ramie 9 - -6) IDS) 

Cl ft ft Gdngj Ji tanOap s f**a (ic 2f qx1 \ Crysa F& Ti: llKTS 3 ta ’AtGiRyqflUy 
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on last year’s form, includ¬ 
ing a nursery effort over 
course and distance, and 
would hack up here if re¬ 
turning to her best. Mister 
Rambo, winner of a listed 
race in Germany, is one for 
the shortlist, but the two to 
concentrate on are King 
Slayer and BlakeseL 

King Slayer, was a strong¬ 
finishing second recently to 
For Your Eyes Only in a 
valuable handicap at Good- 
wood. Previously second 
over course and distance to 
the impressive Rainald. he 
must go well But I just 
prefer Blakeset from his 
favoured low draw. He ran 
well behind Ascot Cyclone in 
a competitive handicap at 
Goodwxxi 

230: Peter Chapple-Hyam is 
pitching Crystal Charm in at 
the deep end in a race 
sponsored by Robert Gang¬ 
ster's Swettenham Stud. Her 
breeding along with reports 

is usefilT^biit she might 
prefer another furlong. 

Amazing Dream is a solid 
form option now that she has 
begun to justify eariy-season 
hopes. A derisive maiden 
victory from Mujatiene at 
Windsor was followed by an 
even better effort when chas-. 
ing home Inya Lake in the 
Molecomb Stakes. Zara- 
gossa showed plenty of 
speed when making a win¬ 
ning debut atThirsk. but she 
must show considerable im¬ 
provement to feature here. 

3.00: Fast ground and the 
prospect of a muddling pace 
could put a spanner in the 
works, notably for Silver 
Patriarch, the likely favour¬ 
ite. who arguably performs 
best with some cut in the 
ground and a strong pace.. 
The tendency of Multi- 
colourcd to bolt to the post 
or run too freely during the 
early stages of a race has 
stopped him from fulfilling 
his undoubted potential.. 

However, he wore a net 
muzzle to postal Newmarket 
last time and then settled 
well in front to record his 
best performance when sec¬ 
ond to Fruits Of Love. With 
the start for this race near 
the grandstand, similar tac¬ 
tics may work again. 

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remains on the fast side. 
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Buzzy Bomb, the likely fa¬ 
vourite. After -showing 
promise behind Lady Rock- 
star. she could not handle 
the soft going at Red car but 
showed her true merits on 
firm ground at Yarmouth 19 
days ago; She travelled well 
throughout the race and 
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pagne N Dreams, who 
boosted the form when win¬ 
ning at Chepstow on Thurs¬ 
day. Miss Salsa Dancer 
returned to: her best at 
Thirsk last time but hails 
from a yard going through a 
quiet spell, i 

3.45: Gauntlet holds some 
fancy big-race entries^ and 
Jeremy Noseda’s Suave 
Dancer colt, ideally drawn 
in stall two, is likely to be a 
warm order here. Of those 
with racing experience, 
Espada has the best form, 
while Square Dancer and 
Ipcress FSUy are open to 
improvement ■ 

4.15: A draw next to either 
rail is invariably needed in 
this race, with preference in 
Ing fields for those drawn 
high. Doable Oscar, an in¬ 
form sprinter who ■ has 
bagged stall 19. looks sure, to 
go well. Winner over the 
minimum trip at Goodwood 
and Ascot on his last two 
starts, he is proven over 
today's trip and this fast six 
furlongs should be ideal. 
David Nicholls also sends 
out the well-drawn ’ Fire 
Dome and Proud Native. Of 
those drawn low, Indian 
Spark and Vasari took best 
in. 

445: Crystal Falls, a course 
and distance winner four 
weeks ago, is a model of 
consistency, but Central 
Committee is the pick. A 
winner of a Warwick handi¬ 
cap an fast ground over 11 
furlongs last month, he ran 
creditably over a quarter- 
mile shorter at Goodwood 
last time; despite being car¬ 
ried wide in the straight. A 
step up to a mile toid a, half 
should suit and he looks well 
handicapped. . . ‘ 

Richard Evans 


RACING NEXT WEEK 


TOMORROW: UngfieW Part ( (first 
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Abbot (205) 

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bury (215], Yarmouth (2J25) 

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By Our French 
Racing Correspondent 


ENithewn 

the Sussex Stakfes at Good¬ 
wood last month, leads the 
British challenge tbr the group 
one Prix Jacqueg le JVIarois 
run over the straight mile on 
good going at Deauville to¬ 
morrow. The Sir Michael 
SrcwteHtrained coft is joined by 
the 2V- lengths! Goodwood 
third. Lend a Hand, and Ca p*» 
Cross. | 

The r^ce has an even stron¬ 
ger Internationa] Savour than 
usual with a challenger from 
Germany, Waky fllao, ridden 
by the. Hong Kong-based 
Stanley Chin, ana one from 
Japan, Taiki Shuttle, who has 
won his last six races. Taiki 
Shuttle will be attempting to 
follow up the viacry of Seek- 
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Second • Empire, \yho was a 
disappointing eighth in the 
Vodafone Derby at Epsom, 
has been supplemented to run 
in the pne-mfie Ridgewood 
Pearl Desmond Stakes at the 
Curragn today. His six oppo¬ 
nents in pie group three event 
include ithe Fulke Johnson 
Houghton-trained Centre 
Stalls, who finished fifth in 
the Sussot Stakes. 


ing The Bearl in last Sunday's 
Prix Mairice de Gheest also 
at Deauville, a first European 
group ore win for a Japanese 
runner. . ' 

Howevtr, the French tram 
has beer] weakened by the 
withdrawal of the Aga Khan’s 
French 1,000 Guineas winner.. 
Zalaiykajwho was found to be 
suffering I from a lung infec¬ 
tion. Alajn de Royer Dupre, 
her train tr, said: “It is a great 
shame bif we do not think the 
problem is major. We expect 
her to be fine in a few weeks.” 

On th( same programme, 
the Gecffrey Wragg-trained 
Sasuru, b be ridden by Mich¬ 
ael Hill, makes his first 
appearance since finishing 
last of Jive in the Eclipse 
Stakes fist year in an 11-. 
runner [ield for the group 
three E&222 Prix Gontaut- 
Biron over ten furlongs. Lord 
Of Met trained by John 
Gosdenjand the mount of 
Frankie |Dettori, attempts to 
win thelrace for the second 
consecutive year, with Run¬ 
ning Stqg and Garuda also 
representing Britain. 

The ]jghlight of todays, 
card is he long-awaited re- 



Among Men. right, seeks another big-race victory in the Prix Jacques le Marois tomorrow. Photograph: David Giles 


turn of Xaar in the group two 
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over ten furlongs, his first 
■ attempt at the trip. .Olivier 
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raced since finishing fourth to 


King Of Kings in the 2.000 
Guineas in May. He was 
found to be suffering from an 
allergy after Newmarket 
However, Andr£ Fabre*s 
charge has no simple task 
against five useful rivals. Sig¬ 


nificantly, Frankie Dettori 
misses Newbury to partner 
Kabool for Nicolas Gement— 
his only ride on the card. 

Kabool ran out an easy 
winner of the group three Prix 
Daphnis at Maisons-Laffitre 


last month. Makaraka. a list¬ 
ed race winner, and Special 
Quest who carries a 41b 
penalty for winning the group 
two Prix Noailles, will also 
help make this a stem test for 
Xaar. 


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MICHAEL KINANE yester¬ 
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beneficiary of Walter Swin¬ 
bum’s surprise decision to 
take a week’s break from 
racing because of the recur¬ 
rence of a weight problem. 

He has been booked by Sir 
Michael Stoute to ride the 
Coronation Stakes winner. 
Exclusive, in the Juddmonte 
International Stakes at York 
on Tuesday. On the same day, 
die Irishman wQl partner 
Peak Path in the Great Volt- 
igeur Stakes with Frankie 
Dettori coming in for the 
mount on I scan in the Acomb 
Stakes. AH three rides became 
available after S win bum suc¬ 
cumbed to renewed weight 



CHANGING TIMES 


Swinbom: week off 

problems and decided to by¬ 
pass next week’s Ebor 
meeting. 

The three-times Derby win¬ 
ning jockey, who only re¬ 
turned from a ten-month 
sabbatical earlier this year, 
hopes to be bade in action late 
next week. He sakk “Unfortu¬ 
nately, my well-documented 
weight problems have been 
proving difficult to control 
recently. In fairness to nryseif 
and the owners and trainers 
who have been kind enough 
to support me. I have told 
them of my intention to take a 
week out." 

The announcement comes 
only a week after Swirtburn 
celebrated his 37th birthday 
and-five days after the latest in 
a long line of group one 
victories when he rode Lavery 
to victory in the Heinz 57 
Phoenix Stakes at Leopards- 
town last Sunday. 



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Winona to miss York 

WINONA, the Irish Oaks winner, will miss the 
Aston Upthorpe Yorkshire Oaks on Wednes¬ 
day after suffering a mild bout of colic. The 
John Oxx-trained filly was not among the ten 
entries for the £120,000-added race yesterday, 
and will now be aimed at the Prix Vermeille at 
Longchamp on September 12. However. Ire¬ 
land could still be represented at York by the 
Aidan O'Brien-trained Shahtoush. The home 
defence could headed by Henry Cedi’s Lanca¬ 
shire Oaks winner Catchascaichcan. with 
Crown Of light representing Godolphin. 


■ STRATFORD 

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220 Bamapour. 2.50 Ozzie Jones. 3.20 Sir 
Galeforce. 330 Mersey Beat 4.20 Mrs Em. 4.50 
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16.25 OS, P Hotels, 15 from 69.217».K Baler. 14 wm 68.206V 
P town. B bom 41.115V 

JOCKEYS: fi Fanan. 9 wikis Horn 38 rid® 23.7V: A P McCoy. 30 
bom 133. 22.6%. R Dutroody. IB Irom 81. 222%, J A UcCarBiy. 6 
him 28. 21.4V M fiUQaald. 14 Horn 66. 212%. N WSIemsm. W 
ban 100.170V 


Blinkered first time 

BANGOR: 2 05 Anotfw BeveTed 3 35 Riches To IRaos 4.05 
Charfesenedailin NEWBURY: 2 30 Bemuse. 4 00 Moite. 4 3Ci 
GodJey. RIPON: 210 Spice Boy. 4 15 Jmmy Too. Regal 
Revolution. STRATFORD: 350 BurfieW Boy. 420 Ja=y 
Retrain 


YESTERDAY S RESULTS 


Newbury 

Going: good to frm 

2.10 (« 8yd) 1. CIRCLE OF GOLD (J 
Reid. 4-7 lav). 2. Imperial Beauty (R 
Hugnes, G-lj: 3. Dashie (K Falon. 6-11. 
ALSO RAM 8 Buflentond, M Trunp 
Stmer |4th). 20 Dcmmant Dancer, Prt. 25 
Cytanl-a (6Thj, Dressing Gwvn. Tudor Ha* 
(5th), 33 Conptcn Akka, Madam Waayto, 
Mieman Gaea. SarrU3sima. 50 Compter 
Arnica, Greenstone. knoctcembad> Net- 
Da 17 ran. Ifcl. 1*1. >51. 41. 2KI P 
Chappie-Hyam a Marton. Tote 21 70. 
£1 30. £1 70. E2.20 DF- &J 80 CSF: 
£4 53 

ZM (7fl 1. VALENTINE GIRL (R Hte. 6- 

1) : 2. Ciaiion r& Carter. 8-1): 3. Truant (J 
Reid. TO-1). ALSO RAN' 1-3 Ibv Phareekh 
(4tm. 33 Odyssey (5thl 5 ran 2ttt »l. sh 
hd 51 B His al Lamfcoum Tote- E560, 
£190. £150 DF-E13S0 CSF £42 60 

3.10 (1m 21 Gyd) 1. BENIN (K Faflon, 7-4 
tavi. 2. Chtm Chimney (N Podard. 16-1): 
3. Cloak of DBrierws (Dane O'Neffl. 13- 

2) . ALSO RAN- 6Shelad'or (Qh). 8 NasWn 
(4ihj. 9 incfwna 12 Spring Fever. 14 
Imshtshway. 20 Fete Free 6 ran 2L 
hd. 41 1H ?si. H Cecil a] Newmarket 
Tele £2.40: £120. E380. £150 DF 
£2220 CSF. £27.52. TltHSE £125.04. 

3.40 (7! 64yd) 1. MUHTATH1H (R HBs. 7- 
4 tav. Our Newmaifcst Correspond enfs 
nap). 2. Danish Rhapsody (Pad Eddery. 
12-11.3. Princely Heir (D Htalaid. 14-lj 
ALSO RAN: 2 Berayelm (5fli). 11-2 
Ramotii 16 Omaha Cfly. Sensory (Eth). 
Speedfn Too (4th), 33 Lib Cb*e 9 ran. 
HR Daumbig Lady V*1.41. a. =Wi. rt, J 
Gosden a Nenmarkel Tola. £260 
£1.60. £2.70. £2.40 DF. E2l lO Titfecta. 
£241 10 CSF: £23.30 

4.10 (1m 3 5yd) 1. SECRET ARCHIVE 
(Dane O'Neil. 11-11. 2. Tin Editor (K 
PaBon. 3-1 fav). 1 JazU (D D'Donohoe. 
100-30) ALSO RAN 10030 Ateazer 
(4th)- 5 Postedcn. 8 Shaya (5th). 16 
Achillas (6#i) 7 ran Sh hd. 2 ftl. ^1. 11I. 

I R Hannon al East Evarteoh Tote 
£15.10. 142a £200 DF. E23.«> CSF. 
£37-52. 

4.40 (618yd) 1. RIFffJ P Frederido. B-1). 
2 Dim Ots 1G Faulkner, 16-1): 3 Stita 
Factors (NCalar ii-2lav) ALSO RAN- 
7 Batchwonh Be»e. 7 Out Una. B AbnasJ 
(481). 9 Too Banana (6tnj. 12 Jennete. 14 
Hard To Figuie. Scssot Fbdge, Sharp 
Hat. 16 BanotXH. 20 Kram (5ih). 25 Grace 
Bn w ntn a 14 ran »t. »L hd, W R 
Ingram ai Fetation. Tote: £850: £2S0. 
£550.£270 DF:£10790.CSF £11837 
Tncasr. £72126 

5.10(1m5f6iyriJ 1.0RMEUE(JfWd.4- 
1). 2. Bathe fci LjQhl (M Roberl&. 3-11:3. 
RucS Knight (F Notion. 15-2). ALSO RAN: 
11-4 farfemappel (Wi). 7WBd Rte (5th). 


!?, 


9 Oliva 12 Royal Crown. 20 Dommart 
Duchess (6th) Bran rtl. Wl.6i. shho. 41. 
P Chappte-Hyam aJ Manior Tole-£4.30: 
£1.80. £150. £240 DF £810. CSF 
£1558 Tncash £75.67 
Jackpot: £9.429.30 • pan won (pool ot 
£11,952.75 carried forward to Newtxiry 
today). 

Placepot £145.40 Quadpoc C20.10 

Folkestone 

g: good io firm 

, 1. JACKIE'S BABY (A Clark. 5-2 
Legal Venture (N Day. 5-D. 3. 
Dung Blaze (A McCarthy. 5-1) ALSO 
11-2 Shstoaash t4mi. 6 Caimanhen. 
Ring of Low. 12 MagK. Monday. 14 
3 te»xyi (5th), Gochlnos (6lh) 9 tan 
VWL HU. Wl. nk W Turner at 
home Tola. £3-90 £180. £190. 
a DF. £12.20. CSF. £15-23. Tncasl' 
97 

i (SI)!. POLES APART (A tetrcfcl* 
iti; 2. Diplomat (A Madoy. 2-1) 3, 
open (N Day. 20-1) ALSO RAN 5 
ret Park (flh). 10 Mehmaas. Wcridw- 
lan (501|. SO W Stem. 50 Wing 
B ran 2*1.61.1l.4l.2t M Tomptins 
ewmstsL Tote. £2.40. £1 10. £1.10. 
0 DF.£1 70 CSF £4.41. 

> (6f 189ydl 1.ASLEY(S Sanders. 9-4 
i Juantia (W Ryan. 7-1), 3. Tony Tie 
Ichofis. 1 1-2). ALSO RAN: 6 The Hate 
.9 Trio. 11 Enchanted Isle. 12 Bate 
ra, 14 Volcanic Star (5lti). 16 
to. Wasisde Flya (4U1). 20 Empy- 
(6th). 11 r3f1 1*. !•- 1 * , - M - - 1 ™ 
oning at Lamboum. Tde: £220: 
0. £2.70, £250 DF- £760 CSF 
(» Tricash £7554. 

IS 189yd) 1. ARTERXERXES (A 
7-n. 2. Madame Claude (S 
fen,. 2-1 lav}. 3. Twin Creeks (Candy 
5-2) ALSO RAN: 3 5h8ip mp 


£20 07 

[1m 4111. PETANE (S Sandere. 100- 
1 Pegasus Bay (J Qunn. 2-t tavj: 3. 
Hon (FLynch, 7-2) ALSO RAN. 5-2 

1 (Wil. »4 Lucky By Fhar (Omj. 33 

aned Melody (Wi) 6 tan. 11 . a. a. 
si J Arnold at Upper lemtoum 
£4GO, £3.20. £130 DF £640 
£10.04 

tan 93yd) 1. LADY FELIX (J Quinn, 
?. Mix PicUes U MarahaB. 14-1 
fihg Band (A McCerihy. p-41 ALSO 

2 lav Noctune (4th). 9 Sip venture 
20 Ivory Charm (Sh) Bran tel. 1W. 
13. ill S Mtelor ai Swindon Tote 
i. £1 70. 0.00. DF £14 80 CSF: 


Southwell 

Going: standard 

1.50 (71) 1. U-No-Harry (D Sweenev 10- 
11: 2. Italian Symphony (7-4 tavi. 3. Rock 
Island Una (7-U 11 ran Nk. r*. R 
Hoifintewad Tole- £890. £360. £130. 
£1.40. DF: £13.70 CSF £24 65 

Z20 (irrifif) 1. Happy Mednan/PF essay. 
33-11. 2. Yanshan (2D-1i. 3. Count de 
Money (6-1) Cnocmaa Bo» 6-4 lav 15 
ran. HR- TasWeni w. 3tei G Enriohr. 
Tc4e £4130. £760. £3 40 £2 70 DF 
£40850- CSF. £514 ce Tncasi 
£4.07032 

£50 (7rj 1. Abtate (P McCabe. 15-8 kni. 
3 TeyovuHn flO-Ii: 3. C-Hany MO-H 10 
ran 21. hi Mrs N Maratdey Tote £2 00 
£170. £310. £2 10. DF. £15 90 CSF 
£2139 

330 ilml i. GoWfame [Emma 
CGorman, 6-D. 2. Pass The Rea 1 100-30 
lav): 3. Sea Ya Maae (12-1 1 : 4 Green 
Sopper 116-D. 16 ran 31. hd Vi 
OGorman. Tole £7.60. £140. £190. 
€270, £440 OF CIS60. CSF- £2530 
Tncasl £19660 

330 (1m 41] 1. Lucky Begonia (C Carver. 
11-4 lav), 2. Mbs Vita (9-2) 3. Bin Sj 
J ames (6-1) io ran 21, i’*! A Carrol 
Tole £350. £130. £2 10. £230 DF 
£11 40. CSF. £13 87 TieaEL £63 58. 

430 (51) 1. Ok Marte |T WffUams. 26-lj. 2 
Roky Experience (B-1/: 3. Dispel Can (5-2 
lav I. 16 ran Sh hd. Ttfl Miss J Crax. 
Toe. Eiaflk E360- £1-90. E2-00- OF 
£852C> CSF- £21005 

4.50 IGTJ 1. Komaseph (T G McLaugnfin. 
20-1): 2. Efion Lfidqar (&-1). 3, Samowrra 
114-1J. Sue Me l5rfi) 13-8 lav 15 ran NR 
Kp$evo Sh hd, 2Vjl. R Marvvt Tole 
£1520; £390. ££10. £4 20. DF £77 00 
CSF' £155.96. Tnwsi £1^44 41 
Placepot £31530 Ouadpot £1330 


Day survives 
heavy fall 

NIGEL DAY and his mount. 
The Haka. survived a nasty- 
looking fall in the David 
Cameron Memorial Nursery 
at Folkestone yesterday, won 
by Asley. The combination 
came down on the turn into 
(he straight, and Day, who 
was shaken in the tumble, 
gave up his remaining ride at 
foe meeting. 





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Pa?d Dodd on the insanely long bonnet of die Beast which he rescued from a Spanish shed after his father lost a court battle with Rolls-Royce: the machine was once in die Guinness Book of Records as the world’s most powerful road car 

Rolls-Royce’s 200mph comeback 


T he Rolls-Royce Merlin en¬ 
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h'ol training aircraft and de¬ 
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fighters in the Battle of Britain. 

The cart owner, Paul Dodd, re¬ 
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poshed the accelerator swiftly to the 
floor as we pulled off a streaming wet 
roundabout in Epsom. 

There was an ear-shattering roar. 
Birds, lifted off from die racecourse 
two miles away. At tidcover. die car 
was deafening: now it was loud 
enough to cause a personality elisor- 
' der. Each of the Merlin’s 12 (flinders 
has a volume of225litres, more than 
die entire engine capacity of most 
family cars. That adds up to 27 litres. 

Of course the wheels spun. There 
was a languid sideways drift, caught 
by a small application of opposite 
lock through the painfully heavy 
steering (there is nopower assistance 
and lfc tons of engine hangs over the 
front wheels), at which point J be¬ 
came afraid and backed off. The Mer¬ 
lin returned to its normal threshing 
cacophony, all gears and valves. 

Vlrs taken 15 years, but IVe finally 
deneit I*ve brought it bade to Eng¬ 
land." Paul smiles as he pats the 
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Spitfire-engined special that adds the magic of the wartime Merlin 
motor to a distinctly strange-looking road-legal hatchback 



Rolls-Royce's Merlin: built for Spitfires rather than one-off saloons 


car, known affectionately as the 
Beast, and gazes at the dark grey 
Merlin engine within. 

We had survived our brief perform¬ 
ance test and were how parked near 
Epsom racecourse. Cars slowed 
down to a craw! as their occupants 
stared dumbfounded at the huge, 
cream-coloured machine, trying to 
make sense of the mile-long bonnet. 


the eight headlamps and the stumpy 
hatchback rear. 

Built by Paulas father. John, in the 
late Sixties, the Beast caused a sensa¬ 
tion when it appeared in 1972 sport¬ 
ing a full Rolls-Royce grille to match 
its powerplant. At the time, it was fea¬ 
tured in the' Guinness Book of 
Records as the world's most powerful 
road car. John frequently took it to 


the speed limit-free autobahns of Ger¬ 
many, where it would cruise comfort¬ 
ably at 200mph. Vanquished local 
Porsche drivers began phoning 
Rolls-Royce to ask where they could 
buy the car. Rolls-Royce eventually 
sued, and after losing his much-publi¬ 
cised case, John retired to Spain in 
1982 taking the car with him and stor¬ 
ing it in a shed. Paul has aimed to 
bring it bade ever since. 

“It's been a dream of mine, but for 
one reason or another 1 haven’t been 
able to do it until now. The engine 
needed a complete rebuild, but other¬ 
wise the car was fine. 

“It is completely road-legal," he 
says. “It wouldn't pass the emissions 
test as a modem car, but because of 
its age it doesn't need to.” 

The Merlin is mounted on an enor¬ 
mously strong, custom-made steel 
chassis. The engine sits backwards, 
with the driveshaft — which would 
normally spin the propeller — at¬ 
tached to an American GM 400 auto¬ 
matic gearbox, much-loved in the 
world of muscle cars and dragsters. 
The bodywork is glass-fibre, styled 
and built by John. 

One would imagine a Spitfire fight¬ 


er to be a rewy machine, like a small 
sports car. but it is not the case. 
Despite its four valves per cylinder, 
the Merlin is a lugger, and develops 
its peak power ai a lazy 2800rpm. 
Top gear is therefore very high. 

This gives a strange impression 
from the driver's seat with speed 
building steadily rather than in the 
explosive rush you might expect of 
SOObhp. One gets the impression, 
though, that top-gear acceleration 
would never end. 

“It doesn't," says Paul. “I've had it 
up to I70mph at an airfield but 1 ran 
out of runway. 1 don't know why, but 
at 150mph it karts to shake and rattle 
so much that you cant see.” 

Ibis is not a situation 1 am keen to 
experience, having been scared stu¬ 
pid at 40mph. But Paul seems non¬ 
plussed about the performance. For 
him. 27-litre Merlin power is perfect¬ 
ly natural, and the roaring Beast is a 
friend, not an enemy — until he 
comes to refuel it In gentle driving, 
die car achieves less than lmpg. 

Paul smiles as he talks about the 
other magnificent engines he has in 
his collection, including a twin-super¬ 
charged Rolls-Royce Griffon of 37- 
litre capacity, lifted from a late-model 
Spitfire. If someone came along with 
the right amount of money, Paul 
would gladly build a car to take it. 
And how much power does the Grif¬ 
fon develop? “2050bhp." he says.- 
eyes gleaming. 


Terry.Hope encounters Mr Blank’s amazing photographic truck in London and asks: is it art or simply a mickey-take? 


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H arrod Blank, in this 
country for the first 
time with his-atriaz- s 
ing camera van. is a gift to 
those who believe that all 
Americans are crazy. 

But maybe there is more to .. 

this man and a his snapper- 

festooned van than first meets 
the eye. His mission is appar¬ 
ently serious — to visit Britain 
to celebrate the Year of Pho¬ 
tography — but nevertheless 
one suspects that the mickey 

is bang taken somehow. 

There is only one way to 

find out, and that is to take a 
ride mlbeffiing. to experience 

the impact its appearance has 
on a British audience trained 
in the art of reserve. 

I arrived to find Harrod the 
centre of attention, both wel¬ 
come and unwelcome, at our _ 
rendezvous on londony West- ■_ 
minster Bridge- Whilethe--, 
tourists gawped, Harrod . 
found himself hassled fry a 

uniformed jobsworth about 
his behaviour. ■ 

Harrod nevertheless per¬ 
suaded officialdom's repre¬ 
sentative to wait while he 
clambered on to the van's roof 


f Most people 
seemhappy to • 
be interrupted 
; by such a 
display of . 
eo^tridty r 

to pose for a quick picture 
Tben.it was off into die mael¬ 
strom of London's traffic, com¬ 
plete with cattails, incredu¬ 
lous double-takers and a 
cacophony of cheery cockney 
.greetings; 

Thirty-ffue-yeanold Harrod 
is a veteran of a flourishing 
and outlandish American art- 
car scene: This is his second, 
and most ambitious, conver¬ 
sion to date. His first, a multi¬ 
coloured VW Beetle with a tel¬ 
evision and mailbag.an the 
roof and an inflatable globe 
on the bonnet had provoked 
extreme reactions from pa$- 
sere-by, and: he longed for 


some way to capture on film 
the astonishment the vehicle 
; caused. In 1993, the answer 
: came to him in-a dream. 

“It was a weird dream," he 
acknowledges. “But- die an- 
: swer was there. If I covered a 
van in cameras, people would 
be attracted to it. and would 
. almost expect to be photfr 
graphed. Most of the cameras 
would be justforshow, but I'd 
arrange a few working mod¬ 
els around the vehicle and 
wire them up so that 1 could 
fire them from a control box 
near the driving seaL” 
Harrod bought a 1972 
Dodge Van for $500 and 
spent two years bolting on to 
it every camera, flashgun and 
exposure meter he could lay 
his hands on, most oftftem ac¬ 
quisitions from thrift stores. 

Now he reckons the camera 
van is worth around 

$ 100 , 000 . though it is insured 
for just $500. “1 don’t think 
anyone who stole it would get 
too far," he says. Wrecking 
• the thing is always possible, 
however, something nearly 
adiieved when Hairod hit a 
deer in Texas. 


Blank's antics do not always pierce British reserve — many bystanders pretend not to have seen him, though others are dearly amazed 


“It took 36 cameras off the 
front bumper " he recalls. 

London’s traffic probably 
holds more dangers than the 
Texas landscape, especially as 
Harrod has a habit of jam- 
mini on his brakes in mid- 
traffic when he caiches sight 
of an interesting face, and con¬ 
ducts a loudspeaker-assisted 
conversation with his subject 
He remains oblivious to the 
sound of angTy horns and 
foul language around him. 
white he exhorts all and sun¬ 
dry to “Say cheeseT’ 

Still, the van attracts more 


smiles than frowns, and most 
people seem delighted to have 
their day interrupted by such 
eccentricity 

When the mood needs light¬ 
ning at Tower Bridge, sooth¬ 
ing Hawaiian music goes out 
over the speakers, and even of¬ 
ficialdom seems inclined to 
turn a blind eye. Which, con¬ 
sidering that one suspects the 
camera van possibly contra¬ 
venes every traffic and park¬ 
ing regulation known id man, 
is for the best 

Harrod and his van have 
been touring the UK. taking 


in London, Birmingham. 
Manchester, Leeds and Bris¬ 
tol, The pictures taken are pe¬ 
culiarly British: "There’s a 
British no-look look," ex¬ 
plains Harrod. “They see the 
van and don’t want to know it 
exists. A picture of someone 
pretending not to took isn’t 
very interesting. 

"On the other hand, there 
are also people here who are 
amazed when they see the 
vehide. white in the States 
they have seen so many weird 
things it doesn't faze them. 

“I’ve found everyone much 


friendlier here. In the US the 
police would like to run me in 
on a regular basis, but the 
cameras put them off. Since 
the Rodney King business, 
they don’t want their attitude 
captured on film." 

The pictures from Hatred's 
UK tour, blown up on to 
2Gx30ft boards, have already 
had a one-nighi showing in 
London, and he is looking for 
a venue for a long-term show. 
After that, he is taking his van 
on tour, visiting France and 
Spain, then possibly Russia 
or Japan, to gauge the reac¬ 


tions of innocent bystanders 
There. 

They wont know what's hit 
them—literally, one suspects, 
if Harrod continues to mix 
driving with photography. 

But it would ai least be a 
well-documented demise and, 
if my experience around Lon¬ 
don is a guide, the victims, 
would be smiling at the time. 

Harrod Blank is now look¬ 
ing for European cameras to 
fix to his van. Anyone willing 
to donate a dapped-our das- 
.sic can contact him on e-mail, 
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v: ."'■iSv^s 1 The sunshine bringTBritain’s exotic species out on to the roads 


— the spin-doctor, the great navigator, the squawker and the Saddam Hussein 


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W e are barely halfway 
through the busiest 
holiday month of the 
summer and already 
this column’s network of driver- 
otogists has been out with its 
cameras, binoculars and smartly 
engraved Driven to Distraction 
water-resistant, spiral-bound note¬ 
books, spotting exotic examples of. 
the many varieties that add so 
much to the colour and gaiety of 
the typical British resort 
One of the joys of wandering the 
beachtop car parks, dogged alley- 
ways and crumbling pavements of 
our resorts is to notice the number 
of caf drivers who behave in ways 
that we all consider utterly ludi¬ 
crous. except of course when we 
are doing it ourselves. 

One driver's pavement is anoth¬ 
er drivers parking space. It might 
indeed, be the same driver's car 
parking space in extremis, such as 




Peter 

Barnard 


when a rear-seat child stops dying 
for long enough to point at a shop 
and shout“Ice-cream!” But there is 
no question that certain high-pro¬ 
file types with fixed behavioural 
tendeiides migrate to the coast at 
this time every year. Some can be 
spotted en route. 

Jules Verne Knew My Great- 


Grandfather This example is espe- 
. dally prevalent in lay-bys and m 
the car paries of motorway service 
areas. The space ot top of his dash¬ 
board has a compass fixed by one 
of those damned rubber things 
that works loose periodically. 

He can also be identified by the 
map spread out oh his carls roof 
and the rircle of admirers listening 
as he dispenses the wisdom of 
years spent bypassing one traffic 
jam in order to join another one. 

The Jules Verne is famous for 
his snort of disdain, which he uses 
to startle the weak and inexperi¬ 
enced who might have the temerity 
to suggest, for example, using the 
Exeter-Honiton stretch of the A30. 

“Hah!” The loud snort, followed 
by a long and pitying cackle, pre¬ 
cedes a discourse cm what hap¬ 
pened on titis road four years ago 
when a trailer containing eight 
tonnes of hay tipped over in front 



of six Centurion tanks on their way 
to Salisbury Plain and delayed the 
Jules Verne and his family for 
three days. 

The Peter Mandelson: Every car 
journey to the coast involves the 
risk of meeting this infuriating 
creature, the spin-doctor of road 
travel. For the Mandelson. there is 
no such thing as a fraught car jour¬ 
ney. Unlike the Jules Verne, who 


actively seeks chaos (or adventure, 
as he would see it], the Mandelson 
looks at a bed of nails and sees a 
bed of roses. The Mandelson can 
leave Birmingham at 5pm on a Fri¬ 
day having booked dinner for 8pm 
the same night at one of Ride 
Stein’s restaurants in Padstow, cer¬ 
tain in the knowledge that he will 
be there. 

This would not bother you but 


for one thing: he has told you that 
he will be there and you are mak¬ 
ing the same journey". Oh dear. 

Your entire family has heard 
what the Mandelson said and you 
are expected to emulate him. At 
8pm you are stuck on the M5 south 
of Bristol, feeling even more miser¬ 
able because you know the 
damned Mandelson is sitting 
down to fillet of bass in Padstow. 


Cheer up. Try the rear-view mir¬ 
ror yes. that's him. 

The Ruddy-Faced Yelper: this 
creature has a cry that i! only emits 
when faced with the price-board 
beside pay-and-display machines 
in short-term car parks. The Yelp¬ 
er approaches the board, groping 
for change in the pockets of a pair 
of shorts that have not flattered 
him for some years', slops sudden¬ 
ly in front of the board and cries: 
“Sixty pence! Sixty pence!" 

A Yelper is distinguished by ex¬ 
cellent powers of observation and 
a phenomenal, if selective, memo¬ 
ry. He will spot, for example, thai 
60p has been pasted over the 
(smaller) winter charge, thus giv¬ 
ing rise to his subsidiary rail: 
“Bloody disgrace! Bloody dis¬ 
grace. 1 " The Yelper can even recall 
the time, several centuries ago. 
when he could park here for noth¬ 
ing. But he has completely forgot¬ 
ten that back where he lives, it 
costs £1 to park for five minutes. 

The Saddam Hussein: This indi¬ 
vidual is characterised by an inva¬ 
sive attitude to the parking space 
next door. He can occupy one bay 
and just enough of the next one to 
prevent anything wider than a bi¬ 
cycle gerting into it 

Warning: he can become aggres¬ 
sive if his vehicular installations 
are subjected to critical inspection. 








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L oril Lichfield, the 
renowned . photogra¬ 
pher, hon vneur and : 
cousin to the Queen, 
has sor^ethir^ in common 
with butcher PaulMoare, pur¬ 
veyor of fine meats to the 
discerning shoppers of Bacup, 
Lancashire. They share a love 
of bikes in general and of one 
BMW R90S in particular. 

Few things are better than 
motarbikES for uniting people 
from varied backgrounds. As 
the 5th Eari of Lichfield, the 
Beemetfs first owner, sits and 
chats to Moore, its latest own¬ 
er, that adage certainly rings 
true. 

Their meeting at the earl’s 
residence; 16tbwenluiy Shug- 
borough Hall near Milford in 
rural Staffordshire, came after 
Moore discovered the fllusui- - 
ous identity of his lake's previ¬ 
ous owner and derided to offer. 
Lord Lichfield the chance to be 
reunited with the bike. 

When Moore saw the R90S. 
in the local paper last sunk 
mer, he never imagined that 
buying it would lead to a dose 
encounter with the aristocra¬ 
cy. It had been partly restored 
by its previous owner but 
Moore was not happy with it 
“It had a naff seat and al¬ 
though sane stuff had been re¬ 
stored. it was still covered in 
rusty fasteners.’* he says. _ 
“My friend put in a lot df 
work to bring the bike back to 
standard. A lot of it was 
putting right the previous own¬ 
er’s mistakes.” 

Out of curiosity, Moore con¬ 
tacted the DVLA for a list: of 
previous owners. At the top - 
was the Earl of Lichfield-He 
had bought the bike in 1974. 

The earl recalls: “I had been 

doing advertising photogra¬ 
phy tor BMW cars, working , 
around their showroom m 
Park Lane. London. They al¬ 
ways had bikes in the window 
and one day a guy came m 
with.a demonstration R90S. 

-They sail 1 could take it 
away for the weekend but 
asked if I could get some good 
advertising pictures out of it-1 
got a Very pretty girl who 
could ride a bike and shother 
at a very stow shutter speed 
with flash. Over the weekend I 

fell in love with the Mke. I had 

had a CB450 Honda before it 
and compared to that it 
seemed wonderfully smooth.” 

Lord Lichfield looks the epit- 
ome of smooth as he hosts his 
immaculately pressed stories 


Lordlichfield 
and butcher 
Paul Moore 
have a common 
love: an ageing 
BMW they both 
bought, says 
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H aving motoring fun on today's 
congested roads is like smiling 
while paying income tax — it 
cannot be done. Chasing this impossible 
dream leads to many buying a natty two- 
seat sports car. or becoming a forty-some¬ 
thing born-again motorcyclist. 

The sports car fantasy is, in reality. a 
car that sits at track exhaust-height in traf¬ 
fic jams. while accident rates are soaring 
among older bikers who have bought a 
two-wheeler after decades of family es¬ 
tates and saloons. The answer for those 
who long for the fun of a motorbike that 
feels as safe as a car. or the buzz of a sport- 
scar that handles like a motorbike, is the 
All Terrain Vehicle or quad bike. 

The quad bike is much maligned. The 
actor and comedian Rik Mayall suffered 
horrendous injuries, from which he is 
now recovering, after an accident on his 
machine — and it is said to be a favourite 
with thieves. Yet Honda alone sold almost 
3.000 in the UK last year. Britons buy 
some 6,000 a year, more than half of all 
ATVs sold in Europe. They have become, 
says Honda's Lawrence Pearce, “some- 



Stuntman Matt Coulter has set world jump records with his custom-built quad 


thing of a British phenomenon”. Fanners 
love them as mechanised beasts of burden 
and corporate hospitality organisers buy 
them to entertain executives bored with 
their limousines and Harley-Davidsons. 

These four-wheel “bikes” boast all- 
wheel drive, engines from 250ec to 430cc. 
awesome abilities in mud and off-road, 
and are child's play to drive. Hie throttle 
is a small lever pushed by the thumb, and 
the clutch-free gearchange can be operat¬ 
ed by hand or by foot 

Safety is a priority, and the machines 
are plastered with stickers warning of 
death and injury if not treated with 


respect Motorcycling gloves and helmet 
are a necessity, as is a dear stretch of 
grass, mud or forest As you crawl up 
muddy slopes, splash through flooded 
fields, pick your way along designated for¬ 
est track, a strange sensation begins to 
dawn, you are having fun being on the 
move. 

The stuntman Matt Coulter has even 
set world records leaping his specially 
built quad bike over parked vehides and 
flying aeroplanes, but the quad bike rider 
does not have to go to such extremes. 

For wheeled thrills, the quad bike could 
well be the automotive Viagra of its age. 



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Biker Lord Lkbfield with new owner. Paul Moore 


'and sits on the Beemer for the 
first time in more than 20 
years. Shugborough Hall is 
open to the' public, and 
middle-aged women in floral 
dresses cant quite believe 
their eyes, and their hick, to 
see the man himself tafldng to 
a couple of leather-clad bikers.- 
Chatting is fine, but like the 
true biker he is. the earl cant 
resist a blast, and Moore is 
only too happy to oblige- The 
offer of a hornet, is shunned 
tone of the advantages of liv¬ 
ing on, a private e$tate).and the 
whopping Havana cigar is put 
aside on the hall's steps. After 
a press of manicured thumb 
on the starter, a delicate Ital¬ 
ian loafer presses the gear le¬ 
ver, and he is away. After a re¬ 


strained 20 yards while he 
dears the gravel, the earl 
thrashes off along an estate 
road. "Bloody hell. He's enjoy¬ 
ing himself," says Moore. 

. After ten minutes he is back. 

wavy grey coiffeur rakishly 
windswept. "What a honibfe 
Tootbrake. I couldn't find it. 
But its wonderful. Once you 
get it up to cruising his just 
fine. It took a few hundred 
yards to get used to, but it was 
terrific across fl>e grass too.” • 
“ft's no slouch is it?" says 
Moore, brimming with pride. 

“No: But it feels ponderous. 
I went' straight from this to 
really high-tewing Kawasa- 
kis and now back to Triumphs 
and you really do feel die char¬ 
acter with these tilings. 


“1 think this is the only one 
of my bikes I never feD off. I do 
remember losing a contact 
lens gong much too quick in 
the dark and wet. lve only got 
one good eye and 1 was com¬ 
pletely Wind.” he laughs. 

The two men retire to the 
hall’s steps to talk bikes. “I like 
the way certain things become 
icons,” says the eari. "You 
wouldn’t say this is the most 
.beautiful piece of machinery, 
but it’s become a classic. Why 
is that, do you think?" 

“Because it’s an R90S,” says 
Moore. “They're revered. It's 
the BMW to have. What made 
you sell it?" 

" “I became a. father and 
thought 1 ought fo be more re¬ 
sponsible. Now my children 
are grown-up I’ve decided to 
be irresponsible again. I'm 59 
and a Jot of my friends think 
I'm completely mad, but I can 
still have enormous fun on a 
motorbike in 15 minutes with¬ 
out breaking any laws at all 
You can’t do that in a car." 

. Sitting there chatting like a 
couple of old mates, the pair 
might easily be at Box Hill or 
the Ace Cafe. And that thorny 
word "dass" is mentioned 
only when agreeing on the un¬ 
doubted status of one very spe¬ 
cial R90S parked before than. 







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THE .TIMES SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1998 

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D im Herald, the writer, 
observed that “babies 
are such a nice way to 
start people”—nice but 
costly, at least if you are deter¬ 
mined to take advantage of an the 
myriad goods and services offered 
to prospective parents. 

Babies are a growth market 
Even before their tury feet have pat¬ 
tered, you can have invested a size¬ 
able amount of money in pre-natal 
care, fitting out the nursery and pil¬ 
ing up those tiny clothes with re¬ 
markably grown up price tags. 

While there are plenty of parents 
who refuse to get swept up by the 
trend of conspicuous spending on 
babies and children, for those who 
insist on the best or who regard 
childrearing as a socially competi¬ 
tive activity, the opportunities to 
spend lavishly are legion and start 
from the first days of pregnancy. 

When it comes to giving birth, 
do not expect your health insur¬ 
ance to book you a room in the 
nearest private hospital. Private 
medical insurance is only likely to 
cover exceptional circumstances. 
Bupa, for example, says that if 
there is a clinical reason for a Cae¬ 
sarian, then it can be done private¬ 
ly. In addition if a policyholder is 
having a baby in an NHS hospital 
and complications occur, it may be 
possible for them to be moved to a 
private room or to the nearest 
Bupa hospital. 

Ante natal care and preparation 
can be as diverse and as expensive 
as you want —a team of personal ■ 
nutritionists and therapists an 


Clare Stewart calculates the 
rising cost of experiencing 
the joys of parenthood 


hand to ensure your wellbeing, or 
a few sessions at the local swim¬ 
ming pool and some yoga classes 
in the church hall. 

If you choose to see an obstetri¬ 
cian privately from the earliest 
stages of pregnancy, then each con¬ 
sultation can set you bade around 
£100. Prospective mothers are ad¬ 
vised to consult their GPs who can 
recommend an obstetrician locally 
who has a private practice. 

For those who want to book the 
whole package privately, leading 
private centres such as the Port¬ 
land Hospital in London advise 
parous to expect to pay a mini¬ 
mum of E5.000. 

After the hapjy event, you might 
be inriinari to employ a maternity 
nurse to see you through the first 
tentative days or weeks. A materni¬ 
ty nurse on call might cost you 
£500 a week, less outside the capi¬ 
tal and South East 

When it comes to hiring a nan¬ 
ny, salaries are also highest in Lon¬ 
don and the South East You can 
expect to pay upwards of £250 a 
week, exclusive of employer’s tax 
and national insurance, for a five- 
out nanny in London. For a live-in 
nanny expect to . pay upwards of 
£150. By comparison the Emergen¬ 


cy Mums' agency in Edinburgh 
quotes an average salary of £170 to 
£180 a week far five-out nannies, 
and EI20 to £150 for those living 
with the family, again exclusive erf 
tax and insurance. 

Reputable nanny agencies place 
nannies who have an NNEB (Na¬ 
tional Nursery. Examination 
Board) q ualificati on or an HNC or 
BTech equivalent. Nannies without 
specific qualifications but with con¬ 
siderable experience and good ref¬ 
erences are also placed by agencies. 


F or the social cachet of em¬ 
ploying one of the distinc¬ 
tively uniformed Norland 
Nannies, widely regarded 
as the archetypal English nanny, 
expect to pay. £250 to £550 a week 
in London and the South East on a 
live-in basis, and upwards of £350 
a week living out. 

Good quality childcare is expen¬ 
sive, and while employing a nanny 
or sending a child to a day nursery 
may allow a'mother to continue 
her career, parents have to do the 
sums very carefully when working 
out what several children are like¬ 
ly to cost - 

It is worth checking whether 
your own private medical insur¬ 


PARENTS who are already know full well the ex¬ 
pense of children are constantly reminded of the 
sums involved by frequent surveys: The average to¬ 
tal of the most recent studies into the vital cosfrof- 
dtfldren question is £50L000.tb £60^000 from cradle 
to coflege- This excludes school fires bid indudes 
items such as the higher mortgage payments that 
arise when tire family moves to a larger home (Anne 
Ashworth writes). 

The State’s modest contribution to this spending 
spree is child benefit of £11.45 a week for the first 
child and £930far each subsequent duld. 

As amxmnoed in this year's Budget, the child ben¬ 
efit payment to the fint diM will rise by £250 a 
week by April 1999. By that time, however, the Gov¬ 
ernment may have announced its plans, to make 


child benefit taxable in the hands of Irigber rate tax¬ 
payers. This measure could be accompanied fay a 
more significant increase In the child benefit paid to 
those on low incomes. - 

Another move to help the low paid wifi follow the 
child benefit changes. In October 1999 family credd 
wffl be replaced bytheworking families tax credit, a 
tax refund. At present, family credit is paid direct to 
mothers. Whfle the Government has pledged Oat 
there wifi be no redistribution id money between 
spouses, ibis may not be so in practice. 

Accompanying the working families tax credit 
wffl be another tax aedtiftwdmd care. This will pro¬ 
vide £100-a^rcek for theinst child and £150-a-week 
for two children., cared for in day .miseries or by 
childminders! 


ance can be extended to cover chil¬ 
dren. Bupa, for example, offers 
family cover for all children up to 
the age of 21. or 2A if in fuD-time ed¬ 
ucation. under its Bupa Care poli¬ 
cy. For a family where the driest, 
partner is aged between 35 and 39. 
the cost is E119 a month. 

If you are determined that your 
child has an impressive education, 
then you need to plan ahead. Regis¬ 
tering at birth for a prestigious 
school no longer guarantees a 
place. Competition starts early and 
entry is increasingly dependent on 
passing exams and interviews. 

Isis, the Independent Schools In¬ 
formation Service, which has 1500 
schools as members, says that the 
sector seeing the most expansion is 
the two io four age group. 

Mantessori schools are popular 
with parents looking to give their 
children a stimulating education 
from the earliest stages. The major¬ 
ity of Montessori schools in the 
UK take pupils from the ages of 
two to six though some do cater 
for older children. 

The Montessori method, says 
Lynne Lawrence, a council mem¬ 
ber of Montessori Education (UIQ, 
aims to guide and encourage chil¬ 
dren chi an individual basis, en¬ 
couraging their sensory perception 
to help them to absorb and under¬ 
stand information as well as teach¬ 
ing literacy and numeracy skills. 

You might expect to pay £550 to 
£650 for a 12-week term, mornings 
only, in London and the South 
East, less elsewhere in the UK. 
Montessori Education offers par¬ 
ents guidance on what to look for 
when choosing a Montessori 
school (0181-946 4433). 

Fees for other private schools 
also vary regionally. Isis quotes a 
range of £600 to £1,100 per term 
for pre-prep schools, covering the 
ages of two to seven. For prep 
schools, taking pupils aged seven 
to 13. expect to pay £950 to £2500 a 
term for day pupils and £2500 to 
£3500 for boarders. For senior 
schools fees per term for day pu¬ 
pils range from £1500 to £3500. 
For boarders they range from 
£2,700 to £4,600. 

On top of these not inconsidera¬ 
ble amounts, do not forget the 
many extras that may have to be 
added on —private tuition to learn 
the French honv football lots and 
the ever more 1 exotic school trips 
now offered to pupils. 



Taking it easy: baby Sam could not care less how much he has cost his parents Lucy and Matt Allen 

Losing a salary is a shock 


Y ou can spend a fortune as ba- 
1 bies could be an endless money 
pit. says Lucy Allen, 30, who had 
her first child Sam, in May. 

“We didn’t sit down and work 
out what it would all cost." says 
Mrs Allen, who lives in Surrey 
with her husband Matt, 32. In 
need of guidance as to what to buy, 
she was grateful for the advice of a 
friend who had just had a baby. 

“She took me ro Mothercare and 
told me what was worth having 
which was a tremendous help. We 
bought electrical goods new, also a 
car seat which cost about £70 but 


which has to be new in case it’s 
been in an accident. But we also de¬ 
cided to buy a number of things 
secondhand, such as a pram for 
£85 rather than nearer £300 new. 
We have hardly used it as it’s too 
bulky," says Mrs Allen. They also 
bought a second-hand cot for £30 
and added a new mattress. 

“We also borrowed a number of 
things that we wouldn’t need for a 
while, such as a Moses basket and 
a bouncy chair." Lucy and Matt 
were also given a lot of clothes and 
toys as presents, as well as second¬ 
hand dothes from friends whose 


children had outgrown them. 

Mrs Allen reckons that they 
have spent about £1.000 so far, on 
big items; toys and day to day 
needs such as nappies, toiletries 
and food. “Probably the biggest ini¬ 
tial shock is losing one salary, so 
perhaps the ongoing cost has not 
really hit us yet," says Mrs Allen, 
who is on maternity leave from 
her job as an account manager in 
a London advertising agency. 

“We didn't work out all the costs 
- we knew we wanted to have a 
baby, and that we would cope 
whatever," she adds. 


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W hat a week, financial mar¬ 
kets have been dominated 
by professional speculators. 
As usual, it is hard to separate games 
that are designed to destabilise prices 
in thin August trading from attempts 
to turn an honest billion by pre-empt¬ 
ing inescapable economic pressures. 

George Soros, king of the hedge 
funds operators, has won a benign im¬ 
age in Britain. He speeded up the inev¬ 
itable. and for that reason probably 
beneficial, decision to let sterling fail 
in 1992, He has wctn friends in East¬ 
ern Europe by his personal largesse. 

Events of the past year should have 
lifted the scales from innocent eyes. 
One or two Asian countries were run¬ 
ning bubble economies ripe for prick¬ 
ing. But once confidence had gone, 
speculators found they could make a 
lot more by creating a downward spi¬ 
ral After tasting blood, hedge funds 
rampaged indiscriminately, bringing 
ruin, death, big cuts in living stand¬ 
ards and a threat of world slump. 

As the impact of the first round of at¬ 
tacks shows up in falling profits and 
output and spreads to other coun¬ 
tries, speculators have chosen August 
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of Asian, plants in'the UK or factories 
competing with countries whose cur¬ 
rencies have fallen too low, BPs merg¬ 
er helped the FTSE100 index but pres¬ 
sure on HSBC in Hong Kong hurt. 

In Asia, fallin g profits from blue 
chip companies gave excuses for more 
bear raids- In the UK, low profit 
growth from top financial, pharmaceu¬ 
tical and brand companies will under¬ 
mine the high ratings that still rule. 


funds aim to push prices the way that 
suits them by moving around big 
sums of speculative money. Without 
picking on individuals, it is fair to say 
that they are enemies of us all, the hye¬ 
nas of the open market system. 

“The raiding parties are going from 
one market to another and {dont see 
what is going to stop them," one Far 
East economist moaned. The Hong 
Kong Government has had a go. It 
found that unnamed hedge funds 
were selling stocks short then attack¬ 
ing the Hong Kong dollar's parity in 
order to push up interest rates and en¬ 
sure that stocks fell. So it bought 
stocks, futures and dollars. On Day 1, 
the counter-offensive worked. 

Speculative plots are possible be¬ 


cause Hong Kong operates a curren¬ 
cy board that automatically links in¬ 
terest rates to currency reserves, Mr 
Soros, no doubt tying to be helpful, 
proposed such a system for Russia. 

Unfortunately, he also said devalua¬ 
tion must come first and that if the 
West did not put up $15 billion back¬ 
ing right away. Russia would default 
or sink into hyperinflation. Russian 
markets collapsed. Well well. 

The teal new problem for Russia 
was that crude qQ prices sank to their 
lowest in real terms for 25 years. This 
is one of the indirect effects of the 
Asian crash that are making non¬ 
sense of early Western complacency. 
BPs defensive merger with Amoco 
will cost many jobs, as will the plight 


T op UK shares have fallen 11 per 
cent since July but are still up a 
tenth over 12 months. Last Au¬ 
gust, however, fund managers sur¬ 
veyed for Merrill Lynch expected com¬ 
pany earnings to grow by 75 per cent 
in 1997 and by 7.1 per cent in 1998. 
Now they expect 5 per cent this year 
and next Expositions are similar bur 
ratings even higher in New York. 

Shares are buoyed by falling long¬ 
term interest rates, but that has made 
government bonds a better bet. In 
Asia, emerging markets specialists 
are piddng over the ruins to buy 
shares with basic financial strength- 
utilities, food and drink shares tend 
to fit the bill. Even here, such bear 
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April and their replacement 
by Isas with less favourable 
conditions is not the only 
change that will limit what we 
can shelter from tax. 

In a little publicised move, 
the Treasury wflL from this 
October, reduce the attractive¬ 
ness of Save As You Earn 
(SAYE) plans which are used 
by 8 00,000 employees in com¬ 
pany share schemes. 

When the plan matures, the 
employees can buy shares or 


take a tax-free bonus, if the 
price of the shares has fallen. 
These tax-free bonuses are be¬ 
ing cut, with those who are 
saving over seven years to ac¬ 
quire a stake in their compa¬ 
nies seeing their effective 
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dividual contributing EUXta- 
month to a seven-year scheme 
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£1.800 to £1350. As a result 
there are now fears that fewer 
employees will take advan¬ 
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KPMG, says: “If this is the 
Government's new approach 
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When the contract expires, 
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I t is the attractive rate of in¬ 
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tract which often draws 
employees , because they 
know if the shares perform 
barfly they will still receive a 
good capital return. . 

The bonus rates are not 
only going to be cut in Octo¬ 
ber, but they will take on a 
very unusual characteristic. 
Three-year SAYE contracts 
will pay a better return than 


savings built up over five or 
seven years which appears “to 
make a mockery of encourag¬ 
ing long-term investment.” 
said Mr Tuch. The Treasury 
says this move is due to expec¬ 
tations that interest rates are 
likely to fall over the longer- 
term and claims the rate cut is 
not due to pressure from build¬ 
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Tax experts are sceptical 
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was 6 per cent when the cur¬ 
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when three-year contracts first 
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later. The reduced rate looks 
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line with other market Tates 
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Too 


many chefs spoil APR 


R ecipes work best 
when followed to 
the letter. Flout the 
orders of Delia Smith or 
the River Cafe chefs and 
the outcome will be unap¬ 
petising unless you are an . 
Escomer in the kitchen. 
The calculation of an annu¬ 
al .percentage rate (APR) 
has become a recipe every¬ 
one has felt entitled to in- 


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ANNE ASHWORTH, 

Personal Finance 
Editor 


could provide a cau- 
r tale featuring these 


in- 


—-its and adding „ 
own dash of creativity. 

For consumers, the re¬ 
sult may sometimes seem 
irresistible — cheap and 
wholesome. But one 
mouthful proves that ap¬ 
pearances can deceive. 
The purpose of the APR 
(syn. “true rale") is to al¬ 
low borrowers to compare 
the costs of different types 
of Joan. It may help you to 
choose between personal 
loans. But it would not per¬ 
mit you to weigh the mer¬ 
its of a credit or store card 
against an overdraft, as 
banks may omit some ex¬ 
tra charges imposed on 
those who go into the red. 

The Government has 
this week finally 


nounced that it intends to 
reform the APR to make it 
easier for borrowers to as¬ 
sess loan offers through¬ 
out Europe. Most would 
be grateful merely for a fig¬ 
ure thai helped than to dif¬ 
ferentiate between two 
fixed-rate mortgages ad¬ 
vertised on the same high 
street For. in another 
anomaly, some fenders cal¬ 
culate fixed-rate APRs as if 
the discount applied for 
the whole of the loan. 

Those creating tine new- 
style APR should not only 
curb such flights of fancy 
among tenders. They must 
also impose -strict guide¬ 
lines on the date from 
which interest may be 
i. another influence 
APR. Your credit 


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from the time of the pur¬ 
chase, from the date it ap¬ 
pears on your statement, 
or from a later date. 

The proposals for 
change should reflect that 
many (though they would 
. hate to admit it) have no 
idea what ah APR is. For 
those confused by percent¬ 
ages. each type of borrow¬ 
ing could also carry anoth¬ 
er figure showing the cost 
for each £100 borrowed, 
the perfect recipe to make 
anyone think twice about 
taking out a loan. 


Bears and cats 


cm 


ah- card rate could depend oh 


confrontations be¬ 
tween bears and cats do 
not figure in myth and fa¬ 
ble. But contemporary 


honaiyi 
two creatures. 

News of the ever more 
parlous stale of the Rus¬ 
sian economy has acted as 
a further depressant to 
world markets. Already 
reeling from the effects of 
the Far East’s gloom, the 
FTSE 100 has faltered un¬ 
der the influence erf the 
Russian Bear, calling into 
question yet again the 
Treasury’s fondness for 
the cat 

Only those individual 
savings accounts (Isas) in¬ 
vesting in index-tracker 
funds will be allowed to 
carry the earmark, the 
Treasury's benchmark of 
quality. As is evident, 
many investors will natu¬ 
rally presume that they 
are safer in a Catmarked 
fluid and be dismayed 
when its value tumbles. 

Ministers are said to be 
preparing to mortify the 
Catmarkmg rules. The gy¬ 
rations of the markets pro¬ 
vide them with an ideal ex¬ 
cuse to reconsider reserv¬ 
ing their seal of approval 
for index funds. 


Getting on the ball 


S uperleague or not the 
football market has to 
re-emerge from the dol¬ 
drums this season as the injec¬ 
tion of television money in-' 
creases and the potential for gi¬ 
ant riches from digital TV 
come ever near. But what to 
buy? After all. there are more 
than 20 British and European 
dubs quoted on toe market 
The Superleague factor 
could drive up toe price of any 
of the dubs likely to take part, 
but in tiie UK this probably 
only means Manchester Unit¬ 
ed, Celtic, or Enic. which, owns 
25 per cent of Rangers, though 
investors might like to look at 
Ajax of Amsterdam. Lazio, the 
only . -quoted Italian dub, 
might also figure but those 
shares' have been chased up- 
wards.by fanapcal fans. 

. Richard Hunter, -head of 
dealing services at NatWest 
Stockbrokers, recommends 
Chelsea,, Village.: partly • be¬ 
cause ffe thinks Chdseamigbt 
. p/jn the Premiership and part¬ 
ly because of toeclub’si proper¬ 
ty interests. However, the mas¬ 
sive wagebill that Chelsea has. 
taken on from the sigmng.itf 
• top - __ 

gi Casiiaghi, Mareel 
and Brian Lindrup. wifi prob¬ 
ably drive it : into loss, .and 
those who know that part of 
London say ChelseaYlocation 
isatshOw^^"oftiteFok , 
-Ham Road.- -" ' ' . ’ 

Mr.-v Hunter might have 
more luck .with-his other two 
recommendations. Sunder^ ' 
land and-.Leeds Sporting. The 
latter jwill probably notdo so 
well with the multimedia irirer- 
ests Mr Hufifer admires so 
much. . But. has just kicked 


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Se same fireworks 
up 'life, share, price. 
Sunderland is an exceptional¬ 
ly well-supported First Divi¬ 
sion dub that missed out on 
promotion to the Premiership 
and could .have a gpod run on 
the. , stock market if it has a 
good run iii the league. 

^However, thereal value isin 
the dubs toe market does riot 
like — Aston Villa, Newcastle 
United and Tottenham Hot¬ 
spur.The former twowill both, 
be in European competitions 


- jtius.^car^'whieb fr a fr ttfl ft hnen 
reflected in their share prices. 

■ . Also both should do quite well 
.in the Premier League.Man- 
agement issues have plagued 
.; them, though Villa has proba¬ 
bly reassured the City that it 
has a succession ready should 
Doug Ellis, its 74year-oIckhair- 
man. retire. Newcastle, though, 
'■might take some time to con- 
• Vince the market that the return 
of its two disgraced directors 

- will not have an adverse effect 
on supporters. 

'.. Spurs though is toebig enig¬ 


ma. It is a top dub, though it is 
being overshadowed by Arse¬ 
nal, its North London neigh¬ 
bour. Alan Sugar, its chair¬ 
man, knows how to run abusi- 
ness and Sara Chisholm, who 
knows a thing or two about 
pay-per-view television, has 
just joined the board. The cur¬ 
rent rating discounts every¬ 
thing but relegation. Surely 
Spurs cannot perform worse 
this season than it did last 
time. Or can it? 


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minimise risk, how to spot 
winning shares and how to 
keep the taxman happy. Avail¬ 
able from bookshops priced at 
E9.99. 

Safeway, the supermarket 
has increased the rates on its 
Direct Savings Account The 
account, which is adminis¬ 
tered for Safeway by Abbey 
National, can be opened with 
£50. The interest rate on die 
minimum investment is 4 per 
cent gross pa. rising to 6.75 per 
cent on balances of £500-£999, 
720 per cent on £1,000 to 
£2,499 and 725 per cent on 
savings of more than £ 2200 . 
Ask in Safeway stores for 
details or call 0800 995995. 

Bardaycard has invited 
300.000 customers to partici¬ 
pate in a pilot telephone 
service. Using a normal BT 
residential line, credit card 
holders simply dial 1374 be¬ 
fore making a call to benefit 
from a 20 per cent discounted 
rate. Calls will be bflled auto¬ 
matically to their Bardaycard 
account, giving up to eight 
weeks of interest-free credit 
The telephone service will be 
extended to all Bardaycard 
holders early next year. 

Lizanne Rose 


Standard Life Bank 0345 555657 

C&G 0800 742437 

Northern Rock 0845 600 6767 

SAGA (for over 50s) 0600 514515 

Direct Access 
instant Transfer 
Save Dir Inst 
Postal Savings 

1 -A---aT 

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7.35 

7.50 

7.80 

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Account 

Notice 
of term 

Deposit 

Rate 

interest 

paid 

Scarborough BS 01723 500616 
Chelsea BS 0800 132351 

Standard Lite Bank 0345 555657 

Legal & General Bank 0500 1 H 200 

Scarborough 30 
PosMel 40 

50 Day Notice 

60 Direct 5 

30 Day 

40 day 8 

50 day T 

60 day B 

£ 1,000 

£5,000 

£1 

£ 10.000 

7.60 

7.80 

7.55 

8.00 

Yly 

Yly 

Yiy 

Yly 

FIRST TESSAS (TAX FREE) 

Account 

Notice 
of term 

Deposit 

Rate 

Interest 

paid 

Norwich & Peterborough 0800-883322 


5 year 

5 year 

5 year 

5 year 

£100 
£2,500 
£3,000 
. £100 

R 08 
820 
8.10 
8 X 6 

Yly 

Yly 

yp 

YV 

Lambeth BS 0800 225221 

Yorkshire BS 0800 378836 


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APR% 

Fee per 
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Capita/ One Bank 0800 952 5252 

Visa 

0.57%N 

&90%N 

NS 

RBS Advanta 0800 077770 

Visa 

0.64%N 

7.90%N 

Nil 

Nationwide BS 0500 302011 

Visa 

0.68%N 

8^0%N 

ND 



PERSONAL LOANS 


APR 


Monthly payment on £5,000 for 3yrs 
with insurance no Insurance 


Northern Rock 0345 421421 
Prudential Banking 0600 000223 
Direct Line 0181 680 9966 


9.90%H 

12.70% 

12.80%A 


£183.14 

£188.75 

£183.75 


£16556 

£166.30 

£16638 


NB. A = Minimum aqg22yoam.B =» Operated by past or t8topnone,F= 
per cent, N = Introductory rate far b limited period. OM = Merest paid on maturity, P — Operated by Post, T = Operated by 
Telephone. 

• RATES SHOWN ARE GROSS AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE 
PLEASE CHECK RATES BEFORE INVESTING 
Source ManeyFacts. the Monthfy Guide to Investments Mortgage Rates (01603 476747] 



ASONDJ FMAMJ J 


5200 


5000 


4600 



ANNUAL INCOME 
Rates as at August 13.199S 

Investment (£) Company 


1 Year 


2 Years 


3 Years 


4 Years 


5 Years 


5,000 GE Fin Assur 

10,000 GE Fin Assur 


635 

6.55 


3.000 rrr Lon & Edin 6.15 


3.000 ITT Lon & Edin 6.10 


3,000 ITT Lon & Edin 555 

50,000 Hambro Assured 6.00 


3,000 Pinnacle 

10,000 Plnnade 

50.000 Pinnacle 


6.10 

6.15 

620 


Soura Chamberlain da Srai 0171-483 7300. NoC rates, kicome and capfcd guarantand- 
Early suTander. Terms vaiy. Monthly income maybe available. 


Standard 
Rate (%) 


FIXED RATE 

Gross 

coupon 

Buying 

price 

% 

Gross 

yteid 

Minimum 
Issue purchase 
price amount 

Birmingham Midshires 9.375% 

137.75 

6.81 

100.17 

1,000 

Bradford & Bingtey 

11.625% 

189.00 

&88 

100.13 

10,000 

Bradford & Bing ley 

13.000% 

188.50 

630 

100.20 

10,000 

Britannia 

13.000% 

186.50 

6.97 

100.42 

1,000 

Coventry 

12.125% 

178.50 

6.79 

100.75 

1,000 

First National 

11.750% 

169.00 

6.95 

100-25 

10,000 

Leeds & Hoibeck 

13.375% 

194.75 

6.87 

10023 

1,000 

Newcastle 

10.750% 

159.00 

6.76 

100.32 

1,000 

Newcastle 

12.625% 

187.75 

6.72 

100.45 

1,000 

Sk/pton 

12.875% 

189.25 

6.80 

100.48 

1,000 

PERPETUAL SUBORDINATED BONDS 



Chelt & Gloucester 

11.750% 

172.75 

6.80 

100-98 

50,000 

HaHfax 

8.750% 

125.25 

6.99 

100.62 

50.000 

Halifax 

12.000% 

164.00 

7.32 

100.28 

50,000 

Halifax 

13.630% 

200.00 

6.81 

100.00 

50,000 

Bristol & West 

13.380% 

191.50 

6.98 

100.34 

1,000 

Northern Rock 

12.625% 

180-25 

7.00 

100.14 

1.000 


PBS-Pwmananl interest-bearing shares. Source: Greenwvdt NalWbst 



SHANE IN FOCUS: 
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LOSSES HIT PRO FITS 


1300 
1200 
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Interest Loan 

Max 


Under 

rate % size 

% 

Notes 

Bank of Scotland 

0.00 no max 

95 

. 0%'for2rnths, 

0645 812812 



2% tfisc 10 mths 

Northern'Rock' 

4.59 to £250k 

95 

Fixed to 1 . 1.01 

0845 6050500 


- 

1% loan fee 

ABiance & Laic 

5.15 £2O30Qk 

80 

Fixed to 1 AOO 

0345108108 



0.5% foe, £300 
max 

Barrie of Ireland 

5.19 225-SOOk 

75 

Fixed to ixoo 

0800109010 



£280 fee 

Hafifax 

555 No max 

90 

Fixed to 31.12.00 

01422 333333 



£295 fee 

NB. 1 compulsory products, biddings anti contents insurance. 

Hm 

iSsSfe' • 1 


Interest Loan 

Max 


Lender 

rate % size 

% 

Notes. 

Bank of Scotland 

0-00 any 

95 

0% for 2 mths. 

0645 812812 


2% dischio mths 

Mansfield 

0.50 £25-175k 

95 

8% disc-6 mths, 

01246 202055 



4% disc-6 mths 

Scarborough 1 

0.99 £25-250k 

95 

7.96% (fiso-6 mths 

0990133149 



more discs apply 

Leeds & Hoibeck 1 

1.6S to £ 1 80k 

96 

Fixed to 1.8L99 

08000 725726 



£295 foe 

Staffordshire 

1-99 to £200k 

90 

Fixed to 1 .9.99 

01902317485 



£395 foe 


NB. 1 Comptisory products, titMdhgs and coritente InsidfcncA. 


a ST£T3S 


Mn/nadmum 

InwBStmntf 


Notts Comet 


5.40 4JH 


Ordinary A/c’ 2.00 
Investment Afo% 5.00 
income Bond* a 725 
First Opt Bond. 6.75 
46th Issue Certta a 4.80 

ChWran's Bondt 6.00 
Gen Ext Rate ' 3.51 ^ 

Capital Boncbe 6.00 4.80 3.60 
13th tnd-Unkedta 225 

Pensnrs Bond S5«6.10 


1.60 120 10-10.000- 
4 DO 3.00 1-4®\* 

5 SO 4352000-25.000** 


1-250k" 
100 - 10,000 
25-1,000 

100-250,000 

100-10,000 


imth 

3mth 

8day 

8dsy 

8 day 

8dsy 


458 3.66 50060,00* 6 £Way 


0645 645000 
0645 645000 
0646 645000 
0645 645000 
0645 645000 
0645 646000 
0645 645000 
0645 645000 
0645 645000 
0645 646000 


’ Stst £70 £«£**<*** 


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All figures are the gross annual annuity [tiuu.wu 
purchase), guaranteed 5 years, paid monthly in advance 

SINGLE LIFE (level arm) Mate: Age 60 Age 65 Age 70 


-r-raoo 

-6000 

Friends Prov_level 

Equitable Life-Level 

Legal & General-Level 
Sun Lf of Can......".Level 

Sun Ufa_Level 

• £8.265 
£8,333 
£8,230 
£8,171 
£8.065 

£9,381 
£9,356 
£ 9275 
£9,253 
£9^22 

£10^95 

£10,757 

£10^94 

£10,719 

£10,779 

w 

1-6800 

SINGLE LIFE 

Female: Age 60 

Age 65 

Age 70 

". c • ■* 

1 

Equitable Life_Lave! 

£7.628 

£8,375 

£9,449 

.. 

1-5600 

Friends Prov..»... Jjevei 

£7,495 

£ 6,316 

£9,487 

r T' 

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Norwich Union_-Level 

£7,503 

£8^63 

£9,484 


s 

Canada Life-Level 

£7,395 

£8,243 

£9,463 


T-SAOO 

Scottish Widows ..Laval 

£7.460 

£8,210 

£ 9,290 

■ .r ■ 


JOINT LIFE, 2/3 WIDOWS 
(level annuity) 


Mate: Age 60 
Female: Age 55 


Age 65 
Age 60 


Age 70 
Age 65 


Equitable Life-Level 

Norwich Unkm—Level 
Canada Life Level 

Sun Lf of Can__-Level 
Friends Prov-Level 


£7.250 

£7.066 

£6,961 

£6,98? 

£8,991 


£7,841 

£7,637 

£7,624 

£7,607 

£7,597 


£ 8,666 
£8,385 
£8,547 
£8,471 
£8,433 


Source: AmuBy Dract (01,n 6SM SOOCJ 


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Loan Max 


Lender . .. 

rate% 

size. 

% 

Wesleyan Hm Lns 
0800228855 

1 .• 5.60 

toElOOk 

95 

Dudley 

01384 231414 

5.75 

to £150k 

95. 

Sun Bank Ltd 
01438 744604 

5.75 

£25-125k. 

95 

Halifax 

01422 333333 

555 

to £150k 

95 

Alliance & Lelc 1 
0345108108 

5^9 

" £20-150k 

95- 


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morediscs apply 
Fixed to 30.6.00, 
£495 fee 
Fixed to 31.12.00 
£195 fee 
Fixed to 1.8.00 
£150 fee 


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T he Prudential has once again 
been proving hew difficult it is 
for a leopard to change its 
spots..The country’s largest insurer 
was reeling this week after fresh evi¬ 
dence emerged that it was still mis- 
selling its products to the public. 

A “mystery shopping" investiga¬ 
tion by a national newspaper alleged 
Pru salesmen were still recommend¬ 
ing unsuitable products in order to 
generate a high level of commission 
for themselves at the expense of inves¬ 
tors. Journalists posing as fr eelancer s 
with erratic earnings and £3.000 of 
savings were advised to buy regular 
premium plans by Pru salesmen 
when they would have been better off 
using their lump sum to buy single 
premium plans. 

However, lump sum investments 
generate far less commission for 
salesmen who can claim up to 60 per 
cent of investors' money in the first 
few years of a regular premium poli¬ 
cy. The investigation also accused. 
Pru staff of using future growth pro¬ 
jection figures banned by the Finan¬ 
cial Services Act and showing mis¬ 
leading statistics which flattered the 
company's investment performance. 

The Pro hit back, saying that the in¬ 
vestigation had only focused on pie-, 
liminary conversations with its repre¬ 
sentatives and that no sales haa oc¬ 
curred. “We are confident that our 
compliance system would have 
picked up any problems if the sale 
had been followed through. Howev¬ 
er, we have still not.seen the specific 
allegations yet," a<^ke5mra said. 



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. Former Prudential salesman Peter Parkinson says the company knew of widespread fraud five years ago 


I FINANCIAL SERVICES HQ 


Nevertheless, the findings were 
enough for Sir Peter Davis, the com¬ 
pany’s chief executive, to break off his 
holiday and return to his office. The 
crisis is a further humiliation for -Sir. 
Peter, who just eight months ago 
vowed to convert his salesforce from 
“hunters into farmers” by reducing 
the amount of commission they could 
earn. This followed a blistering at¬ 
tack by the Financial Services Author¬ 
ity which accused the Pru of putting 
its own interests before its customers 
and of failmg to supervise its sales¬ 
force. In one of the most damning in¬ 
dictments ever meted out to a Gty in¬ 
stitution, tifaFSA said the Pru had “a 
cultural disposition against” comply¬ 
ing with rules designed to protect the 


the fiasco. However, some people 
Who know the company weD say the 
problems run. far deeper than even 
these serious events suggest Peter 
Parkinson, a former salesman ax the 
company's Wrexham branch, says 
the insurer was aware of widespread 
fraud more than five years ago. 

He has passed to The Times a copy 
of a wanting notice sent by the Pin’s 
head office in July 1993. This states: 
“Recent branch audits and special in¬ 
vestigations in various parts of the 
country have uncovered evidence of 
widespread activity intended to de¬ 
ceive customers and the company." It 
lists seven fraudulent activities — in¬ 
cluding the forgery of customer signa¬ 
tures, falsification of proposals and di- 


encouraged even more mis-selling 
and worsened a sales culture which 
Sir Raer is only now attempting to im¬ 
prove. “Although they got rid of the 
fraudsters the new salesforce con¬ 
tained a lot of young people who 
made mistakes and could be pushed 
harder.” he said. 

Among several serious breaches of 
the Financial Services Act he recalls. 
Mr Parkinson alleges that colleagues 
were threatened with having their li¬ 
cences withdrawn if they did not sell 
more freestanding AVCs. These pen¬ 
sion top-up plans have become notori¬ 
ous for their high cost 

However, he believes the most 
grave errors occurred in the selling of 
personal pensions. At the time sales 


‘Those that stayed were on new, lower-paid contracts 


public. Only last month Sir Pieter re¬ 
ceived another mauling at the hands 
of a parliamentary committee over 
the company's role inthe £15 billion 
pension mis-selling scandal. As the 
largest offender, the Pru is set to pay 
at least £1.1 billion in compensation 
to thousands of victims who were per¬ 
suaded to take out a personal pension 
with the company between 1988 and 
1994 rather than stay wdth better-val¬ 
ue schemes run by their employers. 

MPS were furious as Sir Peter's 
predecessor. Mick Newmardi, told 
ti^ same committee four years ago 
thatthrPni had not been involved in 


red debits and norKleb'veiy of cancel¬ 
lation notices by customers. 

The Pru confirmed the memoran¬ 
dum had been sent but said h had tak¬ 
en action, dismissing 27 sales repre¬ 
sentatives and three branch manag¬ 
ers in March 1994.. 

This followed a radical restructur¬ 
ing of the salesforce in October 1993 
which saw many employees leave the 
organisation. However, those who re¬ 
mained, like Mr'Parkinson, and new 
recruits were put on new,contracts 
which slashed their basic level of pay 
and left many in debt to their employ¬ 
er. According to Mr Parkinson this 


staff were trained for just one day in 
the complex area of pensions and 
were encouraged to cast doubt on the 
validity of occupational schemes, 
even though most provided superior 
benefits to Prudential’s products. 

“I am not getting at the Pru. It is 
the whole system- Insurance compa¬ 
nies should be made to pay their 
sales people a proper salary. We also 
need a public inquiry into the whole 
pensions scandal so that people can 
come forward and give evidence with¬ 
out fear,” Mr Parkinson said. 

A Prudential spokesman said: “Sir 
Peter Davis has already publicly apol¬ 


ogised for the way things were done 
in the pasL This is why he has started 
changing the remuneration of the 
salesforce from straight commission 
to a system that will put more empha¬ 
sis on a longer-term relationship with 
our customers.” 

However, a further shake-up of its 
salesforce is unlikely to shield the Pru 
from the growing political and public 
pressure for the two million victims 
of the pensions mis-selling to be final¬ 
ly compensated, four years after the 
scandal was officially recognised. 

The Metropolitan Police Fraud 
Squad confirmed last week that it is 
investigating allegations of mis-sell¬ 
ing against'three leading insurers. 
Guardian Royal Exchange. Legal & 
General and Sun Life of Canada. A 
fourth investigation into Norwich Un¬ 
ion is being considered. 

Michael Moyse. one of the polity- 
holders involved, is now attempting 
to include the Pru in the dragnet On 
Thursday he made formal allega¬ 
tions to the Fraud Squad that the Pru 
should be investigated for a suspect¬ 
ed criminal breach of the Financial 
Services Act, based on last year's 
damning report by the FSA. He 
hopes this vail force the regulator to 
pass on its files to the police. Under 
Section 47 of the Act. employees, in¬ 
cluding directors, can be imprisoned 
for up to seven years if they are found 
to have knowingly or recklessly mis¬ 
led investors. Offending companies 
can also be forced to repay their prof¬ 
its and compensate investors. The 
Pru was unaware of any inquiry, 


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From Lord Bloksr 
Sir, I was until last year chair¬ 
man of a small company erf in¬ 
dependent .financial advisers 
(IFAs) and was therefore 
much interested in Caroline 
Merreil’s article in The Times 
of August 4. 

to my experience, the concept 
of polarisation has not been 
“strongly criticised by the IFA 
sector". Indeed, it is widely 
supported by IFAs because it 
makes dear their generally 
more independent position 
compared to company repres 
sentatives or tied agents. This 
factor is. of course, particolar- 


.fy relevant in the case of an 
IFA which charges fees in¬ 
stead of commission, winch is 
the practice of my former com¬ 
pany and, 1 understand, of a 
growing number of IFAs. . 

My second point is that the 
mast serious threat to the sur¬ 
vival of the IFA sector comes 
not from the cost of compensar 
tiom some ofwhich will be met 

by insurance, but from the co¬ 
lossal burden erf work which 
the proposals for phase 2 of 
the pensions mis-selling re¬ 
view would impose on IFAs, 
which would have to examine 
every pension case between 


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1988 and 1994 and offer the cli¬ 
ent the opportunity of calling 
for a review of his or her case, 
however unlikely the possibili¬ 
ty of the client having suffered 
loss even to the extent of a 
penny. ' 

I know of one company, 
which (fid not have a single 
mis-selling case in phase' 1,' 
which calculates that it would 
have to set its whole small staff 
to workfulRime cm the review 
for several months, abandon¬ 
ing all other work, simply to 
carry out phase 2, though it is 
probable that the number of 
muHselling cases it had would 
be tiny, if any. 

This burden would obviously 
be more serious for that com¬ 
pany than any payment of 
compensation, but it would, 
alas, be more serious for most 
IFAs. 

Can the crippling blow which 
this would cause to the IFA sec¬ 
tor really be good for the cus¬ 
tomers? 

Yours faithfully, 

BLAKER, 

House of Lords. 

Westminster, 

London, SW1A OPW. 


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A growing number of 
parents are helping 
their student sons or 
daughters to buy a property, 
rather than pay rent to live in 
substandard accommodation. 

Many mothers and fathers 
see die purchase as an invest¬ 
ment and a source of extra in¬ 
come. with the rent from their 
children’s flatmates covering 
the mortgage payments. How¬ 
ever, parents should be aware 
that it cm also be a source of 
conflict 

Patrick Cartwright of Lon¬ 
don & Country, the mortgage 
broker, commented; "Never 
go into business with family 
because, if things go wrong, 
people can behave in ways you 
don’t expect" 

He adds: "Even if things go 
according to plan, properties 
need to maintained and three 
years of students living in a 
place could have a serious ef¬ 
fect on the resale value due to 
deterioration.'* 

In most cases, mortgage 
lenders will insist that parents 
buying for their children will 
ad as guarantors for the 
whole amount of the mort¬ 
gage. Their son or daughter 
will collect the rental income 
and use it to meet the mort¬ 
gage repayments. However, if 
they default on the loan, the 
lender will turn to the parents. 
If the property were to be re¬ 
possessed, then the parents 
would be liable for the arrears 
and any shortfall between the 
sale price of the property and 
the loan. 

But these pitfalls can be 
avoided if both parents and 
children take action early. You 
can draw up a formal tenancy 


Parents’ 
help can 
make a 


from Nationwide. Cambridge 
has seen rises of up 15-2 per 
cent, bringing feepriceof a ter¬ 
race to £99,000. Tne rise for a 
terraced property in Bristol 
has been 16.6 per cent to 
£67,96 and Greenwich. 211 
per cent to £96.191. 


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agreement with all occupants 
of the property. A renewable 
assured shorthold tenancy 
with a minimum fixed term of 
12 months will allow you to re¬ 
possess the property if things 
go seriously wrong. 

The trend for rising prices 
for suitable types of property 
in university (owns shows chat 
many families are not de¬ 
terred by the potential prob¬ 
lems. Graham Dixon, an asso¬ 
ciate partner at the Exeter 
branch of Knight Frank, die 
property specialist, said: “If 
you buy a house for £70,000 in 
Exeter, cram it with five or six 
students, it could prove cost-ef¬ 
fective with the rent paying off 
part or all of the mortgage." 


The Bank of Scotland operates 
a special student mortgage 
scheme where parents need 
guarantee only 20 per cenL 
But there is a catch: the par¬ 
ents must transfer their cur¬ 
rent account to the bank. 

The Bank of Scotland scheme 
allows the mortgage to be held 
in the student’s name, provid¬ 
ed he or rfie is at least 18 years 
of age.Current deals range be¬ 
tween 5.94 per cent and 9.44 
per cent. 


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Property prices in Exeter have 
risen by some 73 per cent over 
the past 12 months. In Oxford 
terraced houses have risen in 
value by 24.6 per cent to 
£108361. according to figures 


Maurice Parry-Wingfield, tax 
consultant at Deloitte Touche, 
points out that a student house¬ 
holder renting out rooms is ex¬ 
empt from paying tax on rent¬ 
al income up to £4.250, under 
the ren l-a-room-scherae. If the 
parent puts the property into 
his or her name, capital gains 
tax could be payable if it is 
sold, as only an individual's 
principal private residence es¬ 
capes. 

But one advantage of this ar¬ 
rangement is that it will allow 
you to draw up a tenancy 
agreement noth each tenant, 
including your child, so if it aO 
turns sour you will be able to 
repossess the property. 



ichard Gray, a biochemistry 
student at Edinburgh Universe 


Financial move student Richard Gray wife girlfriend Islay Carter 


JHk cy, has just bought his first 
property wife a little bdp from his fa¬ 
ther. He plans to pick up fee keys to 
his £46,000 two-bedroom fiat next 
week 

He views the purchase of a property 
as an investment but primarily as a 
place to live, "f was in ha&s of resi¬ 
dence the whole of my. fust year and 
had to move everything out of my 
room at Easter and over the summer. 
It was a hassle moving back and for- 
wards from my parents’ house m GlaSr 
gow. It was very disruptive."; 

Richard started investigating alter* 
natives wife his father. Michael Gray. 
“Renting a room in a student flat cost 
btfween £180 and £22& but it was diffi¬ 
cult to find anywhere decent 2 d fee tow¬ 
er end of this range. .. . 

"Tire thought of living in an antidy. 
rundown thing space didn't appeal to 
me, so I started looking at die local 
property press to find out flow much it 
would cost id buy a home of my own.** 

Richard was teen to have an asset at 
the end of his univeisity days rafter 
than pour money dawn the drain on 
rent So he went on a tour of most of 
the hiding high street banks and 
building societies to look at mortgage 
packages "Some of them just didn’t 
want to know. Some of fee people we 
spoke to acted as if they had better 
things to do than talk: about a mort¬ 
gage for a student with a guarantor. 

“ It made me angry. I felt insulted. 
They'll lose out by alienating and re¬ 
jecting people like myself because in 
four or five years' time my earnings 
Will be at fee higher end of fee wage 
spectrum." 


•The Bank of Scotland offered us a 
100 per cent endowment mortgage 

• fixed over ferae yeais at 8 percent, as 
long as Dad agreed to guarantee part 
of the loan." 

Richard will have to pay out a total 
of £399 j 61 each month, whieh fedtufes 
£28030 for fee moitg^Lntei^ 

£7931 for fee endowment and £30 for 
buddings insurance: Ho wever, he 
plans to rent a room to another stu¬ 
dent for about £200- 
He added: “1*11 probably fi niirays ee 
some bar work to.fiuance my other ex¬ 
penses andmay rent out my flat dur¬ 
ing the Edinburgh fiestiv aLwfi en rve 
been toldone can charge astronomical 
prices." - 

But Richard does have some con¬ 
cerns. *TU have to work a bit harder 
and be more careful about $tenamg 
money now. If I go away over summer 
I still ttaveto pay fee mortgage where? 
as wife renting you’re kicked out over 
summer so there's no rent to pay." •. 


H e plans to celebrate when he 
moves in. but. says mid par¬ 
ties are out of fee question. 
“If we hold a bash irs usually at a 
pub or a dub when we proceed to 
drink a large amount of alcohol. Stu¬ 
dents aren't as squalid and untidy as 
some , people think. I'm house-proud 
and ho one’s going to trash my flat” 
T fed about moving in and 
malting fee place my own. L plan to 
decorate with a lick of point new cur¬ 
tains anrf replace the lino in the bath¬ 
room. My grandparents are going to 
give me aTV, a coffee table and a cnest 
of drawers. Some furniture lias been 
left in the fiat so I won’t have to pay 
out much to make fee place homely.” 


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A tottery win can lead to a tifjeiot Spend, Spend, Spend, as Nefl Pearsoa and Victoria Haidcastie found out in the play 


I fyoo happen to be passing tite Royal 
Liver bonding in Liverpool on Mon¬ 
day you may see Teresa Kostiok. 
Camelot's regional manager for the 
North-west giving the latest lottery win- 
ners some emotional support as they 
come to tarns with sudden richness 
“Sometimes 1 find winners find it thera? 
peutic to stand at the top of the hull ding 
to shout and let off steam,” she said. Ms 
Kosd'nk is one of a team of advisers that 
Cameto t. which runs the National Lot¬ 
tery, pots in touch with winners to ensure 
they are not overwhelmed by their new¬ 
found wealth. Advisers include lawyers.' ' 
accountants and financial experts, all of. 
whom are on hand to give lottery win¬ 
ners advice and support 
The ranks of the UK's gameshow mfl- 
Uonaires will be added to tonight as the 
National Lottery kicks off a new game, 
aimed at the millions of people who both 
love to gamble and are football fanatics: 
The game, Vernons Easy Play, will coin¬ 
cide with the start of the football season- 
It kicks off with a guaranteed jackpot of 
£2 million, together with a further esti-~ 
mated 200,000 prizes. Vernons is expect¬ 
ing 6 milli on people to play the game, 
which involves the public inbuyinga tick¬ 
et on which the computer randomly 
selects 11 fixtures. If eight of the fixtures 
are scoredraws. the buyer of the ticket 
wiD be up for the H mflKon jackpot 
The game is expected ib create up lo 
£200 nulfian for good causes over the 
three-year period 

Camelot’s main operators Bcence in Sep¬ 
tember 2001. 


If you happen to be the lucky winner of 
the £2 ndQton jadqjot tonight Camelofs 
team of advisers will be on hand to pre¬ 
vent a repetition of Spend, Spend , Spend, 
the true life story of Viv Nicholson, who 
managed to fritter her £152.000winnings, 
equivalent to ESA million today, in just 
four years. Ms Kostiuk tends to see the 
lucky whiners on the Monday, after they 
have learnt of their win. ; She said: “Win¬ 
ners wiD often be in a highly emotional 
state; they might not have *a«en or slept 
since the Saturday night A tot of crying 
goes oil The men are the worst . 

-; “One of theftrst tilings I -do is to tell 
them to get completely away for a few 
days. Evan if it is only in this country. 
Scotland, for instance:. It is good to get 
away from relatives and others who may 
be interested in the money” She tells win¬ 
ners to make any dream purchase imme¬ 
diately. but warns them against taking 
any other big decisions too quickly. "Of¬ 
ten the reality of the situation only hits 
people, when 1 tell than how modi inter¬ 
est they amkl earn on their winnings.” 

Philip Platts, director of Arthur An¬ 
dersen in the Midlands, gives more spe¬ 
cialised financial advice to many of the 
lottery winners. His firm will have an ini¬ 
tial meeting with winners to find out 
abOut their aims and ambitions. “One of 
the first things we do is to advise people 
to make a wifi, then we give some general 
advice about financial management and 
die tax Implications of anything they 
pl$ 0 £o do,” he sakL If flie winner is hap- 
pywith die advice gjven by Arthur An-.. 
dersen, then he or she can make another . 


appointment to get some more special¬ 
ised advice. Mr Flails said that one of the 
mostcrudaJ derisions for the winner will 
be whether they intend to give up work. 
The bigger the win, the more likely it was 
that the winner would give up their job. 
He did point out tottery winners who sud¬ 
denly found that they had to spend all 
their time with their spouse could be 
putting their marriage under some new 
strain. 

On the possibilities of a £2 million win, 
Mr Platts said: “1 would recommend a 
spending fond of around £500.000, 
which could be used to buy and famish a 
house, go on holiday and make any im¬ 
mediate purchases. He said that the win¬ 
ner could put the rest of the money on de¬ 
posit which would earn about 5 per cent 
in interest equivalent to £75.000 income 
a year. But instead, he recommends that 
any winner of £2 million opts for less im¬ 
mediate income and instead invests the 
rest to produce capital growth. “We 
would recommend a spread of different 
investments. Some people will not put 
their money into shares because they feel 
they will be kept awake at night Nation¬ 
al Savings products may be more appro¬ 
priate,” fie said. 

He warned winners against making 
hasty decisions as well as immediately 
making gifts to friends and family. 

There are inheritance tax considera¬ 
tions in making any sort of gift to anyone. 
Also, if the person you happen to be mak 
ingthegifl to is the recipient of any social 
security benefits, your gift could jeopard¬ 
ise them,” he said. 


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THE TIMES SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1998 



HYENA PACK 50 


Graham Searjeant 
on a week of 
market raids 


WEEKEND 


BABY TALK 49 


MONEY 


The rising cost 
of the joys of 
parenthood 


Bumpy tracks lie ahead 


Index-tracking funds have had a 
good run, but the downside has 
arrived, says Gavin Lumsden 


I t has not just been the sul¬ 
try weather which has left 
investors sweating this 
month. Around the world 
stock markets have crashed, 
threatening to go into melt¬ 
down as the global impact of 
the Asian economic crisis has 
finally been recognised. 

For the second week run¬ 
ning stock exchanges m Lon¬ 
don. the US and Europe have 
plunged, prompted by fears 
that the financial situation in 
Japan, the world’s second larg¬ 
est economy, is slipping out of 
the new government’s control 
Experts fear that if Japan 
fails to rescue its debt-laden 
banks it could start a "credit 
crunch" as bankers the world 
over panic and pull in their 
loans. This would hit consum¬ 
ers and business confidence 
hard and could herald a peri¬ 
od of deflation to compare 
with the Great Depression of 
the 1930s. 

Although this nightmare sce¬ 
nario remains a long way off ft 
was enough to worry investors 
who have been frightened by 
the prospect of reduced corpo¬ 
rate earnings in the West 
caused by a nood of cheap ex¬ 
ports from the East. 

In the UK investors have 
seen more than £71 billion 


wiped off the value of their 
holdings since the end of July 
after a 10 per cent slide in the 
FTSE100. the index of leading 
blue chip shares. 

Leading fund managers 
such as Perpetual now believe 
the combination of Far East¬ 
ern competition and high inter¬ 
est rates will now be enough to 
tip the country into recession. 
This view has hardened in the 
light of growing job losses 
amongst manufacturers. 

The pressing question for in¬ 
vestors now is whether there 
will be more fells. David Mas- 
sop, chief executive at Perpetu¬ 
al. thought the "correction" 
was sufficient to take the froth 
out of the market: “We believe 
that the market is fullly dis¬ 
counting a recession with a 
pretty hard landing," he said. 
However, others expect more 
shocks particularly if the over¬ 
valued US market slumps fur¬ 
ther. Alan Tony, fund manag¬ 
er at SocGen Asset Manage¬ 
ment is one who believes the 
US will fell another 10 percent 
by the autumn. 

Although most fund manag¬ 
ers expect the market to recov¬ 
er and for the FTSE 100 to 
breadi the 6,000 level next 
year, there is little doubt that 
the recent turbulence has 



Trackers haven't quite been shunted into the sidings, but they have been on a steep downhill gradient in recent weeks 


marked a watershed in inves¬ 
tors* fortunes. Like many man¬ 
agers, Mr Mossop believes the 
UK stock market will proba¬ 
bly only generate annual re¬ 
turns of 7 per cent next year. 
This is half the level achieved 
in recent years, and not much 
more than you would get from 
putting your savings in a good 
deposit account, once fund 
management charges are tak¬ 
en into account 
So the party is over, is it 
time to call it a day? This is a 


particularly pertinent question 
if you are one of the many in¬ 
vestors who leapt into index 
tracking funds in the past 
three years and benefited man 
the staring bull market True 
to their name; index trackers 
have tracked the market all 
the way down this week, near¬ 
ly derailing themselves in the 
process. Meanwhile, “active” 
funds which sdea stocks rath¬ 
er than buying the whole mar¬ 
ket, have leapfrogged their 
“passive” rivals. 


Gordon Maw of Virgin Di¬ 
rect which has die largest UK 
tracker, says there is no need 
to panic “We never pretend 
we will always be the number 
one fund but we do promise 
consistent returns. "Racking 
the index does not avoid risks 
of a market fen box removes 
the risk of a fend manager get¬ 
ting it wrong. We can't predict 
what will happen. But if you 
are prepared to put your mon¬ 
ey in the UK over five years 
you will get a good return,” 


Marie Dampier. of Church¬ 
ill Investments, an independ¬ 
ent financial adviser, agrees 
the best strategy is to sit tight: 
Trying to outguess the mar¬ 
ket in fee short term is a punt¬ 
ers game On average .the 
stock market has provided to¬ 
tal returns of 12-15 per cent 
Next year it may fell to 8-10 
per cent but if interest rates 
fell and inflation stays low it 
could be higher. This is a 
rocky time but 1 do believe it is 
a short sharp shock." 


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I n 1997, more than 12 mil¬ 
lion people learnt that con¬ 
versions could be finan¬ 
cial as well as religious when 
their building societies convert¬ 
ed to become banks, distribut¬ 
ing free shares to their mem¬ 
bers. Millions of these new in¬ 
vestors are now learning an¬ 
other lesson, as the charts 
above show, this time about 
the waywardness of stock, mar¬ 
kets. Halifax, which turned 7.6 
million of its saving and bor¬ 
rowing members into share¬ 
holders. saw its price fall this 
week to 696p below the 775p 
price on the first day of deal¬ 
ings. Prices of the other former 
societies were also affected. 
With the markets continuing 
to be jittery, the four million 
plus customers of these new 
banks who opted to retain 
their shares are pondering 
their derision to be loyal. The 
dilemma is most acute for Hal- 


Society shares 
take a shower 


ifax investors who may now 
wish they had sold when the 
shares reached 977p in March. 

The fell in the Halifax price 
cannot be entirely attributed to 
the decline in the market The 
City is disenchanted with the 
bank because, according to 
one analyst, “it is suffering 
from low market share in its 
core market” 

Although unimpressed by 
the bank's performance, this 
analyst still sees the shares as 
a hold. But Credit Lyonnais Se¬ 
curities Europe considers the 
shares to be a sell Mark Tho¬ 
mas. Credit Lyonnais banking 
analyst, said: “WeYe con¬ 


cerned about the levri of com¬ 
petition in the personal bank¬ 
ing market Most of the new 
banks are aware of this and 
are taking action to diversify 
their activities. The Halifax 
has not” 


G ratifyingfy for the 
350,000 Northern 
Rock customers who 
kept their shares, the City has 
a slightly better opinion of this 
company. For Credit Lyonnais, 
the shares are a hokL Mr Tho¬ 
mas said: “Northern Rod; has 
a dear strategy. In an unattrac¬ 
tive market it’s an attractive 
player." 


More than half of the A&L 
savers and borrowers who re¬ 
ceived shares in April 1997opt¬ 
ed not to sell. Analysts believe 
they should continue to re- 
mam faithful, as A&L has suc¬ 
cessfully moved into new are¬ 
as. Credit Lyonnais rates these 
shares as a hold. But the bro¬ 
ker takes a more pessmistic 
view of the Woolwich, viewing 
it as a sell, because of its con¬ 
centration in mortgages. The 
bonk has retained as share¬ 
holders some 60 per cent of the 
13 million who benefited from 
the distribution. 

About half of the Abbey Na¬ 
tional investors who received 
shares at its demutualisation 
nine years ago. the first ever 
conversion, still hold their 
shares. These Abbey habhu- 
ees will be pleased to hear the 
stock is seen as a buy. 


Anne Ashworth 


Students can win with The Times 


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T he Push Guide to Which Uni- 
verity 99, to be published next 
Monday, will show that stu¬ 
dents are tearing university with an 
average debt of £5,190. The introduc¬ 
tion ol tuition fees this year is set to in¬ 
crease this by £3,000. But the under¬ 
graduates of the 1998-99 academic 
year will have a chance to leave col¬ 
lege unburdened by borrowings. The 
Lloyds Bank student banking compe¬ 
tition in next Saturday's Weekend 
Money 1 will award £8.000 to the win¬ 
ner. with two runners up each receiv¬ 
ing £3.000. The competition will be 
open to (hose starting university in 
October and to those taking a gap 
year, provided they have obtained a 
place at college for 1999-2000. 

After the announcement of the A- 
level results next Thursday, students 
who hare achieved the necessary 
grades and secured their college plac¬ 
es will be applying their minds to the 
subject of money. In next week’s stu¬ 
dent finance special m Weekend 
Money, we will compare deals of¬ 
fered by banks. Undergraduates will 
explain how they are handling their 
onrem accounts, trying to keep with¬ 
in their overdraft limits and general¬ 
ly trying to make ends meet. 

’ Elite Varnivedes. 19. who is study¬ 
ing history of art at University CoJ- 
tege, London, is relying on a term- 
time job as a sates assistant to help to 
keep her out of debt. She suggests 
preparing a budget to remain on cor¬ 
dial terms with your bank manager. 
She said: “I would advise students to 
keep a record of their spending ami 
generally keep organised Prioritise - 
don't just go shopping on the day 
that you get paid.” 



ANNE ASHWORTH University challenge Etiie Vamtvedes has a job daring term to stay out of debt 


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I nation was not Social civil war broke out the 
■ M . moment Earl Spencer fired his funeral broad¬ 
side, a withering fusillade aimed at the House ofWindsor 
and the Fourth Estate. _ . 

In the early days this seemed a corwennonal aristocra¬ 
tic feud, the House of Windsor pitted a g a inst House of 
Spencer. First Wood went to the Spencers, the Eari s fun¬ 
eral onslaught sending the Windsors mto headlong re¬ 
treat while the massed ranks of the media cowered m 
their trenches. For a time Diana’s family conquered all be¬ 
fore them with a high-ranking government emissary, 
Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, inviting 
Charles Spencer and his sister. Lady Sarah McCorquo- 
dale, to round-table talks to select schemes lhat wmld 
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S ince her death there 
has been a continu¬ 
ous attempt to re¬ 
write Diana's story 
— the story she wanted told 
— so that it conforms to a 
version of events that owes 
more to Disney than Diana. 

In death she has been por¬ 
trayed as happier, livelier, 
more saintly then she ever 
was in life, and as if her mar¬ 
riage to Prince Charles was 
not so bad after all. It is as if 
the suicide attempts, her 
bulimia and Camilla Par¬ 
ker Bowles were brief and 
unimportant aberrations in 
a life of sunshine and roses. 
Even the genuine response 
to her death has been dis¬ 
missed as "emotional incon¬ 
tinence", a temporary out¬ 
break of collective insanity. 

Just as Diana found her¬ 
self utterly alone in the early 
days of her royal life be¬ 
cause everyone — her fam¬ 
ily. her friends, the media 
and her adoring public — 
wanted to believe the fairy¬ 
tale. so the current denial of 
her memory depends on a 
tacit collusion between Pal¬ 
ace. press and public. 

As one ofher frfends.per- 
ceptively observed: "People 
are now wishing on her the 
happiness that she should 
have enjoyed in life." 

What is special about 
Diana, however, is that the 
battle for control is not sim¬ 
ply about how she should 
be remembered, but about 
our view of ourselves as a so¬ 
ciety. Her image has be¬ 
come a universal bran tub 
in which there is something 
for everyone: intellectuals, 
feminists. New Age philoso¬ 
phers. fashion freaks. Chris¬ 
tian zealots and conspiracy- 
theory nuts. 

Outside the immediate 
royal arena, the impact of 
Diana's death revealed a 
titanic struggle between the 
forces of reason and those of 
emotion, between ration¬ 
ality and belief. And it also 
exposed the gulf between 
civil society (the general pub¬ 
lic) and political society (the 
Establishment). 

For those — academics, 
politicians and others — 
who see the rational 
approach as the only means 
of understanding and order¬ 
ing human existence, the 
unprecedented emotional 
response to the death of the 
Princess of Wales lay 
beyond the normal bound¬ 


aries of their comprehen¬ 
sion. In their terms it was 
bogus, sentimental and hys¬ 
terical. Fbr once the political 
left and right were united in 
their condemnation of what 
the Labour politician 
Gerald Kaufman called "an 
extraordinary wave or self- 
indulgent mush”. 

In a profound way the 
most significant impact of 
her death lay in the manner 
in which she tapped into a 
mystical, almost tribal 
undercurrent in society. For 
much of her appeal derived 
from the ancient roots of 
monarchy, reminding us 
that the modem constitu¬ 
tional variety, represented 
by the Windsor family, is 
but an offshoot of an institu¬ 
tion which was founded on 
myth and magic. 

Indeed, when she ex¬ 
pressed her desire to be 
“Queen of Hearts” during 
her interview for Pano¬ 
rama. she was tapping into 
the monarchy's primitive 
emotional appal. 


B y contrast, the 
Windsor brand of 
monarchy is an un¬ 
easy blend of do¬ 
mesticity and ceremonial in 
which the public ritual owes 
more to a lost empire and 
echoes of martial might 
than it does to sentiment, 
glamour and enchantment. 
What has been described as 
“Balmorality" is dutiful, do¬ 
mestic and rather dulL 
Even so. the universal 
appeal of Diana'S history 
lies not just in her re¬ 
lationship with the House 
of Windsor, but in how her 
personal journey reflected 
the role of women in mod¬ 
em society. For her story is 
more than one of the com¬ 
monplace failure of a mar¬ 
riage. It highlights the treat¬ 
ment of women inside a pa¬ 
triarchal institution which it¬ 
self derives authority from 
the teachings of the Church, 
the utterances ofpolitirians. 
the morality of the aristo¬ 
cratic ruling class and the 
collusion of the mass media. 
In short, her act of testim¬ 
ony was a challenge to the 
anden regime of men. 

Thai is why millions of 
women identified, and con¬ 
tinue to identify, with her 
struggle, a battle against 
her class, her image and, at 
times, herself. 

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a £5 coin to be issued in 1999, an graphed holding in his arms a ments of the media, seeing their foe w hen he attacked as a "disgraceful his tenuous position. Yet despite all a French magazine during which he ranted. Even as he uttered these 

award for schoolchildren, a com- child suffering from Aids during a wounded, promptly raised their snub" Earl Spencer’s decision to the evidence, many still marched Diana had allegedly talked of her words, his army of supporters be- 

memorative walkway following the visit to a hospital in South Africa. (double) standards and charged, emit any mention of Dodi from the beneath his colours, some 95 per deep feelings for Dodi — the inter- gan drifting away, any sympathy 

route of her funeral procession and. His ascendancy seemed com* the cry of "hypocrite" on their lips. Afxhorp exhibition. rent of those polled by one iabtoid view, naturally, was endorsed by for his own loss melting with every 

most controversially, a £10 million pl«e. The Earl even offered an The shield of Diana was now of At first Al Fayed seemed to have newspaper believing that the Brit- A! Fayed — but the Princess^ new offensive, 

garden of remembrance in the reive branch to the Windsors, deny- little protection to her brother, as he a formidable armoury . He claimed ish Establishment had been respon- frieixfa and farruly were quick to It was feftto his former employee 

grounds of Kensington Palace. ing, in a television interview, that vainly parried their blow’s about that Diana and his son Dodi had able for Diana’s death. point out that, for her. the whole Trevor Rees-Jones, the only suryi- 

' There was scarcely a murmur, his funeral oration was an attack his plans for Althorp. been about to announce their (It is, though, worth noting that love affair had been simply a pass- vor of Ihe crash, To deliver the coup 

either, when the family altered on the Royal Family: “I support the His sworn enemies sneered at engagement, and that in const- long before she died I spoke to two ing fancy. She had never men- de grSce. The bodyguard asked 
Diana's £21 million will to include Queen enormously but individual the cast of tickers for (oars of qttence there had been a conspiracy of her former advisers for the orig- turned any marriage plans, not to French investigators to question 

a £50.000 bequest to her butler, members of the Royal Family 1 Althorp. described as “tasteless" a to kUI them to prevent the mother inal edition of Diana. Her True her sons, her family or her soda] management of the Ritzabout the 

Paul Burrell. Noticeably , she had don't actually know at all well, al- pop concert held near the site of her of the future king from marry ing a Story. Each independently felt that drdc, who included herbutier Paul behaviour of the driver. Henri 

left nothing to charity while her though I respect their position.” gra ve, queried the amount he was Muslim. He did nothing to discour- one day the Palace would have her Burrell. As one friend said: “She Paul. Al last the focus of the cam- 

godchildren, who between them This surprised those in his camp giving to his sister's charity and. ace rumours that the Princess was forcibly removed either by engi~ was getting very irritated by his. paigri was aimed directly at the 

had been bequeathed a quarter of who had heard him speak privately most cruelly, criticised his memor- pregnant when she died and he ncering a situation in which she [Dodi*s{ presumption that he could weakest point in Al Fayed* 

her possessions, were given only a about the Royal Family whose sup- ial to her as “vulgar. consistently claimed that she had would lake her own life, or by fd(f- organise her life." armour, namely that negligence 

token item each. Several families of porters Diana had publicly dev whispered last affectionate words ing her. One had even written a within his organisation had dir- 

the godchildren were reportedly dis- cribed as “the enemy*]. T or were they alone in as she lay dying. script based on that premise fbr a rnpi bis phoney war ended in ealy resulted in the deaths of Dodi 

cusied by the arrogance the Spen- in fact, these public sentiment [% I their assault. The Diana* own fear of the Establish- possible Hollywood movie, argu- ' ■ 'a full-blooded confronts and Diana.' 

cm had displayed in their hand- were a considerable retreat from I XI Archbishop of York nsffl was skilfully deployed by his ing ar the lime that his Doomsday I don in Paris where the Already it had been claimed that 

ling of this sensitive issue. his previous position, a withdrawal I ml expressed his belief safe with her com/n-cnL “One day scenario would never be believed.l I magistrate examining a hotel barman at the Ritz had been 

Consolidating these early vie- forced by events wfudi had put him v that the family* ten*.- ITr. going to go up in a helicopter The Spencer family, who could -A- the causes of the crash ordered to Vee p quiet about Paul's 

tones. Earl Spencer rapidly turned on the defensive. He was badly pie shrine merely encouraged the and fell just Wmv up. MIS will do haw sued the management of the assembled all the relevant partiri- drunken state “for the sake of the 

Althorp into an impregnable re- wounded when he divorced his cult of Diana, arguing that this away with me." being frequently Ritz Hold in Paris lor negligence pants, including Al Fayed and Royal FarnSyY while serious ques- 

douhL Not only did the Northamp- wife Victoria, choosing to have the near-deification was unsuited io used to support his contention that and thereby ended all such specula- Diana's mother, Frances Shand tions were raised about the re- 

lonsbin?estate hold Diana's mortal hearing in South Africa rather than the memory of a woman who put the couple had been murdered. ticn at a stroke. unaccountably Kydd. as well as the paparazzi who liability of the evidence from the 

rcmaias. but he wras quick to fortify Britain io save money, but ignoring others Wore herself. The moral I: sunn hccamc dear, however, chose tn hold their fire, Content ro were still facing charges of man- company that supplied the Mer- 

hcr memory, convening the stables the fact that it would be heard in high ground was rapidly slipping that Ai Fayed, for all his expens- wound rather than cripple or kill slaughter. After eight hours in the cedes when it was revealed that the 

initra shrine to his sisrer where visj- public His swagarnne behaviour from the <*h Earl Spencer iveiy dcplpjfd weapons, could not they opted fora war of social ami- courtroom, where Diana's mother firm in question dealt only with the 

tors could view her clothes, indud- effected an alliance between his Indeed, victory in the War of withstand the dose combat re* — f -■» *-—•.■ ■ ■ 

ing her wedding dress and child- wife and his former mistress. Diana’s Memory was io prove quirecL His daim that Diana had 

hood memorabilia, as well as learn ChantaJ Cbllopy. whose testimony elusive, for the Spencers were not spoken before she died was offiri- 

about her charity work. seriously damaged his reputation' the only ones to daim her legacy, ally denied by the French authori- 

Even name movies of a youthful In court he was depicted as a Mohamcd A! Fayed launched a tics — although one gendarme did 
Diana were called into service for drunken, cruel, arrogant adulterer preemptive strike, planting his report that the semi-conscious Prin- 

the cause He further reinforced who had told his wife that he family flag on the territory of her cess had cried "My God" before 

this Spencer stronghold by issuing wanted a divorce whife he lay in the unexplored future, arguing'tha: his lapsing into a coma. Even though 

a boo., about the house and the barb. It was claimed that he had dan. and in particular his ddest he marshalled television journal* 

Speti COT famity and. in a swne that bedded a dozen other women while son, had brought her true happi- ists. conspiracy theory "experts" 

reminded everyone that he was his wife recovered from an eating ness and love in the last weeks of and doctors to advance his cause. 


ground briefing, the quotes from 
helpful friends. 

They made it dear that they were 
“deeply upset" over AI Fhyed’K 
attempts to convince the world that 
Diana was murdered. Earl Spen¬ 
cer describing as “monstrous" 
those who perpetuated the conspir¬ 
acy theory. Not only did the family 
portray as “ubscene and unbeiicv- 


sruawusiy ana . coKuy ignorea 
Dodi's father. AL Fayed launched 
an all-out offensive, riding head¬ 
long into the valley of social death. 
The Hatreds boss told the wait¬ 
ing media that Mrs Shand Kydd 
was “an English snob who lives on 
another planet." Adding injury to 
insult he accused her of having 
been a bad mother, abandoning 
Diana when she was six years old; 


Knz.. 

As the Spencers and Fayeds, in 
their own ways, self-destructed, the 
House of Windsor gradually 
dawed .back the ground that it had 
lost during the onslaught of die 
funeral week. Not for it die fuH- 
. frontal attack or the public assault 
Instead, it used the tactics that 

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THE TIMES WEEKEND * SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1998 


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• I'AM now taking"bookings for 
■ my Old Women's Home. • .: 

As I see it, since -wives generally 
oudhre husbands, in 2b or 30 years' 
time many of us will be rattling 

around in big houses white our chil¬ 
dren risewhere have those patronis¬ 
ing conversations I keep hearing at'- 
dinner parties: “My mothers 84. 
Marvellous really arid She'S-got all 
hex marbles. But I worry abourber 
being on her own.” . T . - 

Well I don’t want the strength or 
quality of my marbles being 
discussed by anyone thankyou 
very much, hence foe plan to have 
Tny friends aH under orje roo£ poot 
ing our dmandal resources, staff 
and skills, and neatly solving that 
most terrible of afffictians, chronic. 
loneliness. Nor something money 
can relieve. (I am even more con¬ 
vinced of this since reading that 
Rod Steiger, miserable and alone in 
his Hollywood mansion, once rang 
Joan Crawford and askecfher What 
she was doing- “Absolutely noth¬ 
ing.” she cried, so they fired to meet 



forajChmese.) So far on my list for 
oons i deration is foe head of an Ox¬ 
ford college, a'gynaecologist two 
CSty slickers, three GPs, one solici¬ 
tor, a dress designer, a gardener 
and an architect I am still short 
; an engineer, a ohysfothenapist, a 

H iucurist, a dentist 
Inevitably the me- 
versubscribed — 
columnists, two 
km. But at least 
imes rings up- to 
nine we can say: 
stnoetL Well do it in-house.” 
_My! friend Sarah asks if her 
hiendjMarion could join. What par- 
tfcular] talent and expertise is she 
bringing? i demand. ShtfS- in the 
. Housel of Lords, says Sarah defen¬ 
sively. bit borderline. But handy 
1 suppose for getting -us decent 
tables-^n restaurants and upgrades 
toChl^ Class on British Airways 

• WE |\RE back again from Paris. 
A gloribus weekend spent with two 
old friends, Jill and Midtael Poot. 



At lunch in foe gardens of foe Pal¬ 
ais Royal we toasted Michael's 85fo 
birthday- He recalled being thrown 
into the dty jail in May 1958, and 
expelled from France foe following 
day. for denouncing President 
Ccrty. The offending article in the 
Daily Herald had described the 
President as “the great nothing of 
the Fourth Republic” and included 
foe memor able line “all the per¬ 


fumes in Arabia would not make 
Coty smell sweet”. 

• JELL says she missed the two- 
part BBC documentary on Henry 
Moore, the advance publicity for 
which delightfully had caused her 
to hit the headtiTtfug (interviewed 
for it she admitted she was tempt¬ 
ed to have an affair with Moore in 
the early Forties, but resisted be¬ 


cause he was married.) As Jiff Crai- 
gie, Britain's first female film direc¬ 
tor. she featured Moore, along with 
Stanley Spencer. Graham Suther¬ 
land and Paul Nash, in her film 
Out of Chaos, made at the end of 
foe war. All these artists highly con¬ 
troversial at the time. She says she 
originally wanted to call foe film / 
Know What 1 Like because when 
people say that, they really mean “1 


like what I know”. But she was over¬ 
ruled by Rank, which provided ihe 
finance. 

She’s also mildly irritated to find 
that Stanley Spencer is now written 
up as a near and tidy man. in fact, 
she says, he famously wore pyja¬ 
mas under his clothes and would 
boast that he hadn't changed them 
for three months. None of which 
put off adoring females. She re¬ 
members Spencer sweeping into 
her Hampstead flat one day and 
crying despairingly: “Why. oh why. 
am I so attractive to women?” 

• ONCE HOME, I scrounge a 
video of the Henry Moore pro¬ 
grammes, a stylish job by James 
Runde with some prize vignettes. 
Not least Mrs Thatcher recounting 
how Moore and Patrick Heron and 
John Piper came to see her when 
she was Secretary of State for Edu¬ 
cation to plead the case for art stu¬ 
dents. Henry Moore insisting that 
if any of them needed three A-levels 
to get into art school they would 


never make the grade. Hilariously, 
MrsTs main reason for liking Hen¬ 
ry Moore appears to be that, unlike 
most artists, he was dean and tidy. 
I don’t suppose she would have 
been keen on Stanley Spencer. 

• WHATEVER her cock-eyed artis¬ 
tic views, 1 cant see our former 
Prime Minister whhour rather miss¬ 
ing her. Recently, for a documen¬ 
tary. I’ve been looking back at her 
reign. In particular, her first trip to 
China as Prime Minister in 1982. 
which I covered. She managed to 
upset just about everybody. The For¬ 
eign Office marginally more than 
the Chinese. For. astonishingly, 
such was her loathing and distrust 
of its chil servants that she chose to 
travel, to discuss the delicate matter 
of the future of Hang Kong, without 
a single FO official. Robin Cook 
may feel she had a point. 

• / am taking a summer break but 
Andrew Yates will be here to delight 
vou next week. 








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have served royalty sbwell for cent- " 
uries: the slow and subtle siege of a 
rival's reputation mid death by- 
social starvation. • 

A1 Fayed soon fell victim to foe 
Windsors’ remorseless campaign. 
He complained that he had boo 
shunned by Prince Charles'arid ihe. 
Duke of Edinburgh: his 12-year 
sponsorship of the Windsor Horse 
Show, usually attended by foe 
Queen, was abruptly ended; and h e 
was accused by the Royal Warrant- 
Holders' Association of “de¬ 
meaning” the Royal Family for us-" 
ing Harrods notepaper — which 
has the coats of arms erf the various 
warrants’on h — to pursue his 
“much publicised” dispute with 
Tiny Rowland. 

Plaintively, Al Fayed asserted 
that “My only crime is thatT am 
the father of the man who Diana 
fell in love with and who made her 
happier than she had ever been.” . 

In the War of Diana'S Memory, 
the Royal House, the fountainhead' 

ofafl honour, was able to argue con¬ 
vincingly that it had enabled her. to 
become an international icon. It; 
was the Royal Family, too, which 
held foe greatest prize, her sons . 
William and Hany. If the Spencers: 
were keepers of her mortal 
remains, it was the Windsors who . 
kept the flame of her mem oty afive. 

in the shy figure of Prince Wilfiam. 

Ironically, .the family that had 
cast her aside now stood guardian 
to her living imag£the future king. 


Moreover, for all his .brave words 
about .fettina the two boys “sing 
openly”, EarljSpeneer has had little 
contact'.'with I Diana's sains m the 
year after ha; death. 

. Itwasalsojhoticeable that friends 
■of the Royal family — anonymous, 
of course—informed the' 
media: that i the boys had turned 
down an invitation to join the Spen¬ 
cers on holiday in Cornwall Arid, 
pn foe anniversary of her death, 
her children are expected to be in 
Scotland at: Babnoral the place 
Diana had despised, while the 
Spencers wffl foe hundreds of miles 
away at : Althorp. It was claimed 
; that the two families could not even 
agree a date {when the boys could 
vifltfheir mother's island grave. 

I n life tjhe Rpyal Family had 
rqeea^ t^ana, stripping her 
of her title of honour, order¬ 
ing ttojirlier name be exclud¬ 
ed from the prayers for the 
Royal Family said in church, and 
thwarting her ambitions on the 
world stage. ^Imagine. I’ve got to 
curtsey to them now — its too 
funny, Not-Ifoatshe should have to 
rtirtwy] to the Queen or Philip,.but 
to foe Bute members,” she said. 

In death, however, she under¬ 
went a process of “reverse Stalin¬ 
ism”, being airiwushed bade into 
tlte bosom off the Royal Family .as 
though die bad never been away, 
as if all ilie difficulties of the early 
199 Qshad beenjust a bad dream: 
Yet in a curious act of penance, rem¬ 


iniscent of Henry U's barefoot walk 
through the streets of Canterbury 
to atone for the part he had played 
in the murder of his much-loved 
Archbishop. Thomas d Becket, so 
the Queen. Prince Charles and the 
rest of her family underwent a very 
public transformation in style, if 
not substance, in an act of defer¬ 
ence towards the dead Princess. 

Their white knight Prime Minis¬ 
ter Tony Blair, who so brilliantly 
captured Diana’s essence in the 
phrase “the People’s Princess”. led 
the charge on behalf of his Sover- 


reform of the institution. In the 
brighter “People’s Monarchy” 
thane was to be an end to 
curtseying, the Union Jack would 
fly over Buckingham Palace and 
other royal residences even when 
the Quest was not in residence, 
while the title “Royal Highness" 
would be used more sparingly. 

“The Princess of Wales was the 
catalyst for this change.” admitted 
royal aides, looking nervously at 
the opinion polls that showed a de¬ 
cline in support for foe monarchy. 


There was more. In the months 
following Diana's death, comment¬ 
ators approvingly remarked upon 
foe new informality and com¬ 
passion of the Royal Family, partic¬ 
ularly Prince Charles. Dte public’s 
innate sympathy for a father trying 
to bring up two teenage sons on his 
own was enhanced by his own be¬ 
haviour. His visit to South Africa 
with Prince Harry, where they 
dearly enjoyed meeting the Spice 
Girls, and his very public pleasure 
at the rapturous welcome accorded 
to Prince William during a trip to 



Vancouver revealed, once again, 
the smiling, affable side of his char¬ 
acter whidi had for so long been 
submerged beneath the cares of his 
private life. 

There was a return to reverential 
rather than revelatory reporting 
about the Royal Family, so foal 
when, for example, the Queen 
Mother broke her hip in a fall, her 
accident enjoyed the kind of exten¬ 
sive television coverage not seen 
since the early days of the Diana 
phenomenon. 


T he combination of foe 
reverential with foe [»p- 
ulist proved irresistible 
with one commentator, 
Paul Johnson, ducking 
approvingly: “We will all treasure 
Diana in our hearts. But we must 
all remember she was an ardent 
monarchist whose dearest wish 
was that foe institution should con¬ 
tinue and flourish.”This disingenu¬ 
ous analysis, shoe-horning Diana 
back into a family she once de¬ 
scribed as “the leper colony”, typi¬ 
fied the Fourth Estate’s intellectual 
sleight of hand. 

Occasionally, however, the muz¬ 
zle came off, as when observers 
acidly pointed out in the press that 
the Royal Flumfly showed more 
emotion when the Royal Yacht Brit¬ 
annia was decommissioned than 


on the day of Diana's funeral. Such 
criticisms typified the lingering 
suspicion felt by many that behind 
its public face the family, though af¬ 
fected by Diana’s death, rather 
wished the slate of history could be 
wiped clean of her memory. 

Certainly the secrecy surround¬ 
ing Prince William's meeting with 
his father’s mistress, Camilla Park¬ 
er Bowles only ten months after 
Diana's death, betrayed Palace 
discomfort with Diana's memory. 

if the brittle relations between 
the Spencers and Windsors, partic¬ 
ularly between Prince Charles and 
Earl Spencer, personified that 
unease, then the fund set up as her 
memorial served as a battleground 
on which all the conflicting tens¬ 
ions surrounding Diana were 
fought out: Kensington Palace ver¬ 
sus Diana's lawyers; St James’s 
Palace against the fund; even, per¬ 
haps. typically, Spencers against 
Spencers. 

Watching and judging were mil¬ 
lions of stakeholders, those who 
had created Diana, those who had 
mourned her, those who supported 
her fond: the people. 

• Andrew Morton- Diana: Her True 
Story — In Her Own Words will be 
published next week by Michael 
O’M am Books, with a new 
introductory chapter. To order a com 
at £6.99, telephone 014Q3 710851. 


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THE TIMES WEEKEND - SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1998 


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O N ihe long journey 
from her 17th-centu¬ 
ry home on Skye to 
visit friends in Edin¬ 
burgh, Lady Macdonald al¬ 
ways stops half-way. As she ap¬ 
proaches the town of Blair 
Atholl on the A9, she turns off 
to visit the vast House of Bru- 
ar shopping complex which 
stands out from the hillside 
like a white-washed monolith.^ 

“1 simply cannot ignore it." 
she says. “Neither my hus¬ 
band Godfrey 1 nor l can drive 
past. It is a perfect stoppingron 
place and even if I pop in just 
to have a look round, 1 always 
end up buying something.^1 

cannot leave empty-handed." 

For Lady Macdonald, The 
author of 14 cookbooks and 
head chef at the Kinloch Lodge 
country house hotel on the 
banks of a sea loch in Skye, the 
House of Bruar food hall al¬ 
lows her to stock up on ingredi¬ 
ents which are not available 
on the island. Dubbed "the 
Harrods of the nonh". the 
store sells her favourite potted 
shrimps from Morecamte, ba¬ 
con from Ayrshire, frozen lang- 
oustine and a selection of Scot¬ 
tish cheeses. 

‘The word l would use to de¬ 
scribe it is quality. J am con¬ 
vinced people come to Scot¬ 
land just to go there. There is 
everything under one roof 
from exquisite chocolates to 
Austrian clothing. It doesn't 
matter if you are just buying a 
sandwich to eat or a supply or 
fresh fish, the produce is top 
quality." she says. 

Most of the products sold at 
the House of Bruar originate 
in Scotland which is a policy 
Lady Macdonald wholly en¬ 
dorses. Her own restaurant, 
which she and her husband, 
the present High Chief of the 
Can Donald, have run for the 
past 25 years, largely depends 
on home-grown ingredients 

and fresh local produce. 

Last month Lady Macdon¬ 
ald opened 
a E500.000 
Centre for 
Food and 
Taste at the 
Clan Don¬ 
ald centre 
on Skye 
which has 
proven to be 
a welcome 

addition at the popular tounst 
attraction. 

Before her arrival, gourmet 
cuisine was something of a rar¬ 
ity in the area. When the dia¬ 
rist Dr Samuel Johnson and 
his biographer, James Bos¬ 
well. visited the Clan Donald 
chief 225 years ago. they nuled 
against the quality of the food 
they received. “A liver pud¬ 
ding and no wheat! oaf, only a 
kind of cake, raw in the heart,” 
Boswell grumbled. 



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iter, can indulge a love for fine clothes and gourmet food at the House of Bruar 


Mind 


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favourite 


But Lady 
Macdonald, 
who was 
bom in Lan¬ 
cashire. was 
determined 
to provide 
her visitors 
with the 
best food 
possible. “I want the centre to 
be more than a place for cook¬ 
ery demonstrations.” she says. 
“I hope people will gain a bet¬ 
ter understanding about the 
value of using first-class ingre¬ 
dients in season.” 

She also loves to promote 
her adopted homeland, re¬ 
minding visitors that Scotland 
is more popular now as a tour¬ 
ist destination than at any¬ 
time since Queen Victoria was 
on the throne. Her cookbooks 


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The House of Bruar specialises In fine Scottish goods 


contain photographs of her 
whitewashed home which is 
dwarfed by magnificent scen¬ 
ery. She says its isolation 
makes it the ideal retreat for 
herself and her family. 

Even though her career 


revolves around cooking. 
Lady Macdonald insists that 
she relies on her husband’s cu¬ 
linary teaching when it comes 
to her own kitchen. "Godfrey 
was an excellent rook before 

we married. The children cant 


6 Godfrey was 
an excellent 
cook. The 
children don’t 
believe it. They 
say he can’t even 
boil an egg 9 

believe it. They say: ‘Dad? He 
can hardly boil an egg 1 , bid be 
taught me all sons of things 
which make all the difference. 
“If vouve written rookery 


T he long. hot K| 
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slipping into bedrooms 
and stifling our sleep, jgf 
Even the most optimistic 
sun lovers were caught ^ 

unaware and left longing for { 

a cool breeze. 

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with its promise of instant 
coolness, at speeds that 
range from gentle curtain- 
fluttering to full duvet- 
blustering. Forget old 
notions of office-style design. | 

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Brightly coloured and 
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purchasing.! Check that 
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before you tike it home. 

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summer o^’stinking .hot . ■ 
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I feel that whatever I serve is 
going to be an awful anti¬ 
climax- Frankly, 1 often feel I'd 
be better off serving people 
scrambled eggs,” she says- 

B ack at die House of 
Bruar, Lady Macdon¬ 
ald has moved on 
from the foodhall (but 
I not before helping herself to a 
finger of shortbread which she 
claims is even better than her 
own home-baked batches} to 
the racks of clothes. “It doesn't 
matter when you come iii here, 
even if it is the darkest day in 
January, it is always teeming 
with customers. I have just 
tried on a coat to die for. It 
makes wee dumpy me look 
glamorous.” 

It is made of soft wool, very 
flattering, with fur round the 
neck and the hem. It costs 
E995. “I could hardly bear to 
look at the price tag. It comes 
in three colours. But. no. I 
won't be buying it Not at that 
price." she says. 

As she prepares to leave. 
Lady Macdonald allows her¬ 
self one last look at the roaL "It 
is so lovely.” she sighs. “But it 
would tie a very self-indulgent 
buy. lH leave it Fbr now" 

• The House oil Bruar. by Blair 
Atholl. Perthshire (I7I7M& 4832361 
is open daily 9JQam- 6pm ('mail 
order from September l}. 


RIGHT The black - 

metal CJrini table fan, 
made in India, has 
three settings and 
stands 51cm high, , 
with a diameter of J 
44cm, £129 from I 
the Conran Shop 1 
(0171-723 2223) 0 




■ Photographs by 
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must-have Nars, KfeWs and Philosophy products, plu s sur- 
prises such as herbal ne-teabags at £9. Cali 0S70 6077060. 

□ Fired Earth, best known for great tiles, has u trendy new 
paint range with names such as Clockwork Orange and 
Strawberry Fields. Call 01295 S120S8 for stockists. 

□ Aida’s factory shop in the Highlands is a treat for glori¬ 
ous tartan fabrics, woolly throws and stonewear. Find it at 
Feam near Tain in Ross-shire 101862 832477). 

□ Borders will revolutionise your shopping. Along with its 
four floors of music and books, there are listening stations, 
a cafC* and bar, so sou can socialise and shop until Upm. 
197-213 Oxford Street. London \Vl (0171-2921600). 

□ UPDATE: The 100% Design show has a public day on 
September 27. Tickets E8 on 0171-381 2993 . - - For E10 a 
month Whittard Direct wilt deliver lib of coffee, packed 
Mriall enough to fit through the letterbox. Call 0171-924IS88. 

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LEFT The tsbfe-top ten ATQ-30C. available from bebenhams 
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90-degree angle. The fen diameter is 33cm and the heitfrt is 40cm . 
centre Constructed with colourful component^ in red, green, blue _ 
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right Pifco's [0161-947 3170) Classic fan in black with a chrome 
finish, £24.99, has a choice of two speed settings and an osctflatfng 
function. (Fan diameter 23cm. height 50cm) 


TIMES MUST BE chang¬ 
ing in Britain; even the sa¬ 
cred go IT dub is no longer 
without opportunist vil¬ 
lains. But there are devices 
to curb their activities, such 
as the Club-Guard, which 
can be installed into the top 
of golf bags so they can be 
left unattended. 

The Club-Guard consists 
of two plastic plates, one 
locked and die other free to 
rotate. They come in a 
range of sizes. to fit most 
bags and are screwed firm¬ 
ly into place. Each plate is 
drilled -• with individual 
holes for storing individual 
dubs.When locked, the 
plates twist so the dubs can¬ 
not be removed. Fbr addi¬ 
tional protection, a high- 
tensile steel strap can also 
be attached for locking the 
bag to posts or. railings. 

I 

IF YOU', do not waijt to 
make voqr guests fed par¬ 
ticularly comfortable when 
they visit you at home; try 
fitting the Barbed Wire Lav¬ 
atory Seat This bathroom 
novelty is a regular white 
plastic seat and lid. Bat in¬ 
set in the 1 top of die seat is a 
print of barbed wire. It is 




GADGETS 



• The Club-Guard 

an expensive joke which 
could wear thin very quick¬ 
ly; all the same it is difficult 
not to wince at the thought 
of what might be each time 
you Tower yourself on to it 

TIMWAPSHOTT 


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I MAGINE -that itis Mon¬ 
day evening and you have 
just been invited to ah im¬ 
portant soda! occasion eh' 
Thursday. You realise that you. 
have nothing suitable to wear. 
What is worse, you/have no 
time to go shopping — or a 
least you think you haven't - 
Home shopping. unHkety as 
it may sound, could be your sal¬ 
vation. Pick updrieoftbe new 
generation of upmarket cloth¬ 
ing catalogues, order an outfit 
from Whistles, Ben de Lis, Jean 
Muff or Guy Laroche by phone 
and have it delivered to your 
home or. office within 48 hours, 
boxed, wrapped in tissue paper, 
and r^ady to wear. . 

The latest entrant ot to the 
market. The Book, is going to 
make more top designers avail* 
able tor home shopping than 
ever before. The catalogue, 
which is being launched, at the 
end of tins month, should help 
shake off hone sho pping' s rath¬ 
er dowdy image by offering hot 
just lovely clothes, but innova¬ 
tive design and photography. It 
iff meant to fed a kit mare like 
reading Vogue thanope of tfapse 
ridiculously weighty little- 
woods or Grattan tomes. ' ' -■ 

The Book has an. impressive . 
fine-up of designers, including 
Betty Jackson. Jasper Conran, 


..Red or Dead arid 'Patrick Cox 
for footwear. 

Ben de iisi-is another weU- 
Imown-naime whose dotbes will 
be on sal e in ivandheis enthusi¬ 
astic abput its prospects:: T be¬ 
lieve in. catalogues, because al¬ 
though r find the whole idea of 
shoppmg : at home strange, as I 
personally like being in a'store 
with all the service and so .on, 
Ive realised that a segment of 
the population likes shopping 
from their living room. They do . 
sell a lot of tiptoes fins way.” ; 
For The Book he was careful to: 
choose clothes &um Jus coDec-. 
tion that are, as he cailsit/'easy 

.to read” from pfetographs. 

Wayne: Hemingway. Red or 
Dead's designer, is equally 


enthusiastic: “Irs shot really 
nicely, and has a designer fed. 
There was a stigma attached to 
catalogues, but that is ail break¬ 
ing down, thank God. The 
•whole snobbery tiling is going.” 

It will be competing with a 
handful of designer-led cara- 
. logues. One French import that 
’ has established itself as a fa¬ 
vourite here in th$ past three 
years is La Redoute. 

. Each season it carries clothes 
. from some relatively untried de 
signers and . a guest top name. 
This time it is featuring Gay La¬ 
roche by Alber Elbaz, me Ameri¬ 
can designer who is about to 
move to Yves Saim Laurent. 

A relative veteran of the mar¬ 
ket is Kmgshillwhid\ has been 


going since 1992. It offers more 
wearable and less raunchy lag 
names such as Georges Rech. 
Paddy Campbell, Jean Muir 
and Italy's 1 Blues. 

S urprisingly, perhaps, 
Kingshill has found that 
a quarter of its custom¬ 
ers are hi London, and 
therefore within striking dis¬ 
tance of a huge number of 
shops. Another large chunk of 
iis customers, are in big shop¬ 
ping cities such as Manchester, 
Leeds. Bristol and Glasgow. 

Lurie Scott general manager 
of The Book, is also aiming at a 
largely urban clientele, made 
up of “working women who 
know what they look good in 


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and who work hard at balanc¬ 
ing the demands of career, their 
relationship and. sometimes, 
their children-" In other words, 
women with money but no 
spare time. 

Among its most cove-table of¬ 
ferings, which appear to be 
aimed at a far younger audience 
than KmgshiU. are simple silver 
jewellery from Betty Jackson, 
slinky black evening dresses 
from Ben de Lisi and navy slip 
dresses from Whistles. 

' Many of the prices in The 
Book are high. The most expen¬ 
sive item is a Betty Jackson 
leather jacket for E585. while 
some of the de Lisi dresses also 
cost more than £500. There are 
some more reasonable price 
lags, however, from Planet. 
Karen- Millen and Episode. 

Sa unless you are the sort of 
perron who needs to cover the 
whole of Sloane Street as well as 
Knighlsbridge before making 
your final selection, there ought 
to be something in there to get 
you through Thursdays hmch 
meeting, the dinner party, night 
at the opera or a dub, and any¬ 
where else in between. 

Sarah Cunningham 

• The Book 08003288488); La 
Redoiae (0500 7/7777): KingshiU 
(01494890555) 



MAIN PICTURE Left: Red ribbed caidigan with 
detachable fake-fur collar and tie belt, £85. 
Black and red pinstripe pencil skirt, £70. 
Centre: grey fitted jacket with floral embroidery, 
£165, matching pencil skirt with side splits. 
£70. Right: grey long-sleeved V-neck Jumper 
with black floral embroidery. £70. Grey tailored 
stretch trousers. £90. all by Karen Mitten. From 
The Book /mail order 0800 3288488). 

ABOVE Green fitted corduroy jacket, £120 
(6610692). Turquoise skinny rib V-neck 
sweater with frill trim, £65 (8973555), Yellow 
straight corduroy knee-length skirt, £60 J792 
8092). Right: Turquoise skinny-rib sl e ev e less 
sweater with frill trim, £50 (8972788). 
Turquoise skinny-rib cardigan with frill trim, £70 
(8973148). Green corduroy trousers, £80 
(6600310). All by Guy Laroche par Alber Efoaz. 
From La Redoute (mail order 0500 777777). 

CENTRE Chocolate long-sleeved A-line tunic, 
£225. Chocolate easy-fit wide-legged trousers' 
£235, all by Jasper Conran. From The Book ' 
(mail order as above). 

FAR LOT Navy bias-cut silk cami sole with 
black lace trim, £55. Navy mohair lace-knit 
cardigan with sequin trim. £125. Navy bias-cut 

silk skirt with black lace trim and drawstring ■ 

waist, £70. all by Whistles. From The Book 
(mail order as above). 

LEFT Black stretch wrap-front body £9o 

(MP38171K), Black wool-blend trousers 
(MP38172K). Black suede belt, £50 
(MR38201K) by Synonyme De Georges Rech 
From Kingshill (marl order 01494 890555) 


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Terence Conran at Mezzo before It opened. He is offering a £10 menu during August because “it gives a lot of people the chance to come here 


August is 
the cruellest 


month 


I t's eighty-something in 
the shade and the heat, 
quite literally, is on. 
August is a tough month 
the restaurant trade.. . 
Visit Paris and other French 
.ities in the height of summer 
tnd you will find them, and 
their’grander restaurants in 
particular, sans theirregular 
customers, all but boarded up. 
Not so. however, over here. In 
keeping with our dogged 
rational character, the vast 
majority of our ritzier, more 
.vlcbrated and larger restau- 
* .nfs painfully soldier an. 

Large, ISO-seat plus, restau¬ 
rants. fur which v. e ha\ e devel¬ 
oped a consuming passion, 
work well when packed but. 
come the slow summer 
.Tenths, the going gets tough. 


Restaurants 
have a tough 
time of it in 
summer, says 

Rohan Daft 


Cash llows. alas, must contin¬ 
ue to flow so there's no chance 
of them shutting up for August 
and the staff going on holiday. 

"August is deadly." says 
Tony Allen, the chairman and 
founder of Bank, the large res¬ 
taurant on London's Aldwych, 
with refreshing honesty. 
"Some of the rents on big res¬ 
taurants are anything between 
£200.000 and £500.000 a year. 


THE DRINKS THAT TIME FORGO! 



To sustain a month of that you 
need to find a tot of money.” 
Mr Allen pays a relatively rea¬ 
sonable E135.000-a-yean he in¬ 
tends to use the month to take 
stock and give his staff an 
easier time. Thus, unusually, 
he isn't offering any special 
deals this August. 

His competitors, however, 
are often desperate to get peo¬ 
ple in through the doors, offer¬ 
ing promotions galore. August 
is becoming a bargain month 
for eating out 

Take the Conran restaurant 
empire in London. [Turing Au¬ 
gust, you can enjoy at a wry 
good lunch — rotisserie rib of 
beef with red wine and 
creamed horseradish followed 
by blueberry sponge pudding, 
for example — for £10. at 
Mezzo. Quag linos. Zinc, the 
Bluebird or Cantina del POnte. 

"It's really to give a lot of peo¬ 
ple an opportunity to come in 
and dine in our restaurants 
who wouldn't otherwise have 
the opportunity." says Victoria 
Pamis, Conran spokesman. 


M r Allen says: 

"Terence Con¬ 
ran has got 
some very big 
rooms to fill up. I cant say I 
blame him for going down 
lhar route of cheaper promo¬ 
tions. It’s a dever piece of mar¬ 
keting because a tot of people 
say that if you advertise a res¬ 
taurant. people automatically 
think you are struggling. 

“It benefits the customer 
because without such deals 
some people might feel intimi¬ 
dated about going to such 
West End restaurants. I went 
to one of his restaurants recen¬ 
tly to try this £10 deal and by 
the time you hate had a glass 
of wine and some side orders 
and a dessert you are back to 
£20 per head." 

There are a host of similar 
August marketing ploys on 


I Russchian has managed to survive the Seventies 

i Russchian Tonic 

i - 

1 X n 197S. an all-singing, all-dancing ad campaign 
{ I launched Schweppes’s new vodka miter into what was 
I JL then a burgeoning marker. The Tsarist imagery 
i chiiTKd with disco's perennial fascination for all things dccy- 
I dent, and the company's famous 'Sch...' of high carbuna- 
! rion allegedly got ilie’vndka flowing through'the system 
| with welcome efficiency. It was a hit. 

! Described as "sweetly aromatic", the pinko mixer even 
: became quite popular as a soft drink in its own righr, last¬ 
ing. at first pulp, of peaches, with billeting agents providing 
. tin- finish. Unusually for the times, colouring was all natu- 
; * al. being derived from grape skin extract. 

1 Deregulation of the big pub chains freed landlords to 
shop around for their stock — including mixers — and the 
drink that lives by the publicity machine will almost inevita¬ 
bly also dwindle without this life blood. 

Russchian is still widely available and retains a sizeable 
following in the midst of a flavoured-vodka craze. Who now 
! remembers Brinies Voslok, the principal rival, or still huog- 
I ie? down to Ra-ra Rasputin! Even the two-headed eagle. 
■ stamped on the little hack's in >'idcup to conjure up a far- 
; away and ncscr-to-be-repeaicd regime, now adorns official 
i badges and even the banners at the Tsar's recent funeral. 

{ A curious footnute to this case is the fact that most of our 
! Russchian is still exported to the Scandinavian countries, 
\ r.ewblv Finland, where they certainly know their vodka but 
are not allow it half the time. There, rhe mixer's fragrant 
and civilising qualities are considered the perfect comple¬ 
ment to homemade Nordic brew, knocked back to the 
sound of Leningrad Cowboys in the ever-lasting twilight. 

Kate Stronach 


GOOD DEALS 


■ Ma Belle. 11 Wheat- 
sheaf Yard, Blue Boar 
Street Oxford (01865 
722473). Summer menu: 
salads £5. baguettes £4. 
hot dishes £650. 

■ Le Manoir aux Quaf 
Saisons. Church Road. 
Oxford (01844 278881). 
During August a 
one-night midweek 
escape costs £190 per 
person induding a 
seven-course dinner 
and breakfast 

■ Dan's Restaurant 
119 Sydney Street 
London SW3 (0171-352 
2718). Summer lunch 
menu — two courses 
£1250, three courses £16. 

■ The Star of India 
Restaurant 154 Old 
Brampton Road, 

London SW5 (0171-373 
2901). Lunchtime starter 
and main course for 
£1250. 

■ Fishnets. Fulham 
Rood. London SW6 
(0171-565 1430). £10 
two-course lunch. 

■ Nico Central, Mount 
Street Manchester 
(0161-236 6488). 
Three-course meal 
induding coffee for 
£1250 lunchtime and 
from 5_30pm-7pm. 

■ Browns Restaurant 
38 Queens Road. Clifton 
Bristol (0117 9304777). 
Barbecue menu on the 
terrace, chargrilled 
chicken £6.95. steak 
sandwich £7.95. 


offer at top restaurants 
throughout the country. At the 
90-seater Fourth Floor a: Har¬ 
vey Nichols in Leeds you could 
enjoy a light lunch of. for exam¬ 
ple. smoked salmon salad, a 
glass of champagne and a pud¬ 
ding for £16. Not cheap, but 
still a substantial saving from 
what you would normally pay. 

“August is a quiet time." 
says Raul Ellison, the restau¬ 
rant's assistant manager. "We 
have an advantage here 
because we are cushioned by 
being a part of Harvey 
Nichols, but restaurants rates 
and rents don't change 
throughout the year, whereas 
business does." 



Many diners prefer to eat salads during the hot weather 


White Manchester's Mash 
and Air (two restaurants in 
one location with a combined 
seating of 240) aren't offering 
any special lunch or dinner 
deals. they are very open to 
negotiating a spedal price 
with you should you wish to 
host a set dinner — which they 
don't ordinarily offer — for 
eight or 10 people. 

And at their sister restau¬ 
rant. Coast, in London, during 
August you can get. between 
6pm and 7pm, a two-course 
pre-theatre dinner for E1&50. 
Throughout the rest of the 
year, a main course costs some¬ 
where between £15 and £25. 

And if you want to go ethnic 
try Tamarind or Varna, two of 
the capital's new-wave Indian 
restaurants, where a set lunch 
will set you back, respectively. 
£1650 and £5.95. 

Ordinarily, you wouldn't ex¬ 
pect to get out of Tamarind in 
the evening without finding 
your self about £40 a. head 
poorer. 

For all their woes, however. 
one mone>-saiiing advantage 
that swanky high-overhead 
restaurants do have in August 


HENRY HARRIS’S CHEAT OF THE WEEK 


ENTERTAINING IS OFTEN fraught 
with problems, bur probably the biggest 
concern for the home cook is timing: 
what goes in the oven, what goes on the 
boil, when and for how long? Will I be 
stuck in the kitchen all evening while 
every body else is enjoying themselves? 
Will they be drinking the decent wine 
while I'm left with the slops? 

Some hosts I know prefer to hide 
away, busying themselves with food. 
They're the sort who start washing up 
between courses leaving guess to char 
among themselves, the type of people 
who my fellow columnist John Morgan 
would reprimand in his Modern 
Manners on the final page of ibis 
section. 

So. to avoid the wrath of Morgan and 
your dinner guests, you have to make 
sure you don't tie yourself to the stove 
when you're giving a dinner party. And 
it really is quite easy to get around this 
problem-, simply serve cold food. In 


large hotels which arc expert 
at banqueting, the starter 
when huge numbers are in¬ 
volved is’ almost invariably 
cold. After many years of prac¬ 
tice. these masters of entertain¬ 
ing know what makes for a 
more fluid scnice. 

My suggestion this week Is 
to make a variation on Pied¬ 
montese peppers. It involves 
tomatoes but I have an aversion to skin¬ 
ning tomatoes, which dates back to my 
days as a commit chef when that was 
the only job that I seemed to do from 
dawn to dusk. 

A simple but effective cheat is to use 
sweet vine-ripened cherry tomatoes 
which don't require skinning. 

PIEDMONTESE PEPPERS 
serves 4 

4 red pepper? 

4 doves of garlic, peeled 


250g red cherry tomatoes 
250g yellow cherry tomatoes 
(purists use 500g red) 

S anchovy fillets 
good olive oil 
•Preheat oven to IS0C. cut 
tbe peppers in half leaving 
rho stalk attached, but scoop 
out the seeds. Then finely 
slice the garlic and put some 
at the bottom of each pep¬ 
per. Pkk over and wash the tomatoes 
and fill the peppers generously. De¬ 
pending on die size of the peppers you 
may have a Few left over for a salad 
Cut each anchovy fiflet lengthwise 
and put two pieces on top of each pep¬ 
per. Transfer them to a roasting pan 
and jiberafly douse with olive oft and a 
milling of pepper. Bake for one to one 
and-a-ftalf hours or until soft and 
lightly scorched. 

•fftwv /Yarns it heed chef at the Fifth 
I h or, tfancy \ ieltofs. Knigitisl'ndgc 


» 



Swish cocktails make the perfect 
summer thirst-quencher and you 
don’t have to pay fancy, bar prices 


M y biggest post¬ 
bag ever does 
not concern the 
contentious busi¬ 
ness of decanting — although 
it runs a dose second — wit 
my cheat's recipe for Pimmts. 

I devised this humble imita¬ 
tion to cock a snook at United 
Distillers which was mean 
enough to reduce the alcoholic 
content of the popular gin 
sling not once but twice. To¬ 
day's wishy-washy 25 per cent 
alcohol version costs almost 
£12. My fake costs a fraction of 
that and provided you use de¬ 
cent lemonade, fresh fruit and 
dean ice and dull the ingredi¬ 
ents thoroughly. I defy anyone 
to detect the difference. 

To make this Cheat’s 
Pimm’s, take one measure of 
gin, one of red vermouth 
(French or Italian) and half a 
measure orange Curasao (50d 
costs £929 ar Fullers). Mix to- 
getherand pour 
into a large jug or 
glass. Go easy on 'r^ t _ 
extras: one slice 
each of orange, 
lemon and cucum¬ 
ber is perfect, plus 
a sprig of fresh bo¬ 
rage and, if you 
must, one of mint 
Just before serv¬ 
ing, top up with 
ice-cold lemonade 
or ginger ale. 

Now that the . 
hot weather's here- 
at last I am the 
first to admit that 
there are times V 
when wine simply 
does not hit the spot. What 
most of us. need instead are 
classic. thirst-quenching com¬ 
binations that will cool you 
dawn and give you a decent al¬ 
coholic hit at the same time. Of 
them all, long, dry, zesty, cit¬ 
rus-based fruit and alcohol 
combinations are the best If 
you care about, taste, take it 
from me that none of the addi¬ 
tive and preservative-laced bot¬ 
tled or Tetra-packed “juices" 
remotely resemble the real 
thing. So; get out , the squeezer 
and knuckle down to the River 
Cafe’s heavenly Pink..Grape¬ 
fruit Fizz. Simply combine one 
measure of Campari with the 
juice of half a ruby grapefruit 
in the bottom of a tall glass 
and top up with ice^old fizz. 
The River Cafe’s original reci¬ 
pe calls for an Italian prosecco 
but Spain’s cheap yet stylish 
cava bruts, such as the lime- 
seemed version from Sairis- 
bury’s priced at E4.99. do the 
job just as well. 

The driest and zestiest sum¬ 
mer mix of all is a Torn Co Hins. 
This is the drink to serve to 
high-brow wine purists who 
maintain that all summer cock¬ 
tails are sickly sweet and lack 
style. Just squeeze the juice 
from one large lemon and 
pour into a very tall glass, add 
two measures of the best dry 
gin plus caster sugar to taste 
before topping up with cold 


— although this can be a prob¬ 
lem for rhe likes of Tamarind 
and Varna—is that peoplejpre- 
fer to eat lighter, easier rood 
which, ultimately, demands 
less staff. “People want things 
like simply done fish and 
salads.” adds Mr Ellison. 
“Simpler food means less prep¬ 
aration so we can tie in special 
offers with staff holidays." 
When lighter menus come in 
there is less work to be done." 

And don’t worry about res¬ 
taurateurs in Edinburgh dur¬ 
ing August. Thanks to the festi¬ 
vals, both Fringe and official, 
the city doubles its population 
of 450.000. You won't find any 
special offers here. 

“If only we had more 
tables.” says Steve Hall, assist¬ 
ant manager of Andrew Rad¬ 
ford's super busy Blue Bar 
Cafe, the sister restaurant of 
the much-acclaimed. Atrium 
an SO-sealer establishment 
which is fully booked at £28 a 
head for die whole month 
unless jou're very luck)-. 

"Andrew is one of the UK's 
most fortunate restaurateurs 
at this time of year," says Mr 
Hall. He surely is. 


1397 CtorMwres, Lm 

Calllerft do Stapfaany, 

Safeway £2^9 (two for 
£2.50 mcIi from Moadry 
ntrtU September 12). 

Ignore the dim label; within is 
a gorgeous, fruity holiday red 
that just like beaujoiais, takes 
well to the k»- bucket on 
Augusts honest days and Is 
equally at home 
saved at room 
temperature 

when the sun's 
not shining. 
Expect plenty of 
vibrant, juicy, 
pfcrnimyftult 
from this jolly 
redwtOia 
seductive, spicy 
fetish. Most folk, 
including me, 
would be happy 
to pay twice the 

price for this. 


IfiX 






sparkling mineral water or 
soda. Using the finest dry gin 
you can afford really does. 
make a difference here, and 
Tanqueray Gordon’s superb 
Export-Strength Gin. at 473 
per cent, (everywhere £14.99) 
is the best 1 have found. : . 

Fresh lime, like lemon,-is 
one of those fruit flavours that 
the drinks industry has yet to 
imitate or improve upon, 
which is what makes a frosty 
Daiquiri one of the best sum¬ 
mer blends to help you chill 
out Squeeze the juice from a 
fresh lime and mix with two 
measures of white rum and 
taster sugar to taste. There are 
thousands of ways to create 
the perfect Daiquiri but the 
simplest and best is to shake it 
thoroughly with lots of 
crushed ioe and strain into an 
elegant glass. Crushing ioe is 
easy. Put cubes, made from a 
good still mineral water into a 
thick plastic bag 
and hit them with 
a hammer. 

Short summer 
“**"■" mixes can be as re¬ 
freshing as the 
long variety. The 
simple dassic ver¬ 
sions of these win 
me over every 
time, and Whisky 
Sours make an es¬ 
pecially f flavour- 
some summer 
drink. To make a 
dassic American 
Whisky Sour.-take 
. two measures o£a# 
good smffl^fiGur- 
bori sucfi Mak¬ 
er* Mark (Victoria Wine 
£18.69), add the juice of half a 
freshly squeezed lemon arid a 
teaspoon .of caster sugar. 
Shake briskly with ice-cubes, 
strain and pour into a short 
glass. 

w- jrodka continues to be 
% / the darling of the 
new. cocktail-swig- 

• T gfrig generation but 
whatever you- do, avoid the 
British vodkas with Russian 
names that taste of nothing. 
Avoid too the flavoured, com¬ 
mercially produced vodkas 
such as Absolut Citron. These 
reek of ihe fake fruit odours 
they are made from and are as 
far removed from the real 
thing as supermarket white 
sliced bread is from home¬ 
made wholemeaL The finest 
vodka mix 1 know is the one 
ace barman Dick Bradsell de¬ 
vised espedally for The Times. 
called, fittingly. The Thun¬ 
derer. It's a lethal but divine 
mix of one teaspoon of crime 
de cassis (Boudiers 50cl costs 
£9.75 at Yapp: 01747 860423) 
swirled around a frozen glass, 
before two measures of frozen 
Stolichnaya vodka (Sains- 
burys £1299) are added along 
with an optional half teaspoon 
of Parfait d’Amour. 

Here's to summer! 

• Nettweefc 
Hor weather wines 


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Rtbatojo, Falun, Safeway 

£2JI9, bat bay two for 
£2.50 Q9di from Monday 
™tll September 12. 

Safeway is currently twitching 
from the *96 vintage of frits 

splendid summer red to the 

“97. Both years are equally 
ff»d, albeit different in style. 

The *96 is foil of 
luscious,, briery, 
damson spice 
while the young, 
jufoy.and more 
assertive'97 has 
more berry fruit 
richness, with a 
distinctive herby 
finish that gives 
it the backbone 
to cope with bar¬ 
becue fore. The 
*96 should be on 
shelves until 
Wednesday. 




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food and drink * 7 


THE TIMES WEEKEND - SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1998 


The Glorious Twelfth has arrived 
— and that means braces of fresh 


grouse, ready for traditional roasting 


T he grouse season opened 
in the middle of last week, 
but I did not buy any. I 
am lucky enough to have 
a birthday that mils a week after 
the grouse season qpens, which is 
the best possible time . to . eat my 
favourite game bird. Ido not much 
mind whether I cook it myself or I 
am treated to lunch or dinner some¬ 
where grand. 

There are obvious'merits to the 
latter, of course, but if we eat at 
home, my husband. Tam/will take 
from die cellar a far grander bottle 
than we could ever afford in a 
restaurant. 

I have to keep my fingers crossed 
that there will indeed be grouse. 
Each year one tears stories of frost 
killing the heather, leaving the 
grouse with nothing to feed on, or 
disease decimating the flocks. 

Unlike much game, which is 
now reared in pens an a large scale. 
for releasing and then shooting, 
grouse had always seemed to be the 
one really void, untamed-ted. But 
now certain estates are catching the 
birds.. ringing them and then 



medicating them if they are found 
to need it I am not Sure bow I fed 
aboutfhis.. 

It is justifiabteto maintain a 
healthy flock, but perhaps that is 
what poultry fanners said when 
they first brought chickens indoors, 
and we know what that led to. . 

But let us not be pessimistic Per¬ 
haps I will be lucky enough to have 
grouse for my birthday again fins 
year. Whoever cooks the grouse, it 
must be served with the classic 
accompaniments of game chips, 
gravy and perhaps a mash of root 
vegetables. 

Actually, if I am cooking it, I 
shall not make game drips: instead 
I shall probably roast some pota¬ 
toes in dude fat or serve mashed 
potatoes. Grouse is also good with 
polenta, tradition notwithstanding 

To appreciate the grouse's 
uniquely dehcare flavour and tex¬ 
ture. the cooking and presentation 
must be kept ample. One year I let 


mysdf be persuaded by a delightful 
French chef of my acquaintance, a 
grouse aficionado, that a grapefruit 
and juniper sauce would be a pleas¬ 
ing accompanimenL 1 dunk not 

This is one time when I am quite 
happy to follow tradition; grouse is 
not a candidate for fusion cooking, 
but perhaps I am tempting fate. 
Even now, seme idiot is eyeing up a 

file lemon grass, iniiising^e^^ 
leaves and glazing some baby tur¬ 
nips with balsarmco and soy sauce. 

Here is the meal 1 shall cook if we 
are dining at home d deux. Smoked 
wild salmon or smoked Glenarm 
salmon from Selfridges is a perfect 
way to start a meal. If not that. I 
shall probably be tempted by some- 
thing from file new traiteur coun¬ 
ter. where chef Vincent produces 
some delightfully home-made look¬ 
ing specialities such as pied deporc 
d randenne, jambonneau and ro¬ 
tates. as' well as elegant lobster 
chaudfroid. 

But at this time ofyear l am also 
tempted by wild mushrooms. Earli¬ 
er in the summer 1 bought some 
beautiful chanterelles picked in 
Scotland that were, impeccably 
flesh and dean. I shall hope to find 
same just like those, which I shall 
=cook in butter, with a little chopped 
shallot, the merest hint erf garlic — 
as file chanterelles are so delicately 
flavoured — and a generous hand 
withthe parsley. 

Halved dabatta rolls, hollowed 
put bro^hed with butter and baked 
will be the, containers, and I shall 
usethepulledraut crumbs in order 
to make some bread sauce for the 
grouse. 

To end the meal, muscat grapes 
and fresh figs wfll be perfect with 
some good British cheeses. With 
them, I serve the first of the season's 
cobnuts, and perhaps a slice of 
bladcberrydieese.Cfr,ifJatninfhe 
mood, I might make a pud, some¬ 
thing with fruit and custard and 
meringue. : 

ChuAaraBttft 

Serves 2. _ 

: 2dabatta rolls - ' 

lQOg butter 

lshaHot, peeled and finely chopped 
VigarBc dove, peeled and crushed 
400g chanterelles or othenwik) 
mushrooms, trimmed, brushed, 
and wiped 




Frances Bissell 


Salt 


Pepper 


Serves-2 


Flat leaf parsley, finely chopped, 1-2 
tbsp, plus leges for garnish _ 

. CUT a lid from the rolls and puli 
out most of the crumbs. Melt die 
butter in a saute pan and brush 
some of it inside the buns. Bake un¬ 
til crisp and gokfen in a moderate 
oven. Meanwhile, cook the shallot 
and garlic in the remaining butter 
and, when soft, add the chan¬ 
terelles. 

Cook for 15 minutes, then season, 
stir in the parsley and spoon the 
mushrooms into the bated cases. 
Finally, decorate with parsley and 
serve. 


Small piece of celery 


SOceofgfnger 


Parsley or watercress staHs 


A few peppercorns 


75mS red wine 


500ml water 


2 grouse 


BECAUSE il is difficult to get even 
cooking of the breasts and legs of 
grouse, I separate the legs from the 
back, and then cut the bock away 
from the breast. I use the backs, 
together with the seasonings, wine 
arm water, to make a stock, which 
should cook, for about Va hours 


before the grouse is roasted. Later 
in the season. 1 use this same 
method for cooking wild duck. 

Having carefully removed the 
wishbone, which makes the even¬ 
tual task of cutting up the grouse 
much easier, simply hard the 
breast with pork back fat (not 
bacon — who wants grouse tasting 
of bacon?), roast it at 2D0F for 25-30 
minutes, switch the oven off. open 
the door, and let the bird rest for 5 
minuies. 

Tuning win need adjusting to the 
size of the bird and how well done 
or under-done you like iL My tim¬ 
ing produces flesh that just has a 
hint of pink, which is how I like it 

Meanwhile, fry or grill the legs. 

ALAN ADLER 


to be served at the same time as the 
breast reduce the siock 10 the con¬ 
sistency of a nol-too-sticky gravy, 
and season to taste. 

Serve each grouse portion and 
two legs on heated plates, and gar¬ 
nish with your chosen accompani¬ 
ments, including some generous 
sprigs of watercress. 

Grouse for four or six can be pre¬ 
pared in exactly the same way: ir 
will simply take longer 10 disman¬ 
tle them, bur roasting time will re¬ 
main the same. 

B rai i and onion sanca 

X onion, peeled and chopped 
200ml milk ' ~ ~ 

1 bay leaf 

2 cloves ~ 

50g soft white breadcrumbs 


25g butter 


Freshly grated nutmeg 


Salt 


Pepper 




SIMMER the hay leaf, doves and 
onion in the milk until the onion is 
lender. Stir in the bread and cook 
for a minute or two more. Rub 
through a sieve, and mix with the 
butter. Season to taste with nut¬ 
meg, salt and pepper. 

Plum and meringue pwknags 

Serves 2 _ 

6 or 8 plums, stoned _ 

75mJ full-bodied red wine, such as 

a rltene _ 

1 cinnamon stick _ 

75g caster sugar, or to taste 


THE PERFECT 


■ THE texture of a sorbet is 
grainy and rough when little 

sugar is used. The more sugar 
you use, the smoother the 
sorbet. An ice-cream maker or 
sorbetfere is also indispens¬ 
able for a really good result— 
except in this case. Where a 
food processor is required, 
and relatively little sugar- 
Here is a fruit sorbet that can, 
with a little advance prepara¬ 
tion. be made in seconds. 1 am 
not an advocate of fast food, 
but this recipe really is fast 

■ INGREDIENTS: A lemon, 
some icing sugar, sugar syrup 
or elderilower syrup, and ripe, 
sweet juicy pears. 

■ METHOD: peel, core, quar¬ 
ter and freeze the pears. You 
can do this with large quanti¬ 
ties. Remove from the freezer 
the quantity you need, the 
equivalent of about two pears 
for three people. Put the pieces 
in the food processor with the 
juice of half a lemon and. per 
person. 2-3 tsp of sugar or syr¬ 
up. Process on pulse fora few 
bursts and. once the pears are 
broken up. process until 
smooth. Spoon into well- 
chilled glasses and serve 
immediately. 

■ ALTERNATIVE: mango 
sorbet can be made in the 
same way, as can a pleasant 
banana sorbet 

Next week: 

The perfect coeur d la creme 


100ml thick custard 


1 free-range egg white 




PUT the fruit, wine and cinnamon 
in a saucepan and cook gently until 
file fruit is just tenter. Stir m half 
file sugar and allow to cool. You 
can cook the plums five day before 
required if you wish. 

Next, spowt into two ovenproof 
ramekins, adding juice, but not 
enough to cover die fruit, which 
should provide a firm base for the 
custard. Spoon fids smoothly over 
the fruit. Whisk the egg white with 
half of the remaining sugar, then 
gradually add the rest until the 
mixturehas become firm and 
glossy. 

Spread over the custard and cook 
on file middle shelf of a law oven at 


150C, gas mark 2, for 15-20 minutes. 
The meringue should not be 
allowed to colour too much. Serve 
warm. 

You can also make a pudding for 
six in a souffle dish using about a 
kilo of fruit and 600ml custard, 
with the other ingredients similarly 
increased, and a cooking time of 45 
minutes. 

This is, of course, a good basic 
recipe that can easily be adapted to 
all the late summer and early 
autumn fruits. especially 
greengages. 

© Frances Bissell 1998 
Next week: 

Home cooking — local shopping 
with a French flavour 


CONSUMING INTERESTS: H0\E' 


I AM no apiarist but I do understand that 
the flavour, colour and consistency of hom- 
eys will vary wMi the different floral nec- 
tarsonwhjchthebeesareforagine.andthe 
season. Readers will observe that ttie search 
for the right stuff takes marry of the busy 


bees into some highly aristocratic territory, 
but my favourite m this particular tasting 
came from the windswept Hebridean 
islands, where mare than halt of all th e Brit¬ 
ish wfldflower species bloom. 

Robin Young 




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Windsor Great Park Natural 
Honey; £3.95 per lb phis p&p 
from Fiona Dickson .. r - 
Didlingion Manor .. 
Didlington. Norfolk IP26 • 
SAT (01842 878673:fax 01842 
878671) ■ 

Claims: “This multifloral 
honey has been produced ty 
bees living in the magnificent 
gartlens of Royal Lodge, • 
situated within Windsor - 
Parkis 4,000 acres. - . unique 
and delirious." 

Verdict Clear, runny .. 
orange-brown honey, .with a 
syrupy texture and slightly 
malty flavour. * * * 

Sneatondale Honey Farms 
Luxury Borage Herbal - 
Honey, £280 for340gfrom 

Bee Health Limited.- - 
Racecourse Road. East Ayton, 
Scarborough, N-Yorkshire 

YOB 9HT (01723 86400J) 
Claims “Beautifully light, 
delicate honey gathered by - 
our own bees.” 

Verdict Transluscent, 
yellow-brown, runny honey 
with some froth atim 

Borage gives a strong and 

distinctive flavour, strangely 
redolent of seaweed and 
ratter addictive. * ★ ★ 

Struan Heather Honey,' 
£530 per lb inc p&pfrom 
Struan Apiaries, Cpntm 
Bridge, Rossshire JV7 SEX 
(01349861422) .... 

Claims "At Struan Apiaries ■ 
you may be assured, at all. 

times of the personal service 
of a s mall family business.” 
Verdict Thick and darts 
orange-brown colour, with a.. 

heavy, dusky flavour. The 
honey also showed some 
tpnrfencv to seDaraie.' *. 


The Duchess of Devonshire's. 
Heather Honey, £3.95 for 
340gfrom Chatsworth Farm 


IUF (01246583392) 

^Claims: "100 per cent pure 
and natural ingredients. Pure 
bees'honey." 

Verdict Beady appearance ; 
with a White crystalline . 
suspension mthick-setdark 
jelly. Iflce eating crushed - 
honeycomb, a crunchy 
texture 1 found disagreeable 
and; disconcerting. No star. 

Teme Valley English Honey, 
£2 per lb plus p&pfrom Dr 
Carol Field, Sutton 
House, Sutton, Tenbiuy 
Wells. Worcestershire 
WR158RJ : 

Ganns None. 

Verdict Anaemically, pale, 

. granular thick-set honey with 
a marzipan-like texture. .No 
great distmetion. * 

Sweet Chestnut Honey. £6.95 
per lb firm Die Hive Horny 
Shop. 53 Webb’s Road .... 


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FOOD & DRINK 



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points ajfleiinlnrf 
plctmofCanmtftfo 

. JsenCtirtif oplm 
NavnOt to** patathoms 


Battersea, London SW116RX 
(0171-924 6233) or by maU 
order, p&p not included 
Claims: “An unusual honey 
gathered by our bees from 
file Crown Forest in Bagshot, 
Sumy:.. the scent of the 
hooey is so strong that it can 
be smeft a hundred yards 
from file hives." 

VercBct Chestnut honey is 
often said to be earthy, but 
this one so Tunny it was 
difficult to catch was akin to 
the horsey Savours fotmd in 
good Gorman Riesling wines. 
An acquired taste? * ★ 

Denrosa Royal Deeslde 
Heather Honey. £330-£4Jj 0 
from stockists including 
Selfridges. or from Denrosa, 
Coupar Angus. Perthshire 
PH13 9AE (01828 627221; fine 
01828628262) 

Claims: “Finest quality 100 . 
per cent Scottish produce.” 
Verdict Hefty flavoured, 
dark, doudy and grainy 
honey with the colour and 
texture of thick French 
mustard. ★★ 

lsleofCdonsay Wfldflower 
and Heather Honey, £4 per 
lb plus p&p. from Andrew 
Abrahams , Poll Cornu Me of 
Colonsav, Argyll PA6J 7YR 
(01951200365) 

Claims: “It is the fragrant 
nectars of the numerous 
wild flowers that give Isle of 
Cokmsay Wfldflower Honey 
its unique and special 
flavour." 

Verdict Beautiful, soft-set 
deep amber hpneyvfree of 
granulation, and velvety 
smooth in both texture 
and flavour. Richand 
seductive. * * ★ *'■* 


You brought 
a lasagne on 
a plane? 







B rooklyn bred and fed, the 
ItaliatvAmerican Marisa Tomei, 
33, left home at 19 and crossed 
East River for the bright fights of Man¬ 
hattan. In 1992 she fit up cinema 
screens across the world with her Os- 
car-winning performance in My Cous¬ 
in Vinny with Joe PfescL Yet although 
you can take the girl out of Brooklyn, 
you can't take Brooklyn out of the girl. 

It was during the filming of My Cous¬ 
in Vinny that her mother Addle’S 
Brooklyn cooking came to the fore. 

“She had to ©1 down South to Geor¬ 
gia to film,'’ says Ad die. “She was real¬ 
ty worried, coining from New York, 
about what she was going to eat down 
south — there’s nothing to eat down 
there except grits. She said to me‘How 
about you mate me a lasagne to last 
me a tong time?’.” 

Addie dutifully baked the lasagne, ca¬ 
tering size, and Marisa took it with her 
on the plane. On board she bumped m 
to her co-star and fellow Oscar winner. 
Peso, the star of GoodFellas. “So they 
are going an the plane and he says 
'What do you have?*" recalls Addie. 
“She says 1 have a lasagne’. He says, 1 
can’t believe it You brought a lasagne?’ 
She says that he then eats half of it." 

On another occasion Addie satisfied 
Marisa"s craving for her favourite 
dish, string beans with marinara 
sauce, by sending some across country 
from the East Coast to the Midwest “1 
shipped a large pot of them all the way 
to Minneapolis.” says Addle. “She said 
she had to have them." 

Although Addie is as confident cook¬ 
ing Chinese food as her native cuisine, 
she finds that her family invariably de¬ 
mands pasta. If Marisa or her brother 
Adam, also an actor, are home for a 
meal that's what they always ask for 
and at Thanksgiving, when foe whole 
family gates every year, its presence 


Mum’s cooking is 
never far from 
Marisa Tomei, writes 

Joe Warwick 


HOME COOKING 


on the table is always a source of lively 
dtocussion- 

“Oh God, it’s hilarious,” screams 
Addie. “We have a big debate about 
whether we are going to have pasta or 
not One side says this to an American 
holiday, we have pasta every goddamn 
day and we should not have it on 
Thanksgiving. The other side says 
that’s what we like so that’s what we 
should eat" Last year the compromise 
was to mate pumpkin ravioli. “Pump¬ 
kin to a traditional Thanksgiving vege¬ 
table." explains Addie. 

This year she has another means of 
accommodating family members who 
want pasta: “1 suggest we just mate a 
lasagne shaped like a turkey.” She’S 
laughing, but I know she’s serious. 

Although her family to third-genera¬ 
tion Italian, they are fiercely proud of 
their heritage and particularly of the 
food from Mamma’S kitchen. 

Addie revels in the task of feeding 
her son and daughter, along with her 
husband. “I have just.the two chil¬ 
dren.” she says, “and a husband who is 
a good eater.” Despite a brief flirtation 
■urnh vegetarianism Marisa was easy to 
feed, unlike ter brother. “When he was 
a kid he ate peanut butter and jelly for 
three years straight, every day and 
nothing else," she explains. “I forced 






Marisa with her brother Adam, also an actor, in their tap-dancing days 



Marisa with Joe Pesti in My Cousin Vinny, for which she won an Oscar 


him to try baloney, then he ate baloney 
every day for three years. He's still not 
too good with vegetables. But Marisa 
ate everything as a kid. she was very 
good." 

She followed her daughter across the 
Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan six 
years ago. Bad; in Brooklyn she 
worked as an English teacher for 27 
years in a school where the food was so 
horrendous that ketchup was counted 
as a vegetable. 

T hese days, with her own com¬ 
pany, Savory Sojoms. she con¬ 
ducts culinary tours through 
New York. She says “I have great affec¬ 
tion for Brooklyn but I don't mtos it in 
terms of living there." 

Mansa's childhood was different to 
many of her peers. She and her brother 
were bitten by the showbiz bug when, 
without the luxury of a video, they 
stayed up late and watched old musi¬ 
cals on TV. 

That inspired them to take tap-danc¬ 
ing lessons and from then on there was 


joined them to begin with. “We quit 
after ten lessons because we were ex¬ 
hausted." explains Addie. “They just 
kept going." But the children’s TV diet 
was restricted at Addle’s insistence. 
"We always had dinner together in the 
evening which was not true of all their 
friends.” says Addie. They com¬ 
plained because they'd want to watch 
Star Trek or whatever—I insisted that 
we ate together. Now they feel grateful 
that I insisted that we at least had that 
time together.” 

Today the family are inevitably sepa¬ 
rated by the film industry. Adam lives 
. in Los Angeles while Marisa lives just 
around the comer from her mother in 
Manhattan’s West Greenwich village. 
Although there to a plentiful supply of 
high quality take-aways right on Mari- 

sa*s doorstep, they are not in the same 

league as her mother^ cooking. This 
combinedwith the faa that her daugh¬ 
ter is not an enthusiastic cookmeans 
that her mother delivers frequent dish¬ 
es. “I often cook for her when she's in 
town- I bring it over and she’s very 
happy,” says Addie. 



















■a-»g:. *-t -M 


8 - home life 


THE TIMES WEEKEND - SATURDAY AUGUST 15 19® 


Alice prepares to be the youngest guest 
ever at a luxurious castello in Tuscany 


I am preparing to go into close 
combat with Alitalia over the 
question of our flights to Pisa- 
For some reason the airline is 
unable to guarantee a “bassinet" 
reservation for young Alice who. at 
eight weeks of age, will not be big 
enough to sit up in one of its adult 
seats. Things got off to a bad start 
when Roberto on reservations mis* 
heard me and convinced himself 
that Alice would be eight years old 
at the time of take-off and couldn’t 
understand why I wanted a bassi¬ 
net for her in the first place. Having 
informed him that she is only 45cm 
long, he explained that seats cannot 
be reserved in economy class and 
that they would be allocated on the 
day on a first-come, first-served ba- 
mn. Visions floated before my eyes 
ol herds of tired and emotional tour- 
i.sts waiting for the gate to be an¬ 


nounced and then running in a 
great feisty mob to nab all the bulk¬ 
head seats. Admittedly Alice's re¬ 
turn ticket at £22 is very nice, but 
my lack of sleep is affecting my 
sense of adventure. 

• APART from the flight prepara¬ 
tions. organisation for Italy is tak¬ 
ing us into Amazonian expedition 
territory. We've got a portable 
water sterilisation kit designed for 
nasty “foreign waters" We’ve got 
factor-50 sun cream, a cot mosquito 
net, a pair of elastically satisfactory 
Aqtranappies — otherwise known 
as floaties — in case Alice feels tike 
extending her enjoyment of bath 
time to the swimming pooI. And we 
have enough hats and bonnets to 
satisfy any royal lady-in-waiting, 
including a much admired Liver 
Birds cap bought by Giles in yet 



another fit of paternal indulgence. 
As l am still performing my duties 
as the human milk bottle, we can 
leave the baby larder behind: but 
weighing heaviest on oar minds is 
the nappy question. Mothers experi¬ 
enced in such matters have warned 
that Italian Pampers “don’t keep it 
in” so we are considering packing 
full supplies. We are also begin¬ 
ning to wonder just how baby 
friendly our destination is likely to 


be. It is a Tuscan castello dating 
back to the Middle Ages, formerly 
owned by the Sitwell family and. by 
all accounts, a splendid ornamen¬ 
tal palace of great creature com¬ 
forts (Goes's parents nifdly got 
their reservation in before Tony 
Blair's holiday secretary got wind 
of it). But judging by Osbert Sit¬ 
well's autobiography, cots and 
prams have never darkened its 
doors. Still. Alice will have plenty of 


aunts, uncles and cousins on hand 
to help her with the finer points of 
Italian castello etiquette. 

• CLASSY as it is. three weeks of 
heaving our borrowed heavy¬ 
weight Marmet pram up and down 
our front steps has turned me into 
an unlikely candidate for the Brit¬ 
ish shot-put team. Last week I 
bought a copy of Loot and scanned 
the baby section. “Brand new 


unused unwanted gift. 3-in-l Mam¬ 
mas & Papas pram. £700 new: £350 
for sale; Call Jane. Dagenham." 
There it was: the pram of my 
dreams —- and still available. 

Twohours after setting off for Da¬ 
genham, we reached JaneS house. 
Jane is one of those people who has 
a passionate and dying relation¬ 
ship with the colour pink. The car¬ 
pet was pink. The wails were pint 
The cemng, chandeliers, curtains 
and chairs were pink. For a my 
ment I had a horrible feeling that I 
had woken up inside somebody 
rise’s womb. Then Jane herself 
stepped .-forward. Dagenham’s 
queen of black and blue — dyed- 
black hair, sooty black eyes, blue 
toenails, black fingernails... I was 
beginning to back.out when 1 
caught sight of the pram, a vision of 
loveliness, brand new and best .of 
all. not pink. Jane began explaining 
how it had been boughtrfora sister- 
in-law who had gone abroad. She 
then caught sight of Alice and sud¬ 
denly changed her tune, putting in 


a swffi offer of £350 for her. At this ; 
my daughter broke into a huge 
smile. We had suspected aft along * 
that Alice has been casting around 
for new parents ever since we failed, 
to make it to the hospital in time for 
her birth. After a tittle wrangling- 
over exactly who wanted to sell 
what, the deal on die pram was 
rinne arid we came home trium¬ 
phant With my newfound muscles 
I can lift it with one aim • 

»I SEE that Britain has the high¬ 
est rate of teenage pregnancies in 
die world and Tessa Joweil is try¬ 
ing to reduce it. A genera) distribu¬ 
tion to teenagers of the “doll-baby” 
might be effective. This doll cries, 
eats, sloqps and defecates so its “par* 
enT’is busy around the dock chang- . 
ing nappies, preparing bottles, feed-; ; 
ing, settling and washing. No mat- 
ter how well^he or she performs 
these task£ the doti stfll cnes. After 
eight weeks tif toe real thing. I now 
understand exactly hcrw effective, a : 
deterrent they can be. r- y r . • i,-- 



What 1 
asthma 


Asthma is rising 


at an alarming 


rate. A startling 


new drug-free 


method claims to 


have a cure. 


By Ian Murray 


T he statistics read tike 
a bad day during the 
Battle of the Somme. 
Dead: 1,621. Hospital¬ 
ised: 110,475. Walking wound¬ 
ed: 3.4 million. Cost: El billion. 

If current trends continue, 
these annual figures for asth¬ 
ma are going to get worse eve¬ 
ry 1 year. The number of chil¬ 
dren aged five to II who have 
had an asthma attack trebled 
between 1982 and 1992. and 
one child in seven now suffers 
from toe condition. 

The number of adults seeing 
their GP about asthma more 
than trebled between 1971 and 
1991. and one in five is known 
lo have suffered serious breath¬ 
lessness at some stage in the 
past year. Almost half the pop¬ 
ulation will hare had at least 
one episode of asthmatic 
w heezing by the age of 33. 

Millions of pounds worth of 
research has not succeeded in 
halting the seemingly inexora¬ 
ble advance of the wheeze. 
Modem drugs control it for 
many', but more people are suc¬ 
cumbing to it. Now. from the 
improbable source of the Sibe¬ 
rian Branch of the Soviet 



n a wet Saturday in July, 140 little into a line. I suspset they get the same satis- 
giris aged fromthree to nine twirled ^ fafiteftomdcxBg itwell as they would from; 
and sparkled in their own dance ver- : hxttfoga <gpodmssin football Of course zr is 


A child uses an inhaler while playing. Children are increasingly vulnerable to this frightening and debilitating disease 


Academy of Science, comes a 
new therapy which quite liter¬ 
ally takes one’s breath away. 

It is based on a theory of 
Konstantin Buteyko, a Ukrani- 
an research clinician, who be¬ 
lieves asthmatics are oxygen 
junkies. He argues that at 
times of stress they breathe in 


too much oxygen, and then 
breathe out too much carbon 
dioxide. In prolonged periods 
of stress, deeper breathing be¬ 
comes an unconscious, contin¬ 
uous habit and a physiological 
pattern. 

If he is right, this hyperventi¬ 
lation reduces the body's 


PASSPORT TO A 
SENSATIONAL SUMMER 


FROM DINOSAUR 

TO CONCERT 

... . . 



GEONS, CASTLES 
O TEDDIES... 


carbon dioxide and an imbal¬ 
ance is created. A certain 
amount of carbon dioxide m 
the body is essential. Low lev¬ 
els mean its smooth muscle tis¬ 
sue goes into spasm, creating 
problems in toe sinuses, 
lungs, heart and so on. 

According to Buteyko. the 
lungs of the asthma sufferer re¬ 
act by constricting the air¬ 
ways. producing extra mucus 
and all toe symptoms of toe 
disease. Once the body be¬ 
comes conditioned to lower lev¬ 
els of carbon dkrtidc toe respi¬ 
ratory mechanism drives the 
sufferer to breatoe more than 
is necessary, thus perpetuat¬ 
ing the low levels that cause 
the condition in the first place. 


c It is based 
on a theory by 
Buteyko 
who believes 
asthmatics are 
oxygen junkies 5 



H is cure is ro stop 
people breathing 
in excess oxygen 
and breathing out 
loo much carbon dioxide. Pa¬ 
tients are taught to breathe in. 
breathe out'and ihen keep 
their mouth shut and hold 
their nose to stop them getting 
another oxygen “fix” for as 
long as possible. 

To judge from a BBC docu¬ 
mentary to be aired next week, 
withdrawal symptoms for the 
oxygen junkie are painful. 
One of the programme's three 
guinea-pig asthmatics given 
the five-hour training in toe 
Buteyko method dropped out 
and the two ethers had strong 
doubts they endd finish The 
course. The girl who dropped 
out made way for Alexis, a 
15-year-oW who has suffered 
from asthma sines shy was a 
toddler. Although she only 
took a short course she made 
such progress she was able to 
stop takirg drugs - id the 
asronishmen: of her mother. 

Only the hectoring insist¬ 
ence of the rounc director. Sa¬ 
sha StoLmatski. kept them at 
it. “I am not a pleasant per¬ 
son.” he admits frankly as he 
drives pore Donna from Glas¬ 
gow to keep her mouth shut, 
and block her no« for an extra 
second Training is arduous. A 
healthy person should be able 
to go without an extra draught 
of oxygen for about SO sec¬ 
onds. A moderate asthmatic 
should be able to endure for 
15-20 seconds. Bad cases like 
Donna give up after five. They 
need to be disciplined to finish 
the course and have to do 
homework, including taping 
their mouth* shut before bed 


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Alexis, a Buteyko success 

so that they don’t breathe too 
deeply m their sleep. 

Learning toe method does 
not crane cheap, even though it 
is drug-free. A five-hour 
course costs £290 — roughly a 
pound a minute — at the Hale 
Ginic in London where Stal- 
matski is toe tutor. He has 
trained liOO people over the 
past two years and only two 
per cent hate taken advantage 
of the clinics money-back 
guarantee if the course ftob to 
improve their asthma. 

Donna and her fellow 
sufferer, a plumber and 
would-be goffer, both im¬ 
proved. The plumber took to 
the golf course for the first 
time in years and Drama en¬ 
joyed a nights sleep without re¬ 
course to an oxygen cylinder. 

The National Asthma Cam¬ 
paign, which now has respon¬ 
sibility for toe NHS research 
and development programme 
of asthma management, has 
derided that money must be 


- sion of Alice in Wonderland staged by^ttffci 
Greenwich-based ballet school Danceland. 
They were joined by just six little boys, all 
tbere-are in the school, and two of those are 
my sons. Toby, aged five, resplendent as a 
bumble bee in black-andyeHow striped leo¬ 
tard and shorts; Tommy, seven, a grasshop¬ 
per all in green. • 

Tofty. one of life’s natural prop forwards, 
made a remarkably decant bee flitting 
around the stage, letting toe theatrical illu¬ 
sion lapse only once when he puffed up his 
stripy shorts. Tommy hopped and skipped in 
grasshopper mode to the delight of his dad. 

At even the most enlightened dinner tables, 
admitting that I send my two sons to ballet 
classes tends to be a bit of a con- . • - - • 
vernation stopper. Typically, 
the chaps splutter rocket and 6 ^[' 
parmesan around their place 
settings while the women lode r p r ,u x , 
sympathetically for a moment 1 UUy J 
and declare how brave we are 
to allow toe feminine side of the •' 
boys’ natures to come out—be¬ 
fore adding that, on balance. 
they do not feel tempted to do ClCgaJ 
the same with their awn sons. 

But I know what they are think- . - - ■ 

ing: “If those two nice boys end 

up gay. it will be their silly father's fault” 

Oh. how- predictable the English can be. 
Englishmen are not-supposed to have femi¬ 
nine sides to their natures, let alone flaunt 
them. Heterosexual Frenchmen might chat 
happily about the relative merits of brands of 
lipstick or perfume, but their English counter¬ 
parts are nor about to have the son and heft* 
prancing about pretending to be a fairy. In¬ 
stead, as teenagers we stand uneasily in dus¬ 
ters at toe edge of the dance floor drinking 
pints with our mates while toe girls dance 
around handbags with their girlfriends.. -. 

Boys are not encouraged to dance and if we 
are not exactly proud of the gap in . social 
skills, then there is certainly no shame in-it. It 
is a bit different in Scotland and Ireland 
where folk dance traditions are stronger but 
there are still few queues of boys for ballet 
classes north of the border either. 

Tommy and Toby know how to makefirst 
position and second position, they know 
what a pirouette is. and they have .picked up 
the idea that to make yourself look elegant on 
a dance floor you need to make your body 


made available for trials of 
complementary medicine. 
About a third erf 1 GPs wifi not 
recommend these treatments 
to their patients because there 
is no evidence that they work. 
Hie campaign is therefore to 
reserve £50.000 for comple¬ 
mentary research projects in 
the year ahead. The Buteyko 
method is likely lo be one of 
the first the campaign will con¬ 
sider In the meantime it will 
have trained asthma nurses 
availahle on its helpline to ex¬ 
plain the technique. 

• QEDl Breathless* 9J Opm. 
Wednesday August 19. BBC/. 
.National Asiftma Campaign 
helpline 0345 010203; Halt Clinic 
helpline C80Q 01S7S79. Freedom 
from Asthma, fy Sasha 
Stehmudd, £7.W, also mulabk 
on this number. 


4 My son 
Toby made a 
remarkably 
elegant bee* 


preposterous nonsense to suggest that a few 
dance classes could possibly have the remot¬ 
est influence on toe sexual orientation of two 
happy little boys in later life. But we are not 
exactly in the world of the rational here.Ar- 
gue that it is good for their physical co-ordina¬ 
tion. makes them more serially adept, boosts 
their self confidence and helps them commu- 
nicate—andeyesglazeover. ' 

Our show was written and staged by 
Helen Roos, a professional dancer with a 
background in classical ballet and contempo¬ 
rary dance. Having a boy in a class does 
make a difference tp toe way she teaches, es- ' 
perially with the very little ones, she says. 
She cuts out the floaty fairy dances and in- 
stead gets the group to act out 
... . animal and bird scenes. Even 

SOn ‘ * e boys object to fair¬ 

ies and are happier as kanga- 
. ntit* a roos dr eagles. 

LaUc a. “With a boy there .toe class 
also has a different tempo, it is 

cably £aster boys fond to 

J want to get on with things, rath- 
• lyp y - er than sit and watch.” she ex- 
. ucc .. plains. "It makes you reassess- 
what you are doing, so it is a. 
_____ • challenge for the teacher” - 

Perhaps you can put the gen¬ 
eral lade of boys in ballet down to the end of 
our empire, argues Antonia Price, editor of. :. 
Dance Gazette, toe magazine of the Rpya^ 


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the natives that did toe dancing while, the mg 5 ? 
Wes and colonial administrators sal and IT 
watched. The tradition of court dancing died?: 
out among the English upper classes.' . 7,; 

The Royal Ballet now has an initiative un- - 
derway to encourage more boys on to the 
dancefloor. A Chance to Dance has been run-' 
ning in a number of inner-city boroughs arid-.' - 
the classes have .equal numbers of boys arid 
girfe. “My own son stopped going to ballet'5 

classes when friends started to tease him. Itis . 

ashame if they are put off.” says Daryl Jaf- 
fray, head of education at the RoyaJ RaiW 
So what happens if my two want to stop? 
We will let them give it up. of course. Their lit¬ 
tle sister, Cecily, aged tnree is already com¬ 
ing up behind with enormous enthusiasm. I 
suspect that over the years, dancing will be 

one of the things that helps bind the family to- 

gether... just so long as they do not expect 
me fo pin m. of course. 



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THE TBVtES WEjE!®ND _• SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1998 


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The former head of gardens at 
^he National Trust now delights in 
his personal space, says Jane Owen 



An apple tree with a rihnhmg "Perie d’Aznre’ dematis 1 


m dance 


ME AND MY GARDEN: J0H:\ SAlES 


want to 


I t is rumoured that John 
Sales, who tins May re¬ 
tired.as head of gardens 
to the National Trust, 
has been brought into High - 

E we by the Prince afWales to 
p with conservation and 
give tiie royal garden coher¬ 
ence. I ask Mr Sales if the 
rumour is true. The question 
brings a deft change of subject 
followed by tight tips. Any¬ 
way, Mr Saks is going to have 
his work cut out in Ms own gar¬ 
den in Gfoucestershire, just 
down the road from High-. 
grove. Ironically, for a man 
who oversaw the great boom 
in garden visiting, he does hbt - 
open his own. 

*1 cant be domg with aD 
those signs. And anyway there 
is nowhere to park," says Mr • 
Sales, wbo has no help at all in 
his one-hectare garden other, 
than with the hedge cutting. 
The garden is an east-faring 
slope, wooded to foe north, 
with t 



Most gardens are “layers of history, saysJohn Saks. A good gardener tries to be “part of that ongoing process 


Lavatora ‘Barnsley’ 


the bouse , az its centre. 


The garden covers one aerie; 
woodland blankets an Iron 


Age village another acre in 
sue and a field ofwfldflawers 
takes up about half an acre. 

Climbers scramble around 
the house. “1 love rtemati.s 
such as the viticdlas and I tike 


Virginiacreeper—foe Partke- 
nodssus tricuspidata Town’. I 
expect tiie garden to work all 
year, not just to have one high 
spot,” says Mr Sales, who 

ftaiyyd hfir tiniHiir gl mlky 

and then at Kew. 

When Mr Sales and Ms wife 
Lyn moyfed here, the beech 
hedges around the perimeter 
of the garden were 12 ft 
and 8ft wide, and ground 
was the main crop. It was 
sprayed repeatedly for a year. 

To the front of-foe house 
Buddleia altemifolia is just 
going over and Wild thyme 
romps happily between the 
lawn and beds of -shrubs; 


- conifers and a mass of goran- 
; iunis. Here foe main focus is 
' foe view across foe valley so 

the colours are muted panics 
and pastels. “1 plan the garden 
. so it looks good all year. This 
Ligustrum qirihoiri is an 

- incredible plant and you don't 
often see it and Comus "Ed¬ 
dies White Wcnder* is another 
good one. I want to turn all the 
grass over to gravd.” 




A mixed border with tiie west face of the house beyond 


ust outside the house is 
a sturdy oak bench, a 
retire m ent present from 
the National Trust, with 
Studley Royal and Fountains 
Abbey carved in it 
To foe side of foe bouse, day 
Kties and a beech hedge bor¬ 
der an orchard, with swings 
and a slide at the for end for 
the Sales’s five grandchildren.. 
In foe small arboretum about 
20 different hollies are inter¬ 
spersed between exquisite 
deep blue Ms IddfoUa. 

“And I do this trendy mead¬ 
owgardening,” says Mr Sales. 
"The soil is poor tart it is good 
for wM ftowers* He mows dif¬ 
ferent areas of-the meadow at 
different times to give differ¬ 
ing displays of wSdflowers, 
none of which he has planted. 
Bee orchids often appear, but 
tiiis year , the only one to 
emerge is in the main garden. 

The sheer quantity of plant¬ 
ing in foe mam garden, never 
mmd the quality, is breath¬ 
taking. Vast mixed beds al¬ 
most 20ft wide surround a 
rectangular lawn. Unusual 
shrubs such as B. altemifolia 
aigentia give bright ax the 



A stone figure along a Walk Heienram Morheim "Beauty" adds to the riot of colour 


centre of a sea of roses, demar 
tis, penstemons. hostas, phlox, 
puimonaria, iris, geraniums 
and box balls. Muted blues 
and pastels parade at the back 
while the northern border is a 
riot of heat hot red and yellow 
pokers, dahlias and day lilies. 

Composting lakes place in 
the old orchard. “I don't have 

time to play around with fancy 

compost heaps, so we throw 
all the composting stuff in here 
and let the chickens scratch 
around in it Then we dig it 
out But it doesn’t get rid of the 
weeds," says Mr Sales. 

Stairhead Is Mr Sales's 
favourite garden. Even with 
all those ghastfy rhodos? 
“Dent be squeamish." he ad¬ 
monishes. “They arepairof is 
history." Pope is his muse. A 


that develops • the 
t idea of seeking foe gen¬ 
ius of a place is carved into a 
stone surround circling a weep¬ 
ing ash: “Paints as you plant 
and as you work designs.” 


“rTn hat is the greatest 
I thing ever said 
I about malting gar- 
JL dens and it has 
been my philosophy at the Na¬ 
tional Trust” says Mr Sales. 
His work at the Trust has won 
him a few critics. Historic gar¬ 
dens set a perpl®dng spec¬ 
trum of problems for their 
guardians: balancing the 
needs of visitors with those of 
the garden, and fulfilling the 
need to reflect its history with¬ 
out setting it in aspic 
Should original planting 


plans be adhered to rigidly or 
should new plants be brought 
in, as they would have been by 
the garden’s creator? 

“It is like doing a new pro¬ 
duction of an old play. Most 
gardens are composed of lay¬ 
ers of history so all you can do 
is try to be part erf the ongoing 
process," says Mr Sales. “The 
architecture of a garden is the 
theatre and props, but what 
counts is the performance. It's 
a matter of making sure the 
structure is right and foal the 
action takes place as well. 

“You can do Shakespeare in 
modem dress or traditional 
costume, or music with period 
instruments. But if you use 
modem instruments it doesn’t 
mean that his worse—just dif¬ 
ferent. I’m all for that.” 


gardening • 9 



STEPHEN ANDERTONS 


GARDEN ANSWERS 


We are restoring an 

lfth-ceniniy walled gar - 

den. The paths are edged 
with small box hedges 
which are now loo wide 
08m) and too tall (20in). 
ftey are perfectly healthy. 
Can we reduce their dimen¬ 
sions in both directions? Do 
we do it all in one go. or a 
side at a time? — B. Harri¬ 
son, Colchester. Essex. 

® What height hedges do 
you require? These 
hedges are probably made 
of the dwarf box. Buxus 
semperyirens ‘Suffruticosa' 
which is very slow-growing. 
You could cut it right down 
to 4-5in in February, but it 
will take quite a few years to 
get back to I2in. Such hard 
anting would be fine if you 
only wanted hedges 6-9in 
high, or if the hedges had 
reany gaps at the bottom. 
Smce the hedges are 
healthy, for L2in hedges f 
Twuld cut them a side at a 
time and then the top, in 
February, over three years. 
Cut back deanjy with seca¬ 
teurs to a line 2-3in within 
foe intended new profile, to 
leave room for new growth. 
And feed and water it like 
mad so it is healthy when 
you start cutting. If you 
think you have ordinary 
box, which is much faster 
growing, you could cut it 
right down and be bade to 
the new profile in 2-3 years. 
You may find it useful to see 
a copy of my forthcoming 


RICHARD ALLEN 




[XI Rotary compost bins 
work well for small 
quantities of compost. They 
work on the sound principle 
that turning the ran every 
day loosens the contents 
and admits oxygen to all 
parts, thereby speeding up 
decomposition. However, 
when they are full turning 
has less effect on the con¬ 
tents, and when they are 
almost empty the contents 
struggle to build up enough 
heat especially as they are 
raised up in the air. For 
small-scale gardeners, they 
are fine. I prefer a bin which 
is lugger and sits on the 
ground. Heat insulation, 
periodic manual aeration 
and compost accelerants 
(such as Biotal) will speed 
up the process of decomposi¬ 
tion. whatever system you 
use. Tumbler bins are avail¬ 
able from Blackwall, price 
£49.95 (0870 6010217). 


hoc*. Rejuvenating a Gar¬ 
den, which covers rejuvena- 
tive pruning in detail It will 
be published in October. 


What is the legal posi¬ 
tion on bringing hade 
plants from foe Continent? 
I do not want to break the 
law, but I have been temp¬ 
ted by some plants I have 
seen when on holiday. Also, 
what is the position on 
seeds from further afield? 
— 5 . Lawson , Cambridge. 

If you are returning 
from EU countries, you 
can bring bade plants, fruit 
or vegetables which have 
been grown there. When re¬ 
turning from non-EU coun¬ 
tries ail you can bring bade 
is “up to 2kg of fruit and 
raw vegetables (not pota¬ 
toes)" and “up to five retail 
packets of seed (not pota¬ 
toes)". You can also bring in 
“a single bouquet off cut flow¬ 
ers or parts of plants", 
which should cover you for 
bringing in unrooted cut¬ 
tings. For more informa¬ 
tion, see the leaflet The Tra¬ 
vel Bug Can Be Conta - 
ious. (PBI799) from MAFF 
bli cations (0645 556000). 


II bought a wintersweet 
I {Cfumonanthus prae- 
cax) five years ago. 1 was 
promised “highly scented 
yellow winter flowers from 
November to March”. It 
has never drown the slight¬ 
est sign of a flower. What 
do I do? — G. Horton, Wil- 
lingdoru East Sussex. 
nnSorne forms of winter- 
1^1sweet flower far better 
than others. But not to 
flower at all is inexcusable, 
especially in such an other¬ 
wise dreary shrub. They 
can be slow to start flower¬ 
ing, but you have waited 
long enough. Prune it back 
hard by 30 per cent next 
Maid) to outward-pointing 
shoots. Give it a mulch of 
some decent old compost 
Shock tactics can sometimes 
provoke it into getting down 
to business. It also needs 
warmth and good light to 
ripen die flowering wood. 


• Write to Carden Answers, 
The Times. 1 Pennington 
Street, London El BXN. 
Advice is offered without legal 
responsibility. Enclosures 
cannot be returned. 


Z 


IA friend has extolled 
I the virtues of her tum¬ 
ble compost maker. It is foe 
size of a small dustbin and 
only needs a turn a day to 
produce good garden com¬ 
post What is your opinion 
of tumble bins and where 
could I get one? — V. Law, 
Paddock Wood, Kent. 





■ RuffordOld HaQ 
Rufford, near Ormsldrk, Lancashire. . 
Seven miles NE’ of Ormskirk. Open 
Sat-Wed, noon-dpm until NouL £180, 
free to National Trust members. Today . 
there is an estate trail for families, £1 . 
form821254). . 

THIS is a. rhododendrongarden but it is 
well kept and has a good struc ture. The 
lawns around foe timber-framed house 
have topiary squirrels in memory of foe 
red squirrels which have been forced out 
by grey ones, and boot hedges, balls and ■ 
spirals. . ,' . 

Colour comes from pe rennia l s- There is 
an orchard of Victorian apples which stfll 
fruit, as well as pines, woodland and 
sheep in tin meadow. 


GARDENS ;0 VIST 


the.1730s by-William Kent and made in 
1738 -but . the conte m porary hydraulic 
system instalkd was not up to the job. Ina 
tetter to her mother. Burlington’s daugh¬ 
terwrote: Tfhewater comes m to foe river 
very fast butitdrys (sic} up in a minute.” 


^ ' 


■ Chiswick House 
Burlington Lane, London W42RP .; . . 
Five miles Wof London off A4. . : 
Gardens open daily until Nov /, '• 

fOantditsk. £130. Checkfordmes u. 
after Nov 1 (0181^50508). - ; .. • • 

TO THE left as you look at Ouswidt 
House is a cascade .which has-a fall of 
25m and is tin wide. It was designed m 



successfaltyfar the first tins m 
ChiswickHouseilselfis a perfect Eaflad- 
ian villa built in 1729. It inspired foe 
owner, Lord Burlington, to com m is si on 
Kent to create the 26-hectare landscape. 
The result indudes woodland.-an Italian 
. garden, a yew patte dtoie. a large lake, 
brightiy planted bedding. fiSed parterres 
and. closer-by the house, more formal 
gardens-with an avenue of cypresses and 
an avenue of mop-head acadas and large 
urns.. The large conservatory is a later 
Victorian ackStioo. 

■ -One of-the most photographed areas .of 
foegardenisoiteOfKent's.inasterptecesca 
white p orti c oed ,temple beside a dnailar- 
pond and surrounded by orange tres in 
whitetub& " ;• 


■Wrest Park 

Silsoe, Bedfordshire. CffA6 east of 
Silsoe village. Open weekends and bank 
' holidays 10am-5pm until Nov 1. £2.95. 
English Heritage will be holding 
concerts at Wrest on August 32-23. For 

■ details ring01525 860152. During the 
week ringKirby Hall (01536 203230). 
THIS landscape of pavifions, canals and 
secret corners deserves to be better 
known. Built on a grand scale during the 
ISfo century for foe tea family, foe de 
-Greys. Wrests’ISO acres are being re¬ 
stored gradually so foal none of the magic 

■ of a slightty overgrown landscape is lost. 
Mown paths lead through wilderness 
areas to a fine, airy Palladian summer 
bouse, classical ruins and unexpected sta¬ 
tues and vast Greek vases. New this year 

. are^MtilepaintedIeadstatues,aHar- 
tequm.and a Cohjmbtne. in the orangey. 

\ The first sightof the garden is domin¬ 
ated by alarge, dull Victorian terrace with • 
•parterres and a large number of statues 
which gives no him of foe enchanting 

■ atmosphere beyond. A long canal leads to 
a large 17X0 pavilion by Thomas Archer, 

•an ideal place for tiysK, packed with 



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Some prickly customers 


A ccording to one nursery¬ 
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thistles were big this year. 
He could have sold a lot 
more. But which thistle? Probably 
Onopordum nervosum. You cannot 
get bigger than that. H is a prince 
among thistles. 

There are two onopordums in 
gardens. One is the native Scottish 
thistle. Onopordum acanthium 
(meaning "of rbe spines”, and it re¬ 
ally does mean it). It will get to Sft. 
But if you really want big, then go 
for Onopordum nervosum, which 
is just as tail but has bigger and 
smoother leaves. Both are silver 
grey, and a good specimen in Full 
sail is like a brutalist sculpture. 
Both are biennials. They establish 
themselves in year one. and flower 
and die in year two. 

Onopordum nervosum has a rela¬ 
tively modest first year. Pot-grown 
seedlings are put out (or self-sown 
nnes arise) in early summer, and in 
good ground and plenty or sun they 
will annexe an area of border 2ft-3fi 
□noss during the season, smother¬ 
ing everything around them with 
foliage. This first year you can 
grow them as a foil for late tulips or 
allium Purple Sensation', or let 
white ga Irani as spear through 
them In high summer. 

In a Suffolk lane this year 1 
passed a group of onopordums. 
growing on a bank down to the 
road. There was just the flash of sil¬ 
ver as I passed, shot through with 
scarlet opium poppies. 

In the first winter the onopor¬ 
dums retreat, but their powerbase 
is established. The tap root is down 
deep, and wiry feeder roots have 


Thistles are this year’s trendy 
newcomer, says Stephen Anderton 





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Onopordum nervosum: the prince among thistles can grow to Sft 
and will smother everything around it in silver-grey foliage 


run out sideways. Everything is in 
place for an offensive in the spring. 

Worried? There's no need to be. 
Onopordums do not run or make 
themselves a nuisance in the long 
term. Let them run to seed and you 
will have many a seedling next year. 
When spring comes, things happen 
quickly. The silver foliage of 
occupation shoots out again side¬ 


ways in a tag rosette. And from the 
centre, startling white and grey, it 
starts to rear up. a great branching 
stem, winged ana spirted, and 
astonishingly fast But (ike all mon¬ 
sters. it has its Achilles' heel. It 
moves too fast for its own good. It 
cannot quite support itself. It grabs 
a neighbouring shrub for support 
It leans on the delphiniums. Until 


finally there it is. a great shining su¬ 
perstructure of spines and silver 
grey foliage, casting hard shadows, 
and even finding energy to make 
Zin purple thistles on top. 

As the flowers form, the foliage 
becomes shabby. A gale will come 
along and loosen its grip on the 
soil, ft reels and staggers, and 
threatens to drag its supporters 
down with it. Its side branches may 
collapse. It retreats on all fronts. 

In a Formal garden this is die 
time to puli it out Get in there with 
a fork and a pair of gloves. In wild 
gardens you may want to let it sub¬ 
side nanzraliy. sodden thisrie heads 
pecked by birds or swung down to 
the ground on sprained branches. 

I n a border, the demise of an 
onopordum creates a power 
vacuum. The neighbouring 
plants will breathe again, and 
newly admitted light will tempt 
them bade into the space. Clematis, 
potted argyranthemum or datura 
can be slotted into the gap. 

Of course, onopordums will 
grow in poorer soil, as long as it’s 
sunny. Shade takes the metallic 
brightness off the foliage, and 
makes them weak. In poorer soils 
they are smaller but tougher, and 
they certainly stand belter. 

But what of my roadside Suffolk 
thistles? Next year they will be lean¬ 
ing out and grabbing passing 
cyclists, no doubt 1 shall make a 
point of passing by there again next 
summer, in time for the show. For 
these are one of the great epheme¬ 
ral plants, along with giant bog- 
weed and phytolaccas. A fine stand 
of them is never forgotten. 




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Onopordum acanthium; in full sail it is like a brxdalist sculpture 


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cropping arid ornament 

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apart, with a yard between: T 
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which has been enriched 
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■ With shears or secateurs,: ■- 
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strongest easting or'! 31 
subsequent horendwering. -3 
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Phomrinm fanatic Christopher Holliday with a Tricolor'. whose spectacular spikes can grow as high as 6-8ft 


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Pittosporum iobira produces 
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vile, mdo-dirertiona] spines. 
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Alien when the creature 
bursts its head out of John 
Hurt’s stomach? They look at 
you in just die same way. 


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The strappy, evergreen 
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cream and gree n and rise tip 
for 2-3ft then bend over for an¬ 
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T have this thing about 
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12 • country life 


THE TIMES WEEKEND ■ SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1998 


H ow do you deride if an animal 
should be fanned or not? Yester¬ 
day I got up at dawn and 
walked across the fields, checking all our 
livestock. They were still asleep, of 
course, the sheep tucked in under the 
hedges, the rows dozing illicitly in the 
hay and the horses laid out flat on their 
sides, looking plump and strangely vul¬ 
nerable. I crept away and drove off to 
Brad worthy in north Devon to visit a 
mink farm. 1 felt uneasy about the trip. I 
have never enjoyed going round factory 
farms; the animals always seem un¬ 
happy and I would prefer it if people 
gave up wearing fur altogether. But it 
seemed important, after this week’s re¬ 
lease of6.000 mink in Hampshire by ani¬ 
mal rights protesters and plans by Elliot 
Morfey, the Agriculture Minister, to ban 
mink farming, to see what it is like. 

The farm I went to is owned by Mike 
Cobbfedick. who has become a spokes¬ 
man for the British fur industry because 
he refuses to be intimidated by protes¬ 
tors. He does not mind revealing his 
name and address, he makes provocative 
remarks and, when the demonstrators 


If you stopped all fur farming the price would go sky high, an d that would put w ild animals at ris k^ 

_ •" -4 ■ a reg ressive to males fro 

iHl What’s so awful about mink? m 


appear outside his farm, he likes to blow 
kisses at them. He has kept mink since 
he was six. building a hobby into a pros¬ 
perous business. He now has two farms, 
in England and in Denmark, and a turn¬ 
over of E2 million a year. 

During the 40 years that he has been 
keeping them, his mink have changed a 
great deal. He has bred them selectively 
to be bigger, for instance, because buyers 
prefer large pells. The Russians will pay 
a premium for a male mink that can be 
made into a hat on its own. (U has to be 
male, because male fur is coarser and 
gives die spiky effect that Russians like.) 

Mr Cobbledick has also carefully 
selected his mink for temperament, avoid¬ 
ing breeding from any animal that has 
ever seemed distressed to be in a cage, or 
shown what is called “stereotypical 
behaviour", running in panicky circles. 
As a result, his mink have grown tame. 


“When 1 started, 
they'd run to the 
bade of their cages 
when 1 came into the 
shed. Now they come 
to the front to see 
what im doing." 

They did seem to 
like human com¬ 
pany. As we talked 
beside their cages, 
they gazed at us 
through the wire, 
sniffing inquisitively 
and giving little LUCY 

squeaks. They were 
penned two or three to a biggish cage 
and could stand up on their hind legs, 
run around playing, and coil in and out 
of their nesting boxes. 

I did not have the feeling — which I get 
in battery houses — of being in the 


DOWN TO EARTH 


LUCY PINNEY 


\ presence of a per¬ 
verse and miserable 
system. Mr Cobble- 
dick’s mink were 
deaner. healthier 
and brighter than 
any pet ferret I have 
ever seen. He has 
given animals to re¬ 
searchers at Oxford 
University so that be¬ 
havioural tests can 
be run to determine, 
for instance, whether 
NNEY mink need constant 

access to swimming 
water or would prefer to have toys in 
their cages, and he will willingly modify 
his system to include anything that is 
proved to be essential to their happiness. 

He likes mink and does not think they 
are especially vicious. "If they bite you it's 


usually because you’ve handled them 
wrongly. Sometimes I’ll see a mink that’s 
got a bone wedged between his back 
teeth — because we give them fish—.and 
if I don’t have my gloves with me I just 
pick him up in ray bare hands and flick 
the bone out. Well - if you make a mis¬ 
take doing that, you’ll get bitten” 

He admires their maternal instinct. 
too. which is so strong that they will eag- *■ 
erly foster any orphaned young. “They’re 
very good mothers, in hot weather the 
young kits sometimes get'out of their _ 
nests and fall on the floor, and I’ve .' 
known a mother escape from her cage 
and go round finding these kits and pick¬ 
ing them up. Shell make a nest for them, 
ana they aren’t even hers." - \,;.J 


a ggre ssive to males from other family 
groups and fight over females in $prin£- 
- Looking at Mr Cobbledick's farm, it is 
obvious that he is running it in an effi- 
rient and humane way. bait fur farming 
bring a contentious issue, one cannot 
help wondering about the moral aspect: 
- whether rt should be done at all. 


M r Cobbledick’s thesis is that 
fur is always going to be. 
wanted and it is better for the. 
market to be supplied by well-regulated 
tons. “If you stopped fur farming, the 
price would go sky-high and that would 
pat wild animals at risk." He cannqi-see 
that it is different from any other kind of 
farming. "The Government says it’s hot 
necessary to breed animals-forfur, bin 
it’s not necessary to eat meat either.” 

He has got a valid point If Mr Morley 
is allowed to dose down the .11 mink 
farms In Britain., not because they are 
badly run but because!! is considere d dis- 


It is not pleasant to keep any animal in *■ tasteful to exploit aniniaisjfor tftet rprifs, : 
a cage, but ft would not be possible to Id V what message does that send to farmers? 
the mink run free in one big area because How soon will it be before other forms of 
they would kill each other. The mates are livestock farming are outlawed too? 


Colin Tndge argues for caution about 
genetic engineering in agriculture 

Scientists 
should not 
play God 
just because 
they can 


I s agriculture growing more 
outrageous, or are we simply 
taking more notice? Well, 
already this month The Times 
has reported government plans to 
speed up ihe testing of genetically 
modified (GM) crops while the 
House of Commons has banned 
GM foods from its restaurants. 

Now. as Britain’s pig industry 
slumps into financial straits and 
hundreds of pig farmers in Lincoln¬ 
shire are protesting _ 

at imports of cheap 
factory-farmed pork. C TTip 
Farmers Weekly of- ® 

fers a quaint and j 

eerie tale of how pig 3110 

’meat and bonemeal' 

1,1 **“!?£ marke 

as MBM — is to be 
sold as cheap protein l 11 
to Dutch and Danish DC dill 
pig farmers, thus en¬ 
abling them to pro- SGt 

duce low-price bacon 
and so to undercut gop . 

the British fanners «■&“. 

who sold it to them in _ 

the firsi plaoe. 

The British are not allowed to 
Feed MBM. because of the BSE 
shambles which arose from feeding 
sheep and cattle remains 10 rows. 
We may be grateful for the restrict¬ 
ion. even if we do get to eat our 
MBM in the end through the good 
offices of Holland and' Denmark. 
The Irish. Danish or Dutch bacon 
in our supermarkets may well 
come from pigs that have eatro Brit¬ 
ish pig remains. In Holland, they 
appear to be proud of this: "MBM 
has been a constituent of pig feed 
for centuries.” says a spokesman 
for the Dutch Meat Board.'To sug¬ 
gest we are supplying an inferior 
product is offensive." 


6 High tech 
and free 
markets can’t 
be allowed to 
set the 
agenda 5 


Which foodstuffs 
are modified? 


SAFEWAY and Sainsbury’s 
sell a tomato puree dearly 
labelled as being made from 
genetically modified (GM) 
tomatoes. Another widely 
found product is vegetarian 
cheese which is made using a 
GM enzyme instead of an ’ 
animal rennet. 

Less obvious to the 
unsuspecting shopper is the 
presence of soya and its 
derivatives. The Ministry of 
Agriculture, fisheries and Food 
estimates that soya (a crucial 
source of non-dairy protein for 
strict vegetarians) occurs in 
about 60 per cent of 
manufactured foodstuffs. Apart 
from obvious things such as 
tofu and soya milk, soya and its 
derivatives are extensively used 
in (he manufacture of bread, 
cakes, confectionery, pastries, 
chocolate, margarine, spreads, 
beer, burgers, pies, frozen 
prepared moils, instant 
powdered products, baby foods, 
pet foods and skin produce*. 

About 40 per cent of the 1997 
soya crop in America was 
genetically modified. That 
proportion will rise to about 65 
percent of this year's harvest 
The GM soya fa mixed with 
ordinary soya beans for export 
so. unless the label tells you 
otherwise, you may assume 


that any soya or soya derivative 
in a foodstuff is modified. It is 
not always dear whether food 
contains soya. Common 
ingredients such as lecithin (an 
antioxidant and emulsifier) and 
vegetable oil arc almost 
certainly soya derivatives. GM 
soya also enters the food chain 
as animal feed. 

Most big food retailers are 
following the frozen food chain 
Iceland, which will not allow 
GM soya in any of its products. 

Salisbury's reckons that GM 

soya is present in only about 50 
of its lines, and there is none in 
its baby foods. Safeway says 
that between 20 and 60 of its 
lines contain GM ingredients. 
Waitrose. the only supermarket 
chain able or willing to provide 
a list of its own-brand products 
containing GM soya, has so far 
reduced them to 16. Most 
British food retailers adopted a 
voluntary code for dear 
labelling and a similar code 
becomes obligatory under EU 
law this autumn. 

As with soya, so with maize 
— a significant cattle feed — 
and oilseed rape, two products 
widely used in industrial food 
manufacture and subject to 
generic modification 

Angus Clarke 


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But no more offensive than the 
high technology, high science and 
high commerce (multinationalism 
and "vertical integration") that are 
biting deep into farming. The con¬ 
straints that we should be taking 
for granted (kindness to animals, 
aesthetically pleasing landscape, 
rich and secure wildlife, a fair deal 
for producers and food that is safe, 
nutritious and flavoursome) have 
constantly to be defended as if they 
_ were mere impedi¬ 
ments to progress, 
tech Agriculture is illus¬ 

trating the broadest 
r. principle of social de- 

Tcc mocracy: that high 

tech and free mar- 
3 can’t kets, desirable and 

necessary though 
_ ria j 1 both may be. cannot 

vcQ LO be allowed to set the 

agenda. They must 
fog be contained by the 

human values of 
j 5 morality and aesthet- 

U-d. ics. They cannot be al~ 

. lowed to define what 

moral and aesthetic 
standards should be. With the hu¬ 
man population already at six bil¬ 
lion and most other creatures mar¬ 
ginalised. science has long since be¬ 
come necessary. There would be 
megadeaths without it. 

Genetic engineering, the highest 
of high techs, has many rotes to 
play — mainly (0 give us crops that 
resist the principal pests without 
great dousings of pesticide. But 
high tech is expensive to develop 
and who should pay for it? Govern¬ 
ments worldwide eschew public 
spending. In Britain the rule is that 
any technology that could feasibly 
make money must be developed by 
commercial companies. This may 








When this British porker is slaughtered its bones could go to-feed Dutch and Danish pigs, winch are retained to the UK as cheap imported bacon 


seem sensible, but there are snags, 
first — the perennial problem — 
companies cannot spend too much 
time on technologies that do not 
make money even if they wanted to 
(which, to be fair, some do). But — 
paradoxically perhaps — the high¬ 
est of high techs are probably of 
most use to the poorest people, who 
are least able to pay. 

POor farmers in Africa and Asia 
regularly lose half their crops to 
pests and disease (the much flaun¬ 
ted notion that native crops cart re¬ 
sist the local pests is. at best, only 
partially true) and they above all 
need crops with built-in pest resist¬ 
ance. In practice, however, the nec¬ 
essary trchnologies are directed to 
trivial ends in rich countries: more 
uniform spring onions: tomatoes 
with a longer" shelf-life. Nobody 
wants to revert to centralised, gov¬ 
ernment-run economies, but social 
democracies and free markets still 
have fundamental problems to 
solve, such as how- can they finance 
technologies that are not simply 
frivolous? 

S econdly. GM crops really do 
carry theoretical dangers 
that could be ironed out. giv¬ 
en time, but will not be be¬ 
cause the companies that develop 
them cannot afford to wait. Thus, 
as farmers have known in principle 
since the Neolithic crops and wild 
plants exchange genes. Related 
plants do this by sex — and so we 
find William CobbetJ complaining 
in 1822 that his “Swedish turnips" 
had interbred with wild rape and 
must be planted “where the smell 
of blossoms of the rape or charlock 
kind cannot reach them". Un¬ 
related plants may also exchange 
genes, via viruses. So resistance 
genes put into crops may ge: into 
wild plants, with incalculable eco¬ 
logical consequences. 

More immediate! v. ir fa end re! v 


... • BKE4WFAST . _ . . . 

Toast with maigartne, cup 
at drinking chocolate imade 
with soya mfflt) 

. ELEWNSgS 
Danish pastry 

\V . LUNCH 

Pie. gravy and a ptnt 

• “ . -.’tea V- '..v. 

Cup of tea with soya mttk 
and a bar at chocolate 

AFTER WORK - ; 

Pint of beer and crisps 

-SUFFER' 

Mcrowawe a frozen prepared 
meal, bread and cheese 

unsurprising that GM crops could 
be toxic. Most domestic crops have 
poisonous relatives (potatoes and 
tomatoes belong jo the nightshade 
family. So/omtceoe) or are descen¬ 
ded from poisonous ancestors (pota¬ 
toes. tomatoes, parsnips etc). The 
modem crops may still contain the 
genes that make the toxins: not lost 
but merely dampened down. Most 
genes are pleiotropic — they have 
many different and often unrelated 
effects. Many genes directly affect 
the function of other genes. 

Thus an alien gene parachuted 
by genetic engineering into the ge¬ 
nome of a potato or a tomato could 
well reawaken the ancient genes of 
toxicity. Now and again we should 
expect this. Wc can test to see if this 
has happened but we cannot do 
this in one generation. Genes re¬ 
combine through sexual reproduc¬ 
tion: a gene that has no effect in one 
combination may make itself felr in 
another. We would need to breed a 
G.M crop for many generations 
and make many crosses before we 
plumb the possibilities of any fresh¬ 
ly introduced gene. How long 
would this take? How hong can a 
company wait for returns on its 


investment? The pressure to cut 
comers is constant and inevitable. 

As for the pig-bones fed to foreign 
pigs, it cannot be good to create 
such potential eyries of infection. 
The practice is ancient and scien¬ 
tists will say there is no evidence of 
danger but, as the adage has it, “Ab¬ 
sence of evidence fa not evidence of 
absence”. There was no evidence 
that scrapie of sheep could become 
BSE of cattie, or BSE of cattle be¬ 
come GTD of human bangs. The ep¬ 
idemic has sprung not from lack of 
evidence but lack of common saise. 

What can be done to keep agricul¬ 
ture on an acceptable track? Lud¬ 
dism is not the answer, for we need 
science. But scientific literacy 
would help — so that objection to 
particular technologies is based not 
simply on fear of the unknown but 
on critical judgment of possible 
shortcomings. More broadly - and 
this really is the central challenge 
for the 2 lst century - we must now 
accept that any technology is possi¬ 
ble, provided we do not break the 
laws of physics or the rules of logic 
We oouid turn cows into giant ud¬ 
ders. we could zap every wild crea¬ 
ture. we could eat every kind of 
food from everywhere m’the world 
on every day of the year. But it is 
crude to do things simply because 
they are possible, or in’the short 
term profitable. 

We need to deploy technology 
with artistry and throw things out 
not because they fail to meet the 
technical standards of some ad hoc 
committee but simply because they 
are ugly, vulgar, cruel or innately 
srupkL In short, if we want techno¬ 
logy. including agri-tech, to serve 
human needs, we need to reapply 
human values. It is obvious, but the 
politics of the market is against h. 

• Colin Tudge i« a Research Fellow at 
the Centre for Philosophy at ike 
London School of Economics 


FEATHER REPORT 


than never 


So, are then any cuckoos out 
there? I first asked this question 
in my Feather Report of July 25, 
after an ornithologist in Country 
life bad suggested that cuckoos 
left Britain by the end of June, or 
very soon after. 

Many readers have written-in 
answer to my question. Several ; 
mentioned a rhyme (different 
from the ope I quoted) that 
seems to give support to the idea 
that cuckoos leave eady. Lady 
Lea’s version runs: 

The cuckoo comes in April 
He sings his song in May 
He plays his tone the whole of 
Jane 

And then he flies away. 

In fact, there were many sight¬ 
ings of July cuckoos bat the ma¬ 
jority were of young brown 
birds. On July 7. there was a 
tame young cuckoo in a garden 
at Castle Cary, Somerset, “mak¬ 
ing babyish noises” and being 
looked after by hedge sparrows; 
one on July IS in Yorkshire 
being fed by reed warblers and 
one on the South Downs near 
Alfriston on July 16. 1996. was 
being fed by a meadow pipit. 

One young bird was enjoying 
a garden bird bath at Girtoo, 
Cambridge, on July 28. There 
were also reports of July juve¬ 
niles in Norfolk. Lincolnshire, 
Lancashire and on die island of 
Barra, also one August juv enil e 
on the island of Scalpay m the 
Outer Hebrides. One was seen 
over a garden near Lewes in Sus¬ 
sex on July 25 by Robin Pepper. 
David Cftatfieid. of Rhiw. Gwyn¬ 
edd, gave me an interesting ac¬ 
count of two juveniles who were 
in his garden in mid-August, 
1995. They had perhaps stayed - 
so late because they were attrac¬ 
ted by a nearby field which had 




a crop of swedes and broccoli in¬ 
fested with caterpillars. They 
only left when the field was. be- 
' laledly, sprayed with insecticide. 

Far fewer adult cuckoos were 
recorded after June. However, 
another well-timed sighting was 
reported fry Nicholas Beswick, 
who read my article during the 
Dorset Bird Club’s trip to 
Porton Down, near Salisbury, 
where an adult cuckoo was seen 
by them afl. They agreed that 
sightings are few at the end of 
July, but that cuckoos are 
elusive rather than absent 

Dr W. Geoffrey Jones of PHch- 
comhe. Gloucestershire, said he 
had not heard a cuckoo after 
June 10 in the past two years, but 
gave me an amusing account of 
bow to get a cuckoo to answer 
you. Go drably dressed to where 
you hear the cuckoo. When you 
hear the cuckoo, answer-in the 
same pitch and tone — “Hoo¬ 
doo" — about three times, but 
turning the head 90 degrees be¬ 
tween each call as the bird does. 

There are many records of 
cuckoos in - October or even 
November. Bat this small sur¬ 
vey among Times readers does 
suggest that adult cuckoos are 
early leavers, while there are 
still plenty of juveniles, around 
at the end of July. 

Derwent May 

• What’s about: Birders: wareft 
for swallows and martins 
flocking together prior to 
migration. TWfcftensr BonellTs 
warbler ar Plymstock, Devon: 
black stork at Cove If ithe, 
Suffolk: Wilson's petrel at 
Bishop Rock, Salty. Details 
from Birdline, 0891700222. 

Calls cost 50p a minute. 

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THE TIMES WEEKEND- SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1998 



country life ■ 13 



Pet owners do not realise that dogs 
need seatbelts just as much 
as humans do, says John Young 


. L ea n i ng oat of car windows is not good far dogs 



| or mai^ people a well- 
dog gazing 
_ dy from the 
back seat of a gleam¬ 
ing convertible irrightseera the 
ultimate style accessory. But 
this week the AA and die 
National • Canine Defence 
League issued a joint wanting 
that unlessproper precatK 
lions are taken, the. a nimal . 
may not only be at risk of its 
awn life but is a potentially 
lethal hazard to humans. 

According to the NCDL. an 
emergency stop or crash at; 
30m jfo canturn a smaflfamily 1 
pet such as a West Highland 
terrier into, a canine cannon¬ 
ball.if it is huried from the - 
hade shelf at the head of some 1 
me in the front A large dog 
such as alabradorwiD be cata¬ 
pulted friroughihe car “with - 
die force of a baby elephant". 
Yet, although all car passed 

S are required towear seat- 
.tiiereisnolegalrequire- 
ment to restrain animals- - 
Andrew Howard, the AA’s 
headofroad safety, says: “ft is" 
a mystery to us that caring dog 
owners,whbregaid their pets 
as part of the funDy, Insist that 
their children wear seat-belts •- 
far every journey, yet let their 
dogs travel unrestrained.” _ 

- Colette Kase, mi NCDL - 
animal behaviourist, adds: 
“People think they are being 
kind in giving their dog .the. 
freedom to bounce around die 
car. bat actually dogs’ .feel 
modi safer seamed in a travel 
kennel or wearing a harness. - • 
As long as they have enough 
room to sft up. tain round, lie 
down and stretch, they wOl be 
perfectly happy." Ms Kase 



I go round the bend 


-.w 

•• ■ ... • 



also recommends that puppies 
be trained from an early age in 
how to get in and out of cars 
safely arai not to leap out of the 
boot or windows. Dogs should 
hot be allowed id ban g their 
heads out of the window while 
the car is in motion, as tins can 
damage their eyes, and dis¬ 
trict other drivers. “Car travel 
is sot natural far a dog. so be 
win need time to get used to 
the experience and learn hew 
to behave," she points out 

The importance of a harness 
has been confirmed ' fay 
research which found dial at 
just 30mph an unsecured 
springer spaniel, weighing 
501b, becomes a “missile” with 
a kinetic force of 1.000ft/Ux 
Yet according to Fetplan, the 
animal -insurance specialists, 
more than three-quarters of 
owners in Britain take thdr 
in their cars without any 
measures.- 

Since a quarter of all house¬ 
holds have dogs, die potential 
ride to both canine and human 
life and limb is riot something 
that can be easily ignored. But 
ignored it widely is, fay both 
car manufacturers and. those 
responsible for road safety. 

The Department of Trans¬ 
port points out dial, since the 
Highway Code - emphasises 
die need to ' keep animals 
under control pi cars and pre- 
vrat them from distracting die. 
driver.. having an unres¬ 
trained dog in a ear could be 
construed as driving vritiiout 
due care and attention. But the 
law does not require die use of 
restraints and few, if any, in¬ 
surance policies impose any 
conditions. The . experience of _ 



Although David Jones’s three Hungarian vizslas love rides in his convertible; he takes them out only when they are restrained 


one Petplan client Barbara 
Spencer, of Rochester, in Kent 
testifies to die value of such re¬ 
straints. When their camper- 
van overturned an die Al. she 
and her husband were saved 
from injury by their seatbelts. 
So too was thdr dog, Romany, 
which was left dangling by its 
safety straps instead of being 
thrown out of the window and 
into the path erf traffic. 

Less fortunate were die 
owners of Teddy, a golden lab- 
radar. which leapt out of a car 
wmdow and jumped over an 
embankment mi to another 
car, doing £800 worth of dam¬ 
age and incurring veterinary 
fees of more than £300. Mrs 
Spencer describes Romany's 
lifesaver, which she uses on 
every journey, as similar to a 
guide dog's harness attached 


to an ordinary seat-belt. But 
there is generally little informa¬ 
tion available on the relative 
efficacy of safety restraints.. 

Thsts conducted using dum¬ 
mies by the Allianz Centre for 
Technology in Germany sug¬ 
gest that some may be relativ¬ 
ely useless. A simple safety net 
was torn from its moorings 
merely by the force of the im¬ 
pact of a poodle-sired dummy 
weighing just 141b. - 

A larger net mounted bet¬ 
ween the floor and the roof be¬ 
came detached in a crash even 
before die dummy smashed 
against it Both projectiles 
slammed at high velocity 
against the front seats or wind¬ 
screen. The same thing hap¬ 
pened to a larger Alsatian 
dummy, weighing 881b. in a 
harness when die stitching of 


the chest beh tore. Die results 
persuaded the centre to deve¬ 
lop a prototype device consist¬ 
ing of a rectangular frame of 
steel pipes, held in place by 
two vertical supports and se¬ 
cured by straps. It is claimed 
to withstand forces of between 
25 and three tonnes, with a 
good chance that the animal 
will not be injured. 

B ut many owners, how¬ 
ever concerned for 
their pets’ welfare, 
would consider that 
too elaborate and expensive a 
solution. The RSPCA main¬ 
tains that simpler and effective 
harnesses, which can be easily 
secured to existing seat-belts, 
are available from pet shops 
and car accessory suppliers. 
"We would always advise 


people to secure dogs in cars 
with harnesses, not just for the 
animals’ protection but for 
their own as well.” an official 
said. “It's especially important 
in the case of convertibles, 
since in an accident the animal 
is otherwise likely to be 
thrown out of the vehicle. 

“We would emphasise that 
the harness must be secured 
round die animal’s chest Obvi¬ 
ously it should not suffer dis¬ 
comfort while travelling, but 
preventing it from moving 
around will reduce five risk of 
the driver being distracted.” 

Ted Chandler, president of 
the British Veterinary Associa¬ 
tion. agrees that it is “only sen¬ 
sible" that dogs should be re¬ 
strained in cars. Harnesses 
are frequently used in animal 
training, so in many cases the 


dog will be used to wearing 
one, he points out But it is im¬ 
portant that the harness 
should be attached to the car 
with something much stron¬ 
ger than a simple nylon cord, 
which would almost certainly 
snap under the strain of a seri¬ 
ous impact “Although I be¬ 
lieve a wide range of harnesses 
are available. 1 am not aware 
of any comprehensive guide 
published so far." Mr Chan¬ 
dler said. 

“For small dogs travelling in 
the bade of cars, we would in 
any case recommend the use 
of wire cages secured to the 
floor, which give them more 
freedom of movement and are 
probably safer than any har¬ 
ness. Best of all are estate cars 
with special sections in the 
rear separated by bars.” 


ROAD TEST 



ITS ALL very well insisting 
that dogs should he har¬ 
nessed in the car but it has to 
be done when the dog is 
young. My three-year-old 
Jack Russell. Jumble, be¬ 
haved wdl in the car until I 
bought a convertible. Jack 
Russells see themselves as 
(he Spitfire pilots of the dog 
world, and she was liable to 
project herself over the side 
like a cork from a cham¬ 
pagne bottle at the sight of a 
car. dog or cydisL 

Road accidents are the 
commonest cause of prema¬ 
ture death for this breed so 
the need for her to be tied in 
became apparent. Off 1 went 
and spent El 1.95 on a har¬ 
ness. The packaging made it 
sound awfully simple: "Just 
fit the harness to your pet 
and attach i i to the sea t-bd r. 

It had obviously been 
designed with less-spirited 
dogs in mind. Jumble strug¬ 
gled violently. malting it diffi¬ 
cult to get the thing on and 
then became demented, run¬ 
ning around in circles and 
trying to bite the harness off. 
Because she is overweight 
like a tin of Chum with legs, 
it was also uncomfortably 
tight When I removed it I 
made the mistake of leaving 
it within her reach and she 
chewed it to ribbons. 

1 tried a conventional lead, 
tying the end to (he door han¬ 
dle. But as 1 walked away, 
she bounded over the side 
and was left hanging at the 
end of her tether- 

Convertibles are not ideal 
for dogs, for although they 
get more fresh air. they find 
it harder to stay out of the 
sun and they riisiiic* the 
throafier engine. They are 
also more likely to be stolen. 

The problem was finally 
solved by my husband. He 
lent me his nice sensible 
saloon and tied Jumble firm¬ 
ly to a metal loop in die boot, 
out of reach of die sun roof. 
She settled down comfor¬ 
tably while he drove off into 
the sunset in whai he calls 
“The Chid: Magner. 

Mary Arnold 

• Car harnesses from 
Ell from Wa 
(01392S81285) 


Ragwort is spreading through the country, killing horses desperate for nourishment. Carol Price reports 



KIT HOUGHTON 


T his is the worst summer in 
living memory for ragwort, 
the highly toxic plant that 
poisons hundreds of horses and 
pomes every year. Thanks to a mild 
winter and a warm and damp early 
spring, the plant is flourishing in 
fields and paddocks and an grass 
verges evetywhere. . 

A spokesman for the RSPCA 
says: "Everyone we have spoken to, 
out in the field, says'they have 
never known a year like it” . 

A spokesman for the Ministry of 
Agriculture. Fisheries , and Food 
(MAFF) con fi rms the problem, "lit 
appears that warm, summers am! 
warm winters over tbe past coupte : 
of years has resulted in a much 
greater spread this year,” lie rays. 

The British Horse Society (BHS) 
is so concerned ai the danger to the 
country's 650,000 horses and 
praties that in conjunction with Am 
RSPCA, it has launched the first 
ever National Ragwort Week (Aug¬ 
ust 17-23) to promote better aware: 
ness and entourage foe eradication 

of this toxic weed. 

Although sheep and cattle are 
also affected fry eating ragwort, 
classified undo' tbeWeedsAcr 1999 
as “injurious”, horses.' being non- 
niminan fs- areknOWTI td ShSti ttel 1 - 


ticulariy from its trade effects which 
can take a coroulative toll on their 
livers and digestive systems, some¬ 
times over several years. 

By the time the first real symp¬ 
toms of ragwort poisoning appear 

sudden loss cf condition, poor 
appetite or obstipation r- the liver 
damage can be irreversible. Neuro- 
logfeaT symptoms, such as bfind- 
ness, partial paralysis andunco-cr- 
dinated movement, which are seen 
in advanced stages of the poison¬ 
ing. can mean a horse is only hours 
away from death. . .. 

This year John Levison. a vet 
frota East Yorkshire, has already 
had to destroy two horses which, 
were suffering in this way. He says: 
“The. worst thing about ragwort is 
that the toxic effects it produces 
have usually done thdr damage 
before the really obvious symptoms 
appear. If we catch horses. via a 
fiver biopsy, in foe very ear Best 
i we can save 


them. But they will still, nearly 
always, have to be on special treat* 
memfor the rest of their life.” 

The w*d becomes even more 
dangerous when it is baled up in 
hay. “When dried ft is just as tone 
to horses, but also for mare palat¬ 
able because it tastes less bitter. 


ADOPT V’i 


MAJOR and MINOR are two- 
year-old ferrets who were 
found by the side of the read 
two weeks ago. 

.They are shy. Inn with con¬ 
stant handling will become 
tamp They can be separated 
hut should ideally be adopted 
by experienced ferret handlers 
who would be prepared to use - 
them working a nimal s. They 
would need to he housed out¬ 
side in a secure u^t _ 

If you are interested in adopt- 
ing Mgjorand Mmor, please 
pontort Twwtfl or Stev e at t he 
Blue Cross Adoption Centre in 
Southampton fl)I7(B.6928WL 



Minor, left aind Major 



Horses graze in a field with ragwort; by the time symptoms of ragwort poisoning appear, the liver damage can be irreversible 


Only really desperate horses and 
ponies would eal ragwort fresh in 
pasture,” says Mr Levison. 

Michael El wick, farm manager 
of a. centre for the International 
League for foe ProtetStem off Horses 
(ILPH) in Norfolk, has seen ponies 
who have been foar desperate. 
They were some emaciated year- 
Engs he rescued from a bare, grass- 
less field on foe north Norfolk, 
coast “They were so starving they 
had been eating bark and earth. 
One filly was actually seen with rag¬ 
wort in her mouth, as it was about 
foe only thing left to eat By April 
she was dead from liver failure." 

R agwort, typified by crinkly, 
jagged leaves and bright 
dumps of yellow, daisy-type 
flowers, is a biennial. In its first 
year it appears in dusters of flatfish 
green rosettes before shooting up 
into flower the next year. But it re¬ 
mains. accDrdnigfo Nichbta Greg¬ 
ory, of the BHS, “one of those 
weeds nobody notices or recognises 
untfl you pewit it out to thenT. 

Ms Gregory thinks foal land 



British Horse Society staff pick ragwort at Stondeigh, Warwickshire 


owners and local councils should 
be put under more pressure to dear 
ragwort from set-aside land and 
roadside verges. ‘Time and again ” 
she says,‘‘I have horse owners ring 
me up to toy. ‘What can we do? 
Every time' we dear our fields of 


ragwort we just see another sea of 
yellow on foe horizon which we 
know is going to spread and which 
no one seems interested in doing an¬ 
ything about” 

Although strictly speaking 
MAFF has some responsibility to 


halt ragwort's spread, a spokes¬ 
man says: "This responsibility is 
only on agricultural land. Even 
then we don't have any actual physi¬ 
cal or legislative powers to make 
landowners remove it We can rally 
offer advice cm how to do so.” 

However, horse welfare groups 
are determined to press the mes¬ 
sage home. “Ragwort.” says the 
ILPH, “is an indiscriminate and 
cruel killer. Unless horse and land 
owners act now to dear it properly 
from Adds and verges, they might 
get to see its dreadful effects for 
themselves." 

• Ragwort is a ruthless opportunist 
and survivor. Each plant can produce 
up to ISOjOOO seeds which may lie 
dormant in soli for up to 20 years. 

• To avoid aoiuaminated hay. ensure 
your supplier can guarantee his crops 
are all ragwort-free. 

• Although ragwort is most obvious 
during July and August when in its 
flowering stage, it needs to be 
tackled much earlier to prevent it 
spreading. Far advice about ragwort 
eradication and control, send an 
SAE to: The Donkey Sanctuary. 
Sidmouih. Devon EXJO ONU. 


A VET WRITES 


I We were held up behind a 
I herd of cows last weekend and 
they had white numbers on thdr 
behinds. The children wanted to 
know why the cows were marked 
and if the numbers were stuck on 
or painted. What is the answer? 

[XJThey were freeze branded, to 
help the herdsman know one 
from the other. A branding iron is 
chilled in dry-ice — solid carbon 
dioxide — and then pressed on to 
the cow's hide. The intense cold 
kills the top layer of the skin con¬ 
taining the hair follicles and when 
new hair grows it comes out white. 
It’s a painless procedure, perma¬ 
nent and easy to read in blade. Ted 
or brown cows, but no use on cows 
with white bottoms. 

[7*7] Snowy, my two-year-old mini- 
u^Jature poodle, has a slipping 
patella and has dislocated it at 
least six times in the past two 
months. The first time 1 rushed her 
to the vet and he straightened her 
leg, pressed it and within a minute 
or so she was walking normally. 
He showed me what to do and 
since then l*ve been able to help 
her. but I’m told that the only per¬ 
manent solution is an operation. 
Wifi this be a certain cure? I want 
her to have a litter next spring. 

Ta] Nothing in this world is cer- 
1^1 tain, but the majority of opera¬ 
tions to correct a slipping patella 
are successful. The patella is a 
small bone which runs in a groove 
at the lower end of the femur—our 
kneecap. If the groove is too shal¬ 
low, or if the femur and tibia are 
not properly aligned, the patella 
can slip and then it’s an ineffective 
pulley. There are two ways of cor¬ 
recting this, either deepening the 
groove or repositioning the liga¬ 
ments. If your vet advises an opera¬ 
tion you should take his advice, but 
I think he’ll also advise against 
breeding from Snowy. A slipping 
patella is inherited and she could 
pass on the problem, 

| What should 1 do about the 
_ I wax in my cat’s ears? It doesn’t 

seem to worry him. Someone sug¬ 
gested using cotton buds and 
meths and I've been told that olive 
ofi helps. Or is wax normal and 
best left alone? 

jA small amount of ear wax is 
I normal, but dark brown depos¬ 
its suggest some irritant — an ear 
mite is a common cause. Removing 
wax worn remove the cause so ask 
your vet to have a look at the ears 
Ear drops wiB deal with the mires 
and once they're gone foe excess 
wax will be grate, too. 


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A nyone listening to 
Sandy Phillips eulo¬ 
gise about the pris¬ 
tine accommodation 
for horses at her200-acre farm 
nestled high in the Kennei val¬ 
ley could be forgiven for think-: 
ing that she nurture&a single - 
great passion. 

However, it is her other love 
which has.persuaded bee that, 
after 18 months of marriage to 
Captain Mark PMBps# the : 
couple really ought to share * 
one tome. At present tibsy opn 
erate an ad-hoc shuttle service 
between her Sotey Fann in 
Chilton FofiaL neto'.Hunjpr- 
ford, and his farm on tite Gat- 
combe Estate near where bis 
first wife, the Princess Royal, 
lives with drew - two children 
Peter and Zara and her second - 
husband. . 

Smcethe birds of Mrs. Phil¬ 
lips'S daughter, Stephanie, ten 
months ago. tire logistics' of 
running a successful equestri¬ 
an framing and show centre 
and being married to a roan 
who lives nearly-100 miles - 
away have proved difficult. 

The problem is compoun¬ 
ded by the fact that both travd 
widely: Mrs Phillips compet¬ 
ing in Europe andteaching in 
her native United States and 
her husband teaching arid, 
building cross-country courses 
around the world. 

Sitting in tire co mfo rtably 
informal redewaOed sitting 
room of her flint farmhouse 
beneath an oil painting of a 
grey horse, she is surrounded 
by photographs of family and 
of herself co m peting at inter- - 
national level in eventing and' 
dressage.■' r - 

She says: “Hove ifherti but 
h is in^poantile. The fanns are 
just too far apart. Mark. Is 
away a lot so I tend to stay 
here, but now he is planning 
to be here a hit more and there 
is a lot he has to do. over at 
Gatcctinbe. 

“It gets worse as Stephanie 
.gets older. I want to do it now 
before she thinks of it as her 
house.” Perhaps the situation 


Sandy Phillips with her horse Fan in front of the house at Soley Farm. “I love it here bat it’s too far from my husband” 


Sotey Rem has an indoofsdiool and Mrs Phillips has added two outdoor arenas 


reflects tire .slow bum of tire 
couple’s, love affair. Cautious 
after previous relationships, 

: they b^gah dating discreetly af¬ 
ter the Barcelona Olympics in 
1992,. but waited five years be¬ 
fore marrying in Hawaii on 
her father's estate in February 
-1997. 

This weekend the Phillips 
family will be together at Gat- 
combe for the hose trials. 
Mrs Phillips will be doing a 
^splay of dressage to music in 
the maui arena cm both days, 
and prays that the mechanical 
hitch in the tape machine last 
year does not repeat itself. 

She will partner her second- 
best horse, Albert because her 
most advanced horse. Fun, or 
"not sp Fun" as she refers to 
him when he Tirisbehaves, is 
shortlisted for the British teton 
for the weald championships 
in Rome next m onth. 

Fortunately the horse box is 
roomy and can take horse and . 
tbe paraphernalia of baby and' 
nanny between tire two 
homes.. Recently, when com-, 
peting in Itely. she drove the 
horse box witirStephanfe'S cot, 
clothes and food, while- the 
baby and nanny flew out to 
join them. “I couldnr believe 
bow much stuff she heeded," 
she says. It did, however, serve 
m fuel the nagging doubts that 
were beginning to form about 
maintaining two separate 







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MARKET COMMENT: HUNGER FORD 


THE PRIME AREA for country houses west of London is 
Berkshire, east of Newbury, according to Henry Holland 
Hibbert of estate agent Lane Fox. “Hungerford is not quite 
premier league because if s a bit further away from the city, 
but if s definitely first division.” he says. 

For the successful City people who form the nucleus of the 
newcomers buying country homes in this area, ease of corn- 
nrating is important Hungerford is three miles from the M4 
and. although not on a fast rail connection, it is only eight 
miles fay road from Newbury and 15 miles from Swindon, 
from where trains to Paddington take under an hour. 

Hungerford is a pretty market town frill of estate agents 
and antique shops, but many new arrivals bead for tbe Ken- 
net valley, winch offers excellent trout fishing and a collection 
of desirable little villages strung along the river and, east of 
Hungerford. tbe picturesque Kermet and Avon Canal which 
runs al o ngsid e it Apart from Chilton Fotiat, popular spots 
include Kintbuiy. Ramsbory and Inkpen; nearer London, 
Crookham and Brimpton command even higher prices. 

The rolling hills to the south of Hungerford provide plenti¬ 
ful opportunities for riding, hunting and shooting, and vill¬ 
ages such as Shalboume, Ham and Oxenwood attract would- 
be buyers. The basic attraction of the area is a rare but much 


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prized combination of accessibility and “real” countryside. 
Brick or bride and flint buildings dominate, with a variety of 
bousing styles dating across the centuries. Expect to pay 
around E20Q.OOO-E2SO.OOO fora two or linee-bednxmi period 
cottage, and E500.000-E600.000 for a five-bedroom farmhouse 
with land. An edge-of-village manor house with three or four 
acres will be £800.000. Mr Holland Hibbert says this area has 
seen “substantial growth” in the past two years up to 15 per 
cent from April 1996 to April 1997, and around 10 per cent for 
the 12 months to April 1998. 

Faith Glasgow 


homes. “I was hoping that we 
could run both out since we 
have had Stephanie it is very 
bard. As die gas older it is 
going to get worse. Dus is a 
big place and it takes lots of 
njy.time and I really want to 
ride,” she explained. 

.. Among the paying guests in 
the 48 stables in three Ameri¬ 
can barns is the US event 
squad. Riders and torses fly 
in each year for Burghley and 
Blenheim and stay on to re¬ 
ceive jumping training from 
their coach Captain Phillips 
and dressage tuition from His 
wife, who was one of the US 
team selectors for tbe Atlanta 


Olympics. Other clients in¬ 
clude established and up-and- 
coming dressage and event rid- 
ers from Britain and abroad. 

Dressage competitions at 
both affili ated and u naffilia ted 
level are held regularly and 
even tire local pony chib has 
managed to persuade foe ele¬ 
gant American owner to allow 
them to use the facilities. 

Mrs Phillips, or Sandy 
Pflueger as she was then, is 
the daughter of a former rac¬ 
ing driver who went on to run 
lucrative car dealerships. She 
originally planned a decade 
ago to find somewhere in Eng¬ 
land set in around 30 acres. 


When the purchase of another 
property fell through after she 
had already made arrange¬ 
ments to move her horses 
from her base in Germany, 
the former thoroughbred stud 
owned by Justin Hayward of 
tire pop group The Moody 
Blues seemed irresistible. 

Her mother was installed to 
help oversee the gutting of tire 
farmhouse and its restoration 
to a traditional style, while she 
extended the indoor school 
and built the first of two out¬ 
door arenas. Tbe property, 
now on the maricet for £2.4 mil¬ 
lion. also boasts three groans' 
cottages, ten immaculately 


fenced stallion paddocks, and 
planning consent for two fur¬ 
ther cottages, a groom's flat 
and offices. 


Q uestions about the 
house are dismissed 
with a wave of an 
elegant hand, but 
the same hand will 
happily [tick up a handful of 
the oiled sand and plastic sur¬ 
face laid in all three arenas. 
The surfaces of the schools 
were chosen through trial and 
error, and one gets the impres¬ 
sion that foe matter was 
thought more deserving of her 
attention than the mere trifle 


of interior design. The garden, 
too, gives more than a hint as 
to ho - priorities — no flowers, 
no garden furniture, just a few 
shrubs and trees in a lawn 
which could never be de¬ 
scribed as manicured. 

The picture is clear long be¬ 
fore Mrs Phillips explains that 
she spends at least five hours a 
day m the saddle and relies 
heavily on her nanny, a couple 
who “do" and a brilliant farm 
manager. 

Her desire to remain in such 
an idyllic setting with her 
horses is implicit in the fact 
that she was planning to build 
a splendid new house. Permis¬ 


sion has been granted for a 
5,790sq ft Georgian- style coun¬ 
try house designed by Derek 
Baker, complete with swim¬ 
ming pool, sauna and gym. 
The new bouse will have spec¬ 
tacular views across the Ken- 
net valley. 

However, instead of build¬ 
ing the dream home she will 
move in with her husband. 
The lack of a swimming pool 
and sauna bothers her little, 
but she has plans to convert 
his farm buildings into some 
luxurious stables and to mir¬ 
ror her own palatial indoor 
school. 

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The fringe benefits 
of Edinburgh’s 
new parliament 

A clamour for smart housing in Scotland’s capital has generated 


bids of nearly double the asking price, reports Mark Porter 









Sdlers’ market since the low point in 1995, supply cannot keep up with demand in pikes such as Leith Waterfront 



Thrice outbid: Robin Cook and his new wife Gaynor 


T he Edinburgh mar¬ 
ket is booming as 
never before. Earlier 
this year, the first 
£500.000 fiat was sold in Scot¬ 
land. in the dry's West End; 
such accommodation is selling 
for £200.000 more than the 
asking price. The reason, in 
case you have not already 
guessed, is the new Scottish 
parliament 

It may therefore come as a 
surprise to learn that even the 
Secretary of State for Foreign 
and Commonwealth Affairs, 
so recently involved in an acri¬ 
monious bust-up with the 
former Mrs Robin Cook, has 
been struggling to find a new 
home in Edinburgh. 

Since last winter, the red- 
bearded figure of Mr Cook 
has been seen bobbing up and 
down the po nailed steps of 
houses with the smartest post¬ 
codes. with his new wife. 
Gaynor Regan, at Jus side. At 
least three times elegant 
addresses have come frustrat- 
ingly dose to being his, and 
three times it would appear 
that he was outbid. 

But now friends of the For¬ 
eign Secretary report that he 
has. at last, found a discreet 
three-bedroom luxury apart¬ 
ment in the city's Merchiston 
area, near Napier University. 

Gossip aside, property 
prices have just begun to 
exceed the inflammatory 
levels of the late 1980s. The 


second quarterly figures just 
released by the Edinburgh 
Solicitors Property Centre 
(ESPQ show a year-on-year in¬ 
crease of 11.43 per cent in 
Edinburgh and the Lothians. 

The Edinburgh figures con¬ 
found Scotland's generally 
subdued housing market, 
where prices are expected to 
rise by between two and four 
per cent this year. The average 
house price is £66,000; in the 
city centre it has risen to 
£94.222 in the past 12 months. 

“Our second-quarter statis¬ 
tics show increases almost 
right across the board, with 
very significant rises in certain 
key areas.” says George Clark, 
chairman of the ESFC. "Gener¬ 
ally. in the city centre they are 
up by 18-71 per cent on last 
year. 

“Ihese latest figures con¬ 
tinue to reflect a growing confi¬ 
dence in the City of Edinburgh 
in the run-up to the arrival of 
our Scottish Parliament. How¬ 
ever, while ir will be some time 
before Scottish parliamentar¬ 
ians and their staff move in en 
masse, it seems th3t many 
Edinburgh folk are choosing 
to move this year, in advance 
of a further anticipated rise in 
demand. 

“Marchmont and Brunts- 
field have consistently proved 
to be extremely popular areas, 
helped by their proximity’ to 
the university and the major 
teaching hospitals. Price rises 



Diary of a 


househunter 


MONDAY 

I visit the subsiding fiat, 
fbr.the first time since we 
put in an offer. I am look¬ 
ing lor an excuse, to with¬ 
draw because of the 
psychic's warning. I 
ignore the weeping wil¬ 
low, and focus on the 
woodchip wallpaper and 
the window that rinks 
down on one side. 

TUESDAY 

l make an appointment 
to see the promised ident¬ 
ical one-bedroom-plus- 
boxroom fiat on thfrsame 
road which goes on die 
market tomorrow. 

WEDNESDAY - 
The sprightly old woman 
Who greets,me a l the door 





Edinburgh* already home to the famous Fringe Festival, is attracting home-buyers to the city due to die prospect of a new Scottish pa rli ament 


of 18 per cent and above in the 
first and second quarters of 
this year suggest that supply, 
within these areas at least, is 
failing well short of demand. 

'The effect of price hikes for 
dty centre property also seems 
to be rippling out to the sub¬ 
urbs and to the Lothians. Rises 
recorded in the suburbs, far in¬ 
stance. appear to be higher 
than they nave been for some 
years — in some cases beating 
city centre rises." 

Many are now househunt¬ 
ing further afield. In East 
Lothian, sales have gone up by 
54 per cent in the last year, 
with a similar figure for West 
Lothian, while in Midlothian, 
prices have increased by more 
than 13 per cent. 

According to Peter Lyell of 


CA three-storey Victorian house 
went on the market for £325,000 
and sold for £520,000 ^ 


Edinburgh property solicitors 
Bumess Lyell (the job oF sell¬ 
ing property in Sco tland is 
more often performed by a law¬ 
yer than by an estate agenfl, 
the market had reached a low 
point in 1995. 

“Almost imperceptibly it 
took off. At first people stayed 
quiet about it. but during last 
year, it burst into life, only to 
explode during I99S. In some 
parts of Edinburgh we are 
witnessing 20 to 40 per cent 


increases. We are seeing prop¬ 
erties which go on the market 
for, say. £ 120 , 000 . selling for 
£180,000 within days. In Morn¬ 
ings! de, stone-built semis are 
advertised for £280,000 and 
are realising as much as 
£400.000. 

“Parliament has certainly 
increased interest in Edin¬ 
burgh. and will lead to an 
influx of civil servants, politi¬ 
cians. media and a coterie of at¬ 
tendants, but l can't see prices 


continuing to go up at this 
rate," says Mr Lyell. 

The West End has seen a 
strong return of .peopte mov¬ 
ing back to the city. Big houses 
have been bought by develop¬ 
ers and turned into fiats worth 
E250.000 and upwards, which 
are bring snapped up by those 
who are fed up with commut¬ 
ing, as Edinburgh becomes 
gridlocked — London-style. 

In March, frustrated de¬ 
mand for exclusive properties 
fed to the record-breaking safe 
of a three-storey Victorian 
apartment in the capital's 
West End, which went on the 
market for £325,000 arid sold ■ 
for E520.000. 

A small pool of . properties 
and the prospective buyers' 
frustration at. faring in the 


bidding system has fed to of 
fers way in excess of asking 
• pridferi A foree-ifedroarri \flOO- 
rian flat in Marchmontseddre- 
cently for £62,00Q more than 
the £118.000 asking price, 
while a semi-detached family 
home sold for £95,000 more 
than the £290,000 bring 
sought' ; . 

Expatriate interest from 
financial centres such as. Hong 
Kong arid Singapore has also 
led to a greater demand for 
properties back home; as fin¬ 
anciers witness the collapse of 
Pacific Rim markets. 

Given this scenario, per¬ 
haps it is scarcely surprising if 
the humbly paid Foreign Secre¬ 
tary has struggled to compete 
with the upper echelons of Ed¬ 
inburgh society. 


has lived in foe flat for 17 
years. It is immaculate. 
All sash windows and 
fireplaces have been 
restored professionally. It 
is ,£7,000 more expensive, 
however. The agent says 
it; would have been 
£10,000 more, but for the 
avocado bathroom suite. 

THURSDAY 
Efefare puffing in an offer 
I have to fix a time for my 
husband to see rt. I tell 
the agent foe coincidence 
bf his best friend T5n buy¬ 
ing in the same area... 

FRIDAY 

The agent calls to ask if 1 
.mind being near Tim. 
“Not at all. why?" 

“Because they are buy¬ 
ing the flat bang next 
door to the old woman.” 

Emma Mahony 

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were given help with their 
deposit legal and financial 
costs, and the house was 
carpeted. “We still had to fur¬ 
nish the house, but without' 
'.the financial help we could 
not have thought about buy¬ 
ing at all” says Mr Welch. 

Sebastien Blanchard. 26 , 
and Cathy Port; 25, are typical 
of so many purchasers in foe 
South East who are faced 
with paying vast sums for a 
seemmgiy modest home. Both 
were prepared to commute 
some distance to their west 
London offices ui order to 
obtain an affordable, smart 
home. 


W ith the lease about 
to expire on then 
rented fiat they 
shopped around various new 
schemes in' and around 
RedhfiL in Surrey, and chose 
a two-bedroom flat priced at 
£98.000 at Maple House, a 
scheme of 2] fiats five min¬ 
utes’walk from the station. 

‘The price included fitted 
carpets' and a washerdrifir, 
plus a. contribution towards 
Our legal fees and removal 
costs,” says Ms Port Indeed, 
12 fiats at Maple House were 
sold to first-time bnyere. : 

Today’s first-time buyers 
are astute, and will shop 
around to find the best pack¬ 
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builders. Mindful of the mess 
they found themselves in dur¬ 
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aware than ever of foe need to 
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Mfehada Baker and Dean Campion were given a 5 per cent deposit by Barratt Homes 


"Last spring, we saw an ad for 
a new 250-home development 
being built by Barron East 
Midland at Randiffe Gar¬ 
dens, Biwmstone, 20 minutes' 
walk away from foe dry 
centre. 

The builders were offering 
to pay a five per cent deposit. 
£350 towards foe legal fees, to 
throw in carpets, kitchen and 
bedroom units and lay lawn 
in the new garden. So we 
bought a two-bedroom semi . 
for £49,450. minus the Eve per 
cent and obtained a 95 per 
cart mortgage, which costs us 
around £400 per month. We 
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“For the same price we 
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There is a downside to aD 
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knew they would be living on 
a building site for at least the 
next two years. 

‘it is dusty and noisy and 
there are no proper roads yet." 
says Ms Baker. “But prices on 
similar homes now bring sold 
have risen to £52500." 


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girlfriend Kxrstie -GfiL 2 b 
learnt about foe incentives 
offered at Eton Fields in Cip- 
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Berkshire through thehouse- 
builder’s open evening at a 
local hotel . 

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had enough income to sustain. 
a 95 per cent mortgage, but 
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Street, now a osir- 
ably quiet and elu¬ 
sive comer of pliti-. 
cal London, was none (her 
than Barton Booth. In anige 
of giants, he combined a flm- 
boyant career as actor ran- 
ager at die Theatre Rpyain 
Drury Lane with the mch ! 
less luwie skills of a succesii’l 
entrepreneur. 

As a property developeiof 
style, he bought a panrelof 
Westminster land in 1710 ad 
created a street named in is 
honour. By way of an ence r 
he then produced Cowry 
Street alongside and gaveLt 
the name of his country esta; 
at Cowley in Middlesex. ' 
His 18th-century credentias 
seem to have been impeccate 
for he married Hester, ie ‘ 
leading dance actress star if 
the time. And she had ab 
been a former mistress of tift 
great soldier the Duke if 
Marlborough. 

Speculation about whethir 
Barton had married above fe 
station emboldened the hats 
and wits of London town at j£. 
rime to put it about that tit 
Barton Street houses were obr 
veniently arranged for fe 
blades of the Court of St Janre 
to disport themselves, whin 
an easy sedan chair ride, i 
what the French call the houi 
of rinq i sept. It. becan? 
known as a place for amorou 
rendezvous. ' -> 

The fact is that now,- lam 
lorded largely by die Chon 
Commissioners, this stre 
and Cowley Street provit 
London pads for political an 
media folk, as well as former 
respectable people. Being wiri 
in five minutes' walking rang 
of Parliament for even th 
most unfit peer or MP. am 
handy for the television Idllint 
ground of St Stephen's Green 
it does attract the attention d 
representatives of the peopled 
It could easily become a plot 
ters* oomer for politicians arid ! 
their hangers-on.TWhat aplace 
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arrange cosy meetings with 
ministers of die Crown. 
Harold Wilson, when he was 
Prime Minister, used a Barton 
Street house as an escape from 
the constrictions of Downing 
Street Margaret Thatcher bor¬ 
rowed Lord MacAlpine's place 
in neighbouring Great College 
Street during her term of 
office. John Major headquar¬ 
tered his leadership campaign 
in Cowley Street . 

When Hie liberal Demo- 
crate moved into foe district ■ 
Derek Kemp. a. long-term 


LONDONS PIMLICO, with its whi-stucco terraced houses and - 
garden squares, ia the poor mad Belgravia. Hou» prices In the . 
area have increased more than 4 percent In the pastthree jeers. 
You might pickup a small terrace house for £370,000. but expect 
to pay at least £550,000 for a &r to five bedroom housed Flats 
start at£150^XX)fbFooe bedroVi. 

Ashortage erf period houses Inna Dniester's fonper stockbroker 
belt apto 25 miles smith'of the tty, tabbing up property prices . 
around AJderiey Edge, Kndtsftxd id Piastbury: Victorian semi-:. 
detached houses start at £200/ 0 ferfbur bedrooms and - - 

country houses from £300,000. ; -J.f f: • ' , v ■ . 

Waterfront properties In north jmwaU are highly sou^it-afttr.. 
despite price rises of up to 25 pe tentorerthe past two years, 
according to John Bray. TlreyiHagi af perched op the Camef 


Barton Street resident, sugges¬ 
ted that as the neighbourhood 
was going down, rales ought 
to be reduced. A keen and ami¬ 
able chronicler of the locality, 
he makes it sound like an up¬ 
market version of Coronation 
Street They even hold street 
parties though these take the 
form of a few decent bottles of 
daret in the drawing room or 
garden rather than trestle 
table, tea and buns. 

. When Mr Kemp Tan into 
John Tsang, the Chinese trade 
commissioner, then newly in¬ 
stalled at the house on the 
comer owned by the Hong 
Kong Government, he invited 
him to dinner at his dty guild. 
The occasion was only slightly 
marred by the fact that the 
principal speaker, the Chinese 
ambassador, misinterpreted 
his brief and continually des¬ 
cribed the Worshipful Com¬ 
pany of Basket Makers as the 
Basket-Ball Makers. 

A couple of oddly paired 
famous persons merit the bhie 
plaques that add distinction to 


the 5treeL_Lawrence of Arabia 
lived there for a while and 
attracted attention by climb¬ 
ing into his own house instead 
of using the from door. On the 
comer was to be found at one 
time the stem figure of Lord 
Reith. director-general of the 
BBC at the height of the public 
service of broadcasting. Oddly 
enough, his house had once 
been a pub. 

I t is possible that a third 
plaque may be added. 
Sir David English, 
famous as Editor of the 
Daily Mail who died recently, 
had a house there. He was not 
the first journalist to inhabit 
the street 

Indeed, in 1909. F.SA. 
Lowndes, then Editor of The 
Times, moved into No 9, the 
house now on sale. His wife 
Marie, the only sister of 
Hilaire Belloc, called the place 
“the real Westminster. She 
was charmed by the garden: “I 
planted tulips in spring and 
geraniums in summer." 


By . the turn of the century 
things had begun to change. 
Mrs Belloc Lowndes noted in 
her book. The Merry Wives of 
Westminster. “I had not been 
long in Barton Street how¬ 
ever, before I became aware of 
what changes can take place 
in even a very quiet part of a 
great town within a few years. 
For one tiling we found that 
the four little streets, of which 
Barton Street is one. were at¬ 
tracting the attention of Mem¬ 
bers of Parliament and import¬ 
ant government officials.” 

How different must have 
been the atmosphere 100 years 
ago from that of our own more 
politically correct times. When 
I entered the discreet drawing 
roan of 9 Barton Street, paus¬ 
ing to admire the huge origi¬ 
nal door lode with a massive 
key concealed in a tiny cup¬ 
board alongside, the feeling of 
the place was cosy and respect¬ 
able. Whatever the past of this 
pine-panelled home, it is now 
the very picture of a demure 
Queen Anne town house. It 





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No. 9 still has the original door lock, and the splendid pine-panelled sitting room 


has three compact floors, three 
bedrooms, a lot of stairs and a 
lift in what was once a wooden 
medieval tower alongside. 

The fact that it is being 
offered for sale for just under a 
million (£975,000) might cause 
an envious wriggle or two in 
the grave of Barton Booth. 

I am not entirely sure wheth¬ 
er a couple of centuries have so¬ 
cially elevated this little-ex¬ 
plored bit of London or not As 


the population grew in the ear¬ 
ly 19th century, the ecclesias¬ 
tics built St John's Smith 
Square, a building now used 
exdusively for dassical music 
concerts. 

In 1897. Walter Besant 
wrote: 'The houses among 
themselves pretend to be the 
cathedral dose”, and a bishop 
or two inhabited the houses. 

So began the politicisation 
of this tranquil comer hidden 


away behind Westminster Ab¬ 
bey. the Abbey gardens and 
the Houses of Parliament The 
only noise likely to disturb the 
residents now is the hum of 
platting politicians as they' 
whisper their secrets. 

Apart from that, the only 
other threat comes from film¬ 
makers tempted bv the period 
atmosphere to take the streets 
over for frantic bouts of movie 
making. 



A marvel of 
creation 

Rachel Kelly toasts the restoration 
triumph of a Lutyens house. 


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T he house was designed 
by Sir Edwin Lutyens 
and the garden in¬ 
spired by Gertrude JekylL Yet 
Le Bois des Moutiers hu^ the 
cliffs above Dieppe and its 
owners are as French as the 
gariic they grow in the exten¬ 
sive kitchen gardens. 

Now, 100 years after it was 
buflt. tbe final lidcof paint has 
beat applied in time to cele¬ 
brate the house's centenary 
and a 44-year restoration pro¬ 
gramme. The festivities culmi¬ 
nated in the arrival last month 

of the British ambassador Sir 
Michacl Jay to toast a very 

Anglo-French alliance. 

The restoration team has en¬ 
joyed the unusual good luck of 
having access to archives de¬ 
tailing the house's original tfe 
cor and the layout of the gar¬ 
den. The fabrics for the cur- : 
tains and furniture were de¬ 
signed by William' Moms, 


This fascinating house 
symbolises the relationship 
between Britain and France’ 


and supplied by Liberty, 
which still has a complete ar¬ 
chive of all its original hand- 
blocked print designs. 

The store has also shipped 
over original furniture built in 
the Morris and Co workshops 
inSouth London which was de¬ 
signed for the house and had 
since been separated from its 
historic home. 

To mark five centenary, the 
Art Workers Guild in London, 
a group of architects, painters, 
sailptors and craftsmen set up 
in 1883, will present the Mallet 
family, who own the house. 


with an engraved pane of 
glass to mark the occasion and 
James Bowman, the British 
counter tenor, will sing in the 
music room. 


S ir Michael says: “Le 
Bois des Moutiers is a 
very fine Lutyens build¬ 
ing with a fascinating history. 
It symbolises the relationship 
between the UK and France, 
and the Mallets are conscious 
of maintaining the link bet¬ 
ween the two countries.” 

The collaboration began 
when Guillaume Mallet, a 
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wealthy retired army officer, 
met Lutyens, then 29, through 
some English friends. 

Monsieur Mallet commis¬ 
sioned Lutyens to build a 
house as a monument to his 
twin loves: music and Eng¬ 
land. Emmanuel Ducamp.'a 
decorative arts specialist and 
president of the Friends of Le 
Bois des Moutiers, says: “It is 
incredible that a French gentle¬ 
man, before the First World 
War. should commission a 
British architect who was only 
29 10 build a house and then as¬ 
sign British craftsmen and art¬ 
ists to supply him with mater¬ 
ials and designs.” 

The house is designed 
around a 100 square metre cen¬ 
tral music room with wood 
panelling and decorative plas- 
terwork which easily houses 
the 200 people who attended 
the festivities. The grand six- 
metre vide staircase sweeps 


from the entrance hail io the 
first floor which has six bed¬ 
rooms and five bathrooms. 

The second storey was origi¬ 
nally the servants' sleeping 
quarters but the eight bed¬ 
rooms are now used for 
guests. The house is character¬ 
ised by wood panelled rooms, 
with small-paned windows 
reminiscent of an Elizabethan 
manor house. The white¬ 
washed rooms have polished 
floors and simple arches — all 
features of the Arts and Crafts 
movement which sought to re¬ 
vive medieval craftsmanship. 

Despite its triumphant be¬ 
ginnings, the house suffered 
during the war when it was 
used by the Germans. 

Monsieur Mallet died in 
1945 but his son. Andrt. daugh¬ 
ter-in-law, Constance, and 
their children. Robert Con¬ 
stance and Claire, decided to 
restore Le Bois. Robert remem¬ 


bers standing with his father 
surveying the wreckage and 
asking him whether to sell the 
house after the war. “No. no." 
he replied. “We must rebuild." 

All three children now live 
in houses in the. 80-acre 
grounds and their mission has 
been to preserve and enhance 
their inheritance. 

The Mallets have tried to 
keep faith with their grand¬ 
father’s vision of a garden as a 
living canvas. Great swaths of 
borders are “painted" in 
different colours anti the beds 
are once again foil of rhodo¬ 
dendrons and hydrangeas. 

The house and garden is, as 
Robert Mallet says, “a marvel 
of creation”. Around 50AX) 
visitors, many of them British, 

are expected to come and mar- 

veL Guillaume Mallet would 
have been proud. 

• Additional research by 
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18 ■ faith 


He turns the great into 


Michael Seed, who inspired many 
high-profile Anglicans to move to 
the Catholic Church, has a profound 
faith, says Damian Thompson 




W hen it was re¬ 
vealed that Tony 
Blair attends 
Mass a! West¬ 
minster Cathedral even if his 
Catholic wife and children are 
not with him. the cry went up 
from seasoned religious corre¬ 
spondents: “Is he about to join 
the Seedlings?" 

What is a Seedling? A dic¬ 
tionary definition might read: 

Seedling n. Public figure, typi¬ 
cally a Conservative MP. who has 
been instructed in the Roman Cath¬ 
olic faith by the Rev Michael Seed 
See: Cummer, the Rt Hon J: Wid- 
decombc. the Rt Hon A: Gardiner. 
Sir G: Clark, the 
Hon A. 

It ail began 
about six years 
ago, when the 
Church of Eng¬ 
land voted to 
ordain women 
priests. That tra¬ 
ditionalist John 
Gummer was 
the one who 
“poped"first .fol¬ 
lowed by Ann 
Widdegombe 
and Sir George 
Gardiner, who 
was received into 


6 You can tell 
him the most 
shocking 
things and 
he never 
turns a hair 5 


Asked about Seed. Alan 
Clark neatly sidesteps the 
question of his own spiritual 
intentions and offers a histori¬ 
cal perspective instead. There 
has always been a Catholic 
priest of indeterminate but im¬ 
portant rank who has an en¬ 
tire into society, to the govern¬ 
ing class, to the great houses 
where decisions are made." he 
says. That sums up Father 
Michael — but the great thing 
is that he never seems to be on 
the make. He's lovely fun to be 
with. You can tell him the 
most shocking things and he 
never turns a hair.” 

_ Not (ha! 

Seed's political 
contacts are lim¬ 
ited to the Con¬ 
servatives. It is 
believed that he 
played a minor 
but crucial be¬ 
hind-the-scenes 
role in estab¬ 
lishing unoffi¬ 
cial contacts be¬ 
tween Sinn Ftein 
and die Royal Ul¬ 
ster Constabul¬ 
ary: on a recent 
trip to Ulster he 
had tea with 




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and yet to reach out to the mar¬ 
gins of society. 

He was bom Steven Wayne 
Godwin, the illegitimate son of 
an Irish girl and adopted as a 


baby by Joseph and Lillian ,. fia. 


Ann Widdecombe. Conservative MP. is received into the Catholic Church in April 1993 by Father Michael Seed 


Seed of Manchester. HU adop¬ 
tive father was a warder at 
Strangeways his mother was 
a troubled womanwhose dis¬ 
tant manner Seed, now realises 
was the result of tranquillis- 
.ers. He remembers an idyllic 
fifth birthday party but noth¬ 
ing- 

live with his adoptive grand¬ 
mother in Bolton; then Lillian 
laid herself down on the line of 
the local branch railway — a 
line Seed had to cross every 
day on his way to school. 
“From that day on 1 became a 
reduse," he says. Two years 
later his adoptive father died 
of a brain tumour. Schooling 
“became too painful" and he 
was sent to a home in Roch¬ 
dale for malad- ' . ' 
justed children. 

Through all 
this Gothic hor¬ 
ror the-need for 
a spiritual home 
nagged relent¬ 
lessly. .' Seed 
loved — and still 
loves — the Sal- 
.vation Army, the 
faith of his 
adored grand¬ 
mother: but as 
an adolescent he 
felt the need for 


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would 
be Angteans 
if it wint 
for 

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a more ngorous 
church and be- 


disgorged taritum 
and black 
f Perfect*’ says Alan 
“Politicians, noblemen, 
— and now the Ma¬ 
in Britain. Cardinal 
employed him; and it 
that the-first of the 
came over to Rome 
heeldiair-bound graad- 
; aged 90. 

ibe and Gummer 
ly die tip of an iceberg of 
aed Anglicans. Since 
about 400 Anglican 
clefcy have become Catholics. 
Miiy hesitated because the 
; Q iolic bishops did not seem 
i to rant them. “At times it 
se wd the only person who 
ur erstood the depth of our 
m appiness and confusion 
w Michael Seed," says one 
•faoer vicar. ^Scme of us 
w dd still be Anglicans if h 
virnt for his patience and 
ei ouragement” 
teed is not universally popu¬ 
lar. The liberal 
wing of the Cath¬ 
olic Church dis¬ 
likes “traditional- 
isT converts and 
portrays Seed as 
a snob. They are 
wrong: unlike 
most “society 
priests". Seed dis¬ 
plays indiffer¬ 
ence to where 
people went to 
school, or how 
much they earn, 
or how clever 
they are. Most of 
the time he fives 


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the Roman fold shortly before 
being ejected from the Tory 
one. Finally, it emerged that 
Alan Gark. of all people, may 
cross the Tiber {presumably af¬ 
ter a reoord-breaking session 
in the confessional). What 
these four disparate Tories 
have m common is Father 
Michael Seed, a cherubic. 
41-year-old Franriscan and ad¬ 
viser on ecumenism to Cardi¬ 
nal Hume. 

Why Father Seed? Probably 
they had met him at a party: 
most Conservative MPs have. 
In the twilight of the last Gov¬ 
ernment an essential embel¬ 
lishment to a smart Toiy bash 
was this frizzy-haired friar, 
looking star-struck and some¬ 
times bemused as well-oiled 
grandees hovered over him 
asking spiritual advice. Chris 
Patten tried to fly him out to 
Hong Kong to act as his unoffi¬ 
cial chaplain: the Duke of Nor¬ 
folk is a fan. 


both on the same afternoon. 
The former Liberal Democrat 
MP David Alton, now Lord Al¬ 
ton of Liverpool, is one of his 
friends, and there are rum¬ 
ours that two Labour back¬ 
benchers are sounding him 
out about converting. 

The Fourth Estate is also 
keen on Seed. “Running into 
him amid the austerity of Basil 
Hume's entourage is like spot¬ 
ting a gorgeous bird of para¬ 
dise on Mount Everest." says 
one religious correspondent. 
The warm feelings are recipro¬ 
cated. Seed encourages journ¬ 
alists to call him by his first 
name apd likes to confuse 
them by addressing them as 
“Father. They respond by 
dragging him to the Groucho 
Club where there was once a 
row because the management 
refused to believe that the jolly 
fellow in the dog collar was a 
real priest And. as Clark says, 
he is unshockable. 1 once 



MPs Sir George Gardiner, Alan Clark and John Gummer have all become Catholics: Tony and Cherie Blair after Mass 


found myself in a room at a 
party which was given over to 
dope-smoking. The door 
opened and there, to the smok¬ 
ers' horror, was Seed in his 
Franciscan habit "Ah. in¬ 
cense," he beamed and waved 
a blessing, before diplomatical¬ 
ly withdrawing. 

His appeal goes deeper than 
his affability, which one wit 


described as “Hail-Mary-well- 
met". His spirituality is ns 
potent as it is elusive and, 
somehow, as much in evi¬ 
dence when he is making 
small talk over coditails as 
when he is celebrating Mass 
in Westminster Cathedral. 

It amuses some people that 
a priest with the title of "ecu¬ 
menical officer" should spend 


so much time helping Chris¬ 
tians leave other churches and 
sign up for Rome. But Seed's 
credentials as an “ecumenical 
officer" are impeccable. He 
can understand other denomi¬ 
nations because he has be¬ 
longed to several. Born a Cath¬ 
olic. he was brought up in the 
Salvation Army, switched to 
the Baptists, briefly joined the 


Church of England and finally 
found his way bade to. the 
Catholics. And all by the time 
he was 18 years old. 

Nothing in Seed's career is 
as extraordinaty as his broken 
childhood which explains so 
much: his intense need to 
make as many friends as pos¬ 
sible, to find a cosy place in the 
heart of the Establishment 


came tiie sort of “strict and par¬ 
ticular" Baptist who believes 
that Catholics go straight to 
hell. Leaving school at 15 with 
no qualifications, he worked 
in a motorway cafe but was 
sacked for breaking too much 
crockery. 

Catholicism came into his 
life in the form of a diocesan 
yearbook given to lum by a. 
rag-and-bone man. Almost im¬ 
mediately he recognised his 
vocation. After investigating 
several religious orders he set¬ 
tled on an obscure American 
branch of the. Franciscans, the 


Society of the Atonement He ' 
studied for the priesthood and 
was ordained in New York 
State. His contacts in America 
range from waitresses to sena¬ 
tors. As a young priest he 
agreed to many an italian- 
American ooupte in New Jer¬ 
sey. He did not realise what 
sort of wedding.it was. until, 
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In his amiable progress 
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jie Catholic Church goodwill 
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'honey can buy. He under- 
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^YKjdeai bishops do not that in 
May’s over-stocked spiritual 
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THE TIMES WEEKEND • SATURDAY AUGUST IS 1998 


faith • 19 


A lean and 
hungry look 

Ruth Gledhill’s warm 



welcome at Lambeth 
was long overdue 


IN THREE weeks at the 
Lambeth conference, the 
only food I was offered was 
an orange, and half a cr¬ 
oissant by a woman bishop 
who took pity on me. She 
had eaten die offer hall 

When I turned up. hun¬ 
gry. at the Catholic chap¬ 
laincy at Kent University to 
be invited to sit down 
break bread with 13 bish¬ 
ops, priests and other faith¬ 
ful disciples, I was so grate¬ 
ful id be welcomed warmly 
that I burst into tears. 

Portunatdy, the Bishop of 
Sodar and Man, the Bight 
Rev Nofl Jones, was at 
band to console. 

- We were .there to cele¬ 
brate the Feast of the Trans¬ 
figuration, the earthly ap¬ 
pearance in glory of Jesus 
an the top of Mount Tabor. 
Forward in Faith, the um¬ 
brella group which helps 
care for 250. parishes and 
more in the Church of Eng¬ 
land which remain opposed 
to the ordination of women 
priests, had taken over the 
university's Catholic chap¬ 
laincy for the conference 
and held its own eucharist 
every hmchtime. 

At the Lambeth confer¬ 
ence ten years ago. these 
people had represented the 
traditionalist mainstream, 
in the Church of England at 
least W omen priests had 
been holding their services 
on the fringes. Now tins situ¬ 
ation was reversed and the 
traditionalists were on the 
margins, based in the chap¬ 
laincy just offside the cam¬ 
pus perimeter. But it was. 
the ministry of these people 
alone that persuaded me. at 
least, to remain an Anglican 
after enduring Lambeth. 

The service, in the tiny 
oratory, was opened with a 
prayer by Bishop Jones that •' 
we should find feUowship 
there. He invited us to re¬ 
member our sins in the 
knowledge that true fellow- , 
ship was to be found in the 


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forgiveness of God. In Ms 
sermon. Bishop Jones spoke 
of the bombing of Hiroshi¬ 
ma, which occurred on this 
feast day in 1945, and which 
he visited recently. “When 
we got there it was beauti¬ 
ful. with wonderful, open 
paths,” he aid. “But when 
we went into the museum 
we saw the horrendous dev¬ 
astation of that bomb.” 

Afterwards, he was 
struck by how beautifully 
Hiroshima had been re¬ 
built. “It was a lesson of 
how good can come from 
evfi.” he said. He drew an 
analogy between this and 
the cloud descending an 
Mount Tabor, followed by 

1 He^^^A^ny duffed 
we are under a ctoud in the 
Church, in the tragedies 
that happen. But we must 
believe that out of that shad¬ 
ow, as at Hiroshima, can 
come good.” ’ 

• Forward in Faith, 

Faith House, Tufton Street. 
London SWI {D17I-976 0727) 



A warm wdconre Ri^ Rey^Noa Jones 


The place 
to dance 

the mitre 
away 


W hen the Bishop of 
Norwich turned 
upatamghtdub, 
in his episcopal 
regalia of purple cassock, and 
dog collar, he could nos have 
been more astounded. 

The Right Rev Nott a taD, 
dignified deter statesma n of 
the church who is not for off 
retirement, found himself sur¬ 
rounded by teenagers and 
young adults, all eager to talk 
to him. He even had a boogie 
on the floor and was. by all ac¬ 
counts, a pretty fair mover. 

But it did not escape the bish¬ 
ops notice that while the Nor¬ 
wich nightclub. Iknn . is 
packed with a thousand young¬ 
sters each of the three nights it 
opens, these same youngsters 
are rarely tempted into his 
church. Norwich cathedral, 
sited directly opposite. 

The young people were hap¬ 
py and eager to talk and dance 
with him when he appeared in 
their midst, but are distinctly 
unwilling to cross the road 
and seek Mm out for a chat 
Bishop Nott is possibly not 
the oifiy Anglican bishop to 
have visited a nightclub, but 
he is the first who has come 
dean about having done so. 
He says he raved at Ikon until 
4am; “It was incredibly noisy 
and incredibly hot 1 was not 
in disguise or anything, I went 
in a purple shirt They were 
very accepting of this peculiar 
oldie and a lot came and 
talked to me. but I had to 
shout to make myself heard.” 

The Lambeth conference, 
the meeting of Anglican bish¬ 
ops al Canterbury, which 



The Bishop of 
Norwich has 
started popping 
into nightclubs 
looking for 


young recruits Youth for Christ counsellors have been mingling with the 1,000 young people who go to the ikon nightclub in Norwich 


ROBHOUWglH 



Christian counsellors Tracey Hyslop and Charlotte Naylor 


takes place every ten years, 
has just voted to persuade bish¬ 
ops to make efforts to go out 
and meet young people. Dis¬ 
cos and nightclubs are particu¬ 
lar targets for recruitment. 

After aJL Jesus himself did 
not bufld a bold stone budding 


or invent a stupefyingly dull 
liturgy and st there in cope 
and mitre, waiting for the 
locals in Nazareth to flock m. 

He walked the streets of 
Jerusalem, through deserts 
and up mountains, accumulat¬ 
ing followers as he went. Yet 


the secular world is adapting 
almost faster than the church 
to die spiritual yearnings of 
youngsters in the 1990s. 

Peter McKay, manager of 
the dub. has recently changed 
its name from Ritzy to the 
more spiritually resonant 
Ikon. Although he confesses to 
being a believing Christian, he 
does not go to church. 

Instead, he has invited the 
church to come to him by 
allowing the missionary organ¬ 
isation. Youth for Christ, to 
have a regular booth where 
Christian counsellors chat to 
youngsters who need help. 

According to one adviser. 
Tracey Hyslop. this can in¬ 
clude taking youngsters to hos¬ 
pital if they have drunk too 
much, taking them home if 
they find themselves without a 
lift at the end of the evening 
and even helping to avert sui¬ 
cide attempts. 

The Youth for Christ team is 
at the dub on Monday. 
Wednesday and Saturday 
nights—every night it is open. 
“They provide a service.” says 
Mr McKay, 43. “And I don't 
mean a religious service, if my 


customers have a problem, or 
even if they just want a chat, 
there is someone there for 
them.” 

Mr McKay was sceptical at 
first but was quickly won 
round when he realised the 
Youth for Christ team were 
not tliere to preach or prosely¬ 
tise. He says: ‘Youth for 
Christ is trying to put faith 
into action. They are out in the 
community, trying to get to 
places where young people go 
rather than sitting in church 
and waiting for youngsters to 
come to them.” 

S unday is his day off. 
“By the time I get out 
of bed, most people 
have gone home from 
church,” he says. “The church 
is not yet really in step with the 
modern world." 

John Reanev. youth officer 
with the Norwich diocese, 
agrees: “Our culture is more 
geared to nightdubs than to 
church. Young people like 
fast-moving, attractive-look¬ 
ing things. The church does 
look less attractive to them 
than a nighldub. We have got 


to recognise that young people 
will experience in a nightclub 
something they will not get in 
a church. 

“But they will also discover 
things in church that are no; 
in nightclubs. Already, we are- 
seeing some youngsters com¬ 
ing in looking for quiet and 
silence. You Si music ha* 
calmed down and is not as 
loud and thrashing as it was. 
It is certainly true that we 
should be going to where 
young people want to be." 

Norwich teenager Holly An¬ 
drews was surprised to dis¬ 
cover how well the Youth for 
Christ counsellors mingled 
with the crowds. “It was not 
like they stood out at all be¬ 
cause they were Christians." 
she says. Although she is al¬ 
ready a regular churchgoer, 
many of her friends were nut 
and were at first surprised to 
encounter Youth for Christ at 
the club. But, she says, every¬ 
one soon got used to the idea. 
“It is a really good way for the 
church to make contact with 
teenagers.” 

Ruth Gledhill 


M y enliy into this world was 
ecumenicaL Although of 
Anglican parentage. I was 
delivered by a Methodist doctor in a 
Raman Catholic nursing home. It 
probably explains my occasional 
trysts with these denominations. Ca¬ 
tholicism evokes boyhood memories 
of kindness from devoted neighbours 
— and the local priest's frequent ef¬ 
forts to persuade me to convert He 
would have been -delighted to have 
seen me some years ago at Lourdes. 
It was an experience not to be forgot¬ 
ten; the joyous worship; the serenity 
on the fares' of the side brought on 
their beds to be blessed; the candlelit 
processions. 

One afternoon. 1 was sitting on the 
grass watching a scout who was 
wheeling a sick man on a stretcher. 
As they neared me, the man became 
distressed and tried to raise himself. 
The scout stopped and, taking Mm 
gently in Ms arms, hugged him. Not 
a word was spoken and in a moment 
they were gone. The scout has prob¬ 
ably long since forgotten, but forme 
it was one of those moments when. 


Joining hands across the 
boundaries of Christianity 


through silent touch and un¬ 
spoken tenderness, the love of 
God for His broken and 
bruised is made known. . 

To Methodism, I owe much 
of ray energy and enthusiasm 
for the Gospel — chiefly 
through the hymns of Charles 
Wesley. They are wonderful po¬ 
etic capsules of theology — in¬ 
tellectually disciplined, always 
anchored to Christian doctrine and aF 
ways leading the believer away from 
setf to the communion of saints and 
eternal life. These trysts with Cath¬ 
olicism and Methodism have proved 
to be formative in my spiritual jour¬ 
ney. Pastoral sensitivity was not, if I 
am honest, the insight 1 had expected 



NIGEL 

McCULLOCH 



to gain from the former, though it 
was no surprise, as 1 look back, to be 
fired with a zest for mission from the 
latter. But it is from Anglicanism that 
I have learnt the art of interweaving 
the pastoral and the evangelistic. The 
Anglican Church seeks to draw to¬ 
gether the picture of the shepherd 


and the image of the fisher¬ 
men. The shepherding and fish¬ 
ing go together (which is why 
evangelism, if separated from 
pastoral care, can become man¬ 
ipulative). Thus, in serving 
wherever possible every com¬ 
munity in the land, the Church 
of England values and encour¬ 
ages small congregations — 
faithfully exercising a crucial 
ministjy in areas where every other 
agency for transformation and renew¬ 
al has vanished — just as much as vib¬ 
rant churches proclaiming the Gos¬ 
pel to large congregations. 

Anglicanism has no creeds of its 
own. other than the Mstoric creeds of 
the church universal; but its liturgy 


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S45 Organ recital: Philip Davey: 630 ES. 
Rev D Fenton. 

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NL Ireland in FJesu the veiy thought of thee 
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YORK MINSTER: 8, 8.45 HG 10 S Euch, 
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teray; 1130 M, Britten in G 4 E, Noble in B 
minor, Canon LStanbridge. 

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in G A: My soul (here is a country (Parry); 
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ST DAVIDS CATHEDRAL Pembroke¬ 
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RIPON CATHEDRAL & 930 Each. Ave 
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CanoaM Barton. 

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M. Resprarses (Byrd); 1030 S Euch, Canon 
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Eudt, Jackfon in G, Rev WaistHi; 1130 M; 
3 Ch E. Cdkgnun regale (Howells), Ye 
dioia of New Jerusalem (Shephard). 
SHEFFIELD CATHEDRAL 8 HG 10 MR 
1030S Each, Canon C Smith; 630 EP, Ven- 
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Rev K Addand; U Ch Eodi, Mozart in G A: 
Go forth into the world in peace (Ruhei):3 E. 
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Baft. Sumsfon in F. Canon M HshenfrE. 

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?me forth (Middklon), Rev J Halliburton; 
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r GILES’ CATHEDRAL Edinburgh: 8.10 
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1130 MS. Sing joyfully (Byrd); 6 St GDes ar 
Six 8 ES, Rev I K Stiven. 

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ST PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL DubOiv 
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RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL 
SW7:1030 Divine Liturgy. Kievan and tradi- 
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Missa Asrumpta cst Maria (Palestrina): 5.15 
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ALL SOULS, Wh 930.1L30 MP, Rev Dr J 
Stoll; 630 EP. Prebendary R Bewes. 

THE ASSUMPTION, Wl: 11 Missa as- 
annptaest Maria (Palestrina), 

CHQ5EA OLD CH URCH. SW3:8 HC 11 
M, Rt Rev D Bond; 1215 HG 6 E. 

CROWN COURT CHURCH OF SCOT 
LAND. WC211.15:630Rev Dr O B Sparks. 
FARM STREET. Wt 8, 930 LM: 11 HM; 
IZ30 LM: 4.15 Mass 6.15 LM. 

HOLY TRINITY. SJoanc Street 8.45 Eurfu 
U Sol Euch, Bishop M Marshall 
HOLY TRINITY BROMPTON. SW7: 9 
HG Rev S Downham: 11 MSu 5,730 infor¬ 
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ARMENIAN APOSTO LIC CH URCH W& 
II Assumption of the Holy Mother of God. 
Archbishop Y Guuun. 

THE ORATORY. SW?. 7.8.9,10, II Missa 
assumpta est Maria (Palestrina); 1230 
Mass; 330 V & B, Salve regina (Berkdejt- 
430.7 Mass. ^ 

ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA. SW3: II 
M, O praise the Lead (Batten), Responses 
[AylewarcD, Rev T Hiney. 

WESLEVS CHAPEL ECZ: 9.45 HG Ms A 
Mdrmes; 11 MS, Rev Dr L Griffiths. 
WESTMINSTER CENTRAL HALL {Meth¬ 
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ST ANNE AND ST AGNES (Lutheran). 
Gresham St. EC2 II Ch Euch. 

ST BARTHOLD MEW THE GREAT, ECL 
9HC11M.A: Improperium (Lassus), Mr H 
Puts; 630 E, Pamdt in G minor. 

ST BRIDE’S, EC4: II Ch Euch, Sumsion in 
D. Ego flos campi (demois). Canon J Oates: 
630 Ch E. Parsons first service. Pater pec- 
cavi (danens). 

ST CLEMENT DANES, WC2: II Ch Euch. 
Schubert in G. Ave Maria (Parsons). Rev D 
Mackenzie. 

ST COLU MBA’S CHURCH OF SCOT¬ 
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Rev J H Mdndoe. 

ST ETHELDREDA’S. EG: I! S Mass, Mis¬ 
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Euch. Missa brevis (Casriobni). 

ST JAMES’S CHURCH. W2:1030 S Euch. 
Ave Maria (Parsm^, Rev D Lawson: 6 EP. 
ST JAMES’S CHURCH. Wl: 9.15 HC: 11 S 
Euch, Rev M Robins; 5 l45 EP. 

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630 EP. Rev D Gritten. 

ST LUKE’S, SW3c 1030 S Euch. A- O quam 
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ST MARY ABBOTS CHURCH. W&8HG 
930 Euck 11.15 Ch M; 1230 HC 630 E. 

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ST PAUL'S. SWI: 8,9 HQ 11 Sol Euch, Rev 
N Dawson. 

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David Bowker took full advantage of the belated heatwave to perform this week's challenj 

T) i*jf ^ read this article. 1 , • 

fesjpp The simple bare necessities 


;e: to go without clothes 


hath, in which case yoaH have, ruined 
my opening sentence. I spent last week 
naked. Not naked apart from socks or a 
fireman's helmet, J mean so bare that 
Boots refused, to develop the photo¬ 
graphs. 

Not content with being naked, 1 en¬ 
deavoured to be naked and unashamed. 
For an Englishman this -was no easy 
task. From birth, Englishmen are taught 
that they. look silly in their underpants 
and even sillier with them off. To rid my¬ 
self of this irksome complex, 1 spent most 
of Saturday in front of the mirror, strik¬ 
ing heroic poses. I quickly reached the 
conclusion that I looked stupid from 
every angle. Particularly upside down. ■ 

1 shared my misgiving with my wife, 
who said that I should have no scruples 
about bearing all. “Dani you think 1 look 
daft?? I asked her. “No,” she reassured 
me. “You look like Michelangelo’S statue 
of David." 

I was pleased by this. Then I remem¬ 
bered that David had no scruples either. 


Or. at least, none worth mentioning. By 
Wednesday. I no longer associated 
“nude” with “rude" and only remem¬ 
bered my lack of clothes when I tried to 
put somethingin my pocket It was partic¬ 
ularly difficult to accept that I could be 
arrested for appearing in my natural 
state. I drove to Tesco naked. To avoid 
frightening the other shoppers. I waited 
in the car while rpy wife bought the gro¬ 
ceries. Yet if the police had found me, I 
might still have been charged with inde¬ 
cency. Or could it have beat argued chat 
I was wearing a car? 

Chi Tuesday the sun started shining. 
British summer had officially begun and 
wasn’t due to end until Friday evening. I 
went into the back garden and rfancpri na¬ 
ked to a .Disney tape with my two-year- 
old son. Feeling the heat of the sun on my 
body was a luxurious experience, 
although 1 did wish that certain parts of 


me weren't so mo¬ 
bile. But. as I men¬ 
tioned last week, the 
only thing that stops 
me enjoying life is 
other people ruining 
it for me. After about 
five minutes we had 
a complaint from 
some neighbours. 

The complainers 
were the Fhilbys. a re¬ 
tired couple whose 
land backs on to 
ours. Our gardens are separated by a 
tall, thick hedge. Previously, they have 
complained about the smell of our barbe¬ 
cues and the noise our son makes when 
he's playing in his.sandpit so it was no 
surprise that they objected to naked 
dancing. Mr Philby. pressing his face to 
the hedge, said: “If you don't stop what 


SEVEN LONG DAYS 



you're doing. I'll call 
the police." I said: 
“Stop what?” “You 
. know full well what 1 
mean” I said:"No 1 
don’t. Do you want 
me to aim the music 
down?' “No," said 
Mr Philby. "I want 
you to show some 
respect for other peo¬ 
ple's feelings." 

Eventually I made 
him admit that he'd 
seen us “cavorting". 1 reminded him that 
he had witnessed our cavorting because 
he had been spying on us. Getting angry . 
Mr Philby said: “My wife's just had a 
nervous breakdown and you're about to 
give her another one.” I said: “Well, tell 
her to stop peeping through the hedge.” 

Finally, not wishing to cause a feud for 


the sake of a newspaper article. 1 went 
inside. But the next day, we rravelled to a 
quiet lake with another family and had a 
glorious picnic in the nude. The children 
and their mothers splashed in the shal¬ 
lows. happy and innocent. Their fathers, 
typically, were not so innocent. Rob. the 
other dad, suggested that we could live in 
the wilds forever and start our own tribe. 
"We could share everything," he en¬ 
thused. “including (Kir wives." In keep¬ 
ing with tribal tradition. I pointed out 
that his wife was ugly and if he touched 
mine. I'd club him to death. 

Thai night, there was a splendid full 
moon. As a finale to my most enjoyable 
challenge so far. 1 stayed awake until the 
early loirs and went for a nude cyde 
ride around the village. 1 had no lights on 
my bike. But 1 didn’t need them. The 
cheeks of my bottom made a first-rate 
pair of reflectors. 


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Ballroom dancing. At the Burton 
Manor College, South WirraL 
Cheshire (0151-336 5172). Price £98. 
Rock dubbing for women.-At the 
Castle Head Field Centre, Grange- 
over-Sands, .. Cumbria -(015385 
34300). Price £120 residential, £96 
non-residential. 

Pony trekking in the Black Moun¬ 
tains; Four-wheel off-road, driving 
at Hqy oo Wye; An Elgar weekend 
in Malvern; Outdoor activities. 
Archery, abseiling, botany, sailing, 
white-water rafting, walking told 
climbing. All with Acorn Activities 
of Hereford (01432 830083). Prices 
from E22per day. 

Writing your life story; Chinese 
brush painting. At Kruiston Hall 
Residential College, Irchester, 
Wellingborough, Northants (01933 
312104). Price per course £92. 

Tarot reading. At the Mountain 
Hall Centre, Queensbnry; West 
Yorkshire (01274 81625S). .Course 
price £60. Accommodation from 
£25 per night, half board. 

An introduction to water plants. At 
the Scottish Field Studies Kin- 
drogan FfelcF Centre, Blairgowrie. 
Perthshire (01250 881286).. Price 
£136 inclusive. ■ ' 

Drawing and painting. At the Uni¬ 
versity of Cambridge, Madmgley 
Hall (01954 210636). 080 inclusive. 
Improve your watercolours 
Walking die Constable Comttiy. 
At the Flatfbrd Mill Field Study 
Centre. East Bergholt, Colchester, 


Essex (01206 298283). Price per 
course £140 residential. £110 nan- 
residential. 

The Island of Steephobn; The Am¬ 
ish people and their quills. At the 
Urchfont Manor College; Devizes, 
Wilts (01380 840495). Price per 
course £101 inclusive. 

Weekend pony trekking in the 
Black Mountains of Gwent With 
Grange Trekking, of Capeky-Ffyn, 
Abergavenny (01873 890215). Suita¬ 
ble for beginners and experienced 
riders. Age from five-plus. Week- 
old price £120 inclusive. 




Explore the Bonier Abbeys by 
bike. From the Dry burgh Abbey 
Hotel, St Boswells near Kelso 
(01835 822261): Weekend breaks 
from £159. Qycle hire available. 
Wildlife sound recording; Basic 
botany far gardeners. At the Pres¬ 
ton Mount Field Centre, Shrews¬ 
bury. Salop (01743 850380). Price 
for wildlife recording £105 residen¬ 
tial. £75 non-residential. Garden¬ 
ers’ botany (three days) from £135 
residential. £100 non-resideiitial- 
Early Christian art and . architec¬ 
ture; Playing Bach on the organ; 
Advanced botanical illustration. At 
the University of Cambridge. Mad- 
ingley Hall (01954 210636).-Price 
£120 per course. 

Long-weekend sailing courses on 
cabin-cruising yachts. With the 
Norfolk Bioads School of Salting. 
Wrexham. Norfolk (01603 783096). 




Learn about Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his designs on a weekend course in September 


Price per head £200 (minimum 
two people) for four days. 
Calligraphy; Painting, including 
Impressionism. At the Knuston 
Hall Residential College, irchester. 
Wellingborough. Northants (01933 
312104). Price per course £92. 
Diving the Skomermarine reserve 
and die Pembrokeshire Islands. 
Fran the Held Studies Council Cen¬ 
tre, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire 
(01646 636205). Price £205 residen¬ 
tial, £160 non-residentiaL 
Weekend windsurfing or sailing. 
At the Rockley Point Sailing 


Centre, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset 
(01202 677272). Price £125 for two 
days’ sailing and one night* full- 
board accommodation. 

“Hahy Hog" backpacking week¬ 
ends in Wales. Exploring the Snow¬ 
donia National Park, with local 
guides; horse riding, mountain hik¬ 
ing or hiking options available. 
Price £99. including guides and bed 
and breakfast accommodation. 
Full details from Cardiff Backpack¬ 
ers (01222 666900), 

How to sell what you write. A long 
weekend for freelance writers with 


Hugh Graham, at the Eamley Con¬ 
course. Chichester, West Sussex 
(01243 670392). Price residential 
E218, non-resictential £144. 

Rural rambles, discovering green 
lanes and coastal paths in and 
around Slapton Ley. From the 
Slapton Ley Field Centre, Slapton. 
Kingsbridge, Devon (01584 
580466). Price (four days) residen¬ 
tial £160, nonresidential £120. 
Active bank holiday weekends. 
With Acorn Activities of Hereford 
(01432 830083). Gorge adventures, 
abseiling, white-water rafting. 


laser clay^pigeon shooting in Snow¬ 
donia £200: activity weekend for 
angles, climbing and kayaking on 
the Welsh Border, three nights with 
full-board accommodation £260: 
walking weekend in Builth. Wales. 
£180; Sailing or windsurfing bank 
holiday weekend £240. 

Dormice: In search of Brother Cad- 
feel's landscape; Water and wet¬ 
lands; Sketching and painting tech¬ 
niques for landscape. At the Pres¬ 
ton Monrfbrd Field Study Centre. 
Shrewsbury. Salop (01743 850380). 
Price per course residential £105, 
non-residential £75. 

Essentia] electric guitar An intro¬ 
duction to chamber music The 
malt whiskies of Scotland. At the 
Knuston Hall Residential College. 
Irchester, Wellingborough. North- 
ants (01933 312104). Price per course 
from £92. 

English medieval churches. At 
Ludlow, with the University of Bir¬ 
mingham 0)121-414 5605). Price 
£129 inclusive. 

Family weekend activities. At Fox- 
halls Country Club, Ottershaw, 
Sumy (01932 872050). Tennis les¬ 
sons. golf, swimming, gym. Price 
£150 with B&B included 
Railway heritage Charles Rennie 
Mackintosh, the ambivalent Mod¬ 
ernist; Autumn buds; East Anglia 
in the Second Gvil War. At the 
University of Cambridge. Mading- 
ley Hall (01954 210636). Price per 


course £120 inclusive of accommo¬ 
dation and tuition. 

Malting teddy Bears: Gassic 
English movies. At the Urchfont 
Manor College. Devizes. Wilts 
(01380 840495). Price from £99 to 
£104. 

Portrait painting and drawing; 
Decorative chainmaking and link¬ 
ing systems. At West Dean College. 
Chichester. West Sussex (01243 
811301). Price per course £150. 
Paragliding; Pottery; Pony trek¬ 
king. Along the Welsh Marches 
with Acorn Activities of Hereford 
(01432830083). From £140. 
Drawing for the terrified (part 2k 
Hardanger embroidery. At the 
Alston Hall Residential College. 
Long ridge, Preston. Lancs (01772 
784661). Price per course £100 resi¬ 
dential. £75 non-residential. 

Aspects of Georgian art and 
design. At Belstead House Educa¬ 
tion and Conference Centre. Ips¬ 
wich, Suffolk (01473 686321). Price 
£98 residential, £78 non-residential. 
Botanical painting. At the Burton 
Manor College, Cheshire (0151-336 
5172). Price £98 inclusive. 

Cycling and walking breaks in 
Bath. Cyde hire, route and tour 
packs, historical information in¬ 
cluded. Weekend rates from E148 in¬ 
clusive. from Compass Holidays of 
Cheltenham (01242250642). 
Canoeing in the Lake District. 
From the Castle Head Field Centre. 
Grange-over-Sands. Cumbria 
(015395 34300). Price from £96. 

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Touring 
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Novel experience on enchanted isle 




Brian MacArflmr takes a tour of 
Cephalonia, setting for one of the 
decade’s most touching stories 





W hen Louis de 
Bernices' for¬ 

mer .girlfriend 
rebelled at yet 
another summer holiday in 
France in 1992, they went 
instead to the largest of the 
Ionian islands, Cephalonia — 
and thereby set in train the big¬ 
gest success story of British 
publishing in the 1990s. 

Cephalonia was a good 
swap. Anybody who tours the 
island, " where the ships of 
Odysseus were built, will soon 
be seduced by its bewitching 
charm — its small,. golden 
beaches; the deep blue sea, the 
deep green pine forests ding¬ 
ing to spectacular mountains: 

De Bemifcres was not only 
bewitched. His curiosity was 
also aroused by the most dra¬ 
matic event in the island's^ 
cent history. Still, 45 years lat¬ 
er. the topic most frequently 
raised in any conversation 
with Cephalonians is the great 
earthquake of 1953 that devas¬ 
tated most of the island and 
flattened the capital Argostoli. 
On a journey to • • 

Uxouri from Ar- 
gostoli on his 
motorbike, he 
saw the dram¬ 
atic effect of the 
earthquake 
when he 
stopped at 
Farsa and 
walked around 
the ruins of the 
deserted village 
on the hill 
above the road. 

It was here 
that the idea for 
his fourth novel 


4 Where once 
the guns 
sounded, 
there is now 
a sense of 
tranquillity 5 


more, important than war; 
Carlo, the lieutenant who 
faces the German bullets to 
save Corelli's life; and the 
indomitable Drosoula, who 
becomes ‘ Pelagia’s surrogate 
mother (and who is the main 
subject of the next novel). It 
readies a horrific dimax in the 
barbaric massacre of Italian 
soldiers by the Germans after 
their surrender in 1943. 
although the story continues 
into the present day. 

De Bemifcres describes his 
novel in tire Bookmark film as 
a story about what happens to 
ordinary people when megalo¬ 
maniacs get busy. It is also, as 
Sir Richard Eyre, the former 
artistic director of the Nat¬ 
ional Theatre, argues, a novel 
about the redeeming power of 
love: the good people even¬ 
tually find happiness and the 
bad are punished. 

Another result of Captain 
Corelli is that the island is peo¬ 
pled by ghosts and ghostly 
memories. The megalomani¬ 
acs departed long ago. but sit 

;_ in any of the 

cafes around 
Argostoli's Met- 
axa Square, and 
it is hard not to 
recall that it was 
here that the Ital¬ 
ians and then 
the Nazis strut¬ 
ted in 1943. The 
ghosts of Iannis 
and . - Pelagia 
stalk the hilltop 
vDlages where 
Britons and Ger¬ 
mans now make 
their horns 
alongside Cepha- 


was conceived. That novel waslonians, Was this the model 
Captain Corelli's Mandolin far Drosoula’s Tavern, we 



— arid the rest is publishing 
history. Now in its fifth year af ■ 
publication. Captain Corelli 
is this week Number s in TTie 
Times Bestseller List 
It has been a remarkable tri¬ 
umph for a novel which went 
unnoticed by the judges of the 
Booker Prize but which has. 
flourished by the most power- 


wonder, .as we sip a cafe frap- 
p£ in one of the cafes around 
Fiskardo harbour? We know 
that Corelli bade farewell to Pe¬ 
lagia on a bead) on Cape Lia- 
ka beyond the village of Spar- 
tia as he escaped to Italy.' 

. The good news is dial Ceph¬ 
alonia has not exploited the 
noveL There is no coach tour 



Louis de Bemferes’ epic, bestselling novel describes the delights of Cephalonia more graphically and eloquently than any guidebook ever could 


CEPHALONIA 

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■ Brian MacArthur 
travelled with Greek 
islands Club. 


■ Getting there: Greek 
Islands Chib (0181-232 
9780) has a fortnight’s 
self-catering in Avhhos 
in Cephalonia from £575 
per person departing on 
September 27. based on 
four sharing. Car hire, 
flights from Gatwick. 
transfers and a welcome 
pack of food induded. 


■ Eating out: A meal 
for two with wine at a 
restaurant is about £20. 


■ Reading: Captain 
Corellis Mandolin by 
Louis de Bemifres 
(Minerva, £6.99): The 
Greek Islands (Rough 
Guide. £10.99): 
Baedeker's Greek 
Islands (AA. £7.99): 
Essential Greek Islands 
(AA. £14.99): and for 
those interested in 
birdlife. The Birds of 
Greece, by George 
Handrinos and 
T Akriotis (A&C Black, 
£25). 


■ Further information: 
National Tourist Office 
of Greece (0171-734 5997). 


fol of all marketing weapons, . offering the Captain Corelli Ex¬ 
word of mouth, which has perience. Search for a Corelli 




helped to sell more than 
600,000 copies. There have 
been 32 reprints, it has been 
translated into 17 languages 
(including Greek), and it is 
now the subject of an hour- 
long Bookmark on BBC2 next 
.Saturday. 

The happy result for Ceph¬ 
alonia is that many holidays 
makers are going to the island 
because they have been so 
enchanted by Captain Corel¬ 
lis Mandolin. 

It is a magnificent novel 
which moves the reader to 
tears as well as laughter, peo¬ 
pled by memorable characters 
— particularly Iannis, the wid- 


Cafe, Felagials Pantry or Dro- 
soula Tavern, or even a copy of 
the book if you didn’t get one 
at Gatwick, and you will 
search in vain. 

' Nor, after the earthquake, 
does the island of 1943 any 
longer exist. The architecture 
is no longer Venetian; Vespas 
are used instead of donkeys 
and as they stroll round Fiskar¬ 
do, the Italians and Greeks 
are talking into mobile 
phones. Cephalonia has re¬ 
built itself , and moved on. 
though the living is hard and 
too many of the young depart 
for the bright lights of Athens.. 
‘ There is no indigenous In- 


says. “Our men go abroad and 
return here to die and so we 
are an island of children, spin¬ 
sters, priests arid the very old." 
So the main industry of the is¬ 
land is tourism, and the only 
invasion now is of Italian, Brit¬ 
ish and German tourists. 


owed Greek doctor: his daugh- diistry that keeps families to- 
ter Pelagia: Captain Corelli gether, there is not enough ara- 
h unself, the Italian com-. He land, there is an insufffden- 
mander for whom music is cy of fish in the ocean." Iannis 


A nother reason to 
read Captain Corelli 
is that de Bemifires 
describes Cepha¬ 
lonia in prose so luminous 
that it is beyond the reach of 
any guidebook. He captures 
perfectly, for example, the 
qualify of the tight as 
described by Iannis: "The 
dark green of the pines is 
unfathomably and retreat- 
ingly deep, the ocean viewed 
from the top of a cliff is plat¬ 
onic in its presentation of 
azure and turquoise, emerald, 
viridian and lapis lazu¬ 
li. . .Even the seawater of Ce¬ 
phalonia is easier to see 
through than the air of any oth- 


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er place, a man may float in 
the water watching the distant 
sea bed and dearly see lugubri¬ 
ous rays that for some reason 
are always accompanied by di¬ 
minutive flatfish." 

It really is like that — and it 
really was like tins as the Ger¬ 
mans destroyed the evidence 
of their massacre by convert¬ 
ing flesh to smoke: They ran 
truckload after truckload of 
fuel. Soldiers hacked down 
olives a thousand years old 
and stacked them about heaps 
of lolling corpses so high that 
it became impossible to stack 
them higher. 

Some of the horror of that 
massacre, when up to 20,000 
Italians were slaughtered, can 
still be recaptured at the sim¬ 
ple. well-tended Italian war 
memorial a short drive, from 
Argostoli, where a large white 
cross is surrounded by 
plaques in Greek and Italian 
testifying to the battles of Sep¬ 
tember 15 to September 2b 
1943. Italy still remembers, it 
proclaims. 

The memorial attracts few 
visitors, and our taxi driver 
had to ask the way. Yet it has 
the same effect as the cemeter¬ 
ies to the fallen in France. 
Where once the guns sounded, 
there is now a sense of tran¬ 
quillity on this quiet deserted 
hillside, as well as the valleys 
below where the Italians were 
buried or burned. 

Yet, as Carlo says, Cephalo¬ 
nia is an island where it is 
physically impossible to be 
morose and where vicious 
emotions cannot exist. 



Cafe Tsdenti in Fiskardo is a favourite haunt of the author, de Benuftres, right 




I9Za Argostoli was invaded daring the war, then devastated by an earthquake 


emeries do, how¬ 
ever. live on. On 
deBemteres’ rec¬ 
ommendation, I 
went to the Cafe Tsdenti in 
Fiskardo and sought out the 
owner, Minas, who shares de 
Bemferes’ love of the guitar. 
Minas had an eerie experience 
only last summer, when an eld¬ 
erly Italian arrived at the cafe 
and asked to be shown the up¬ 
stairs rooms. 

Asked why. he explained 
that he had been Mussolini’s 
commander in Fiskardo dur¬ 
ing die war. 

There now hangs on the 
wall at the back of the cafe a 
photograph of Fiskardo in 
1941 with an Italian gunboat 
in the harbour where the Sun- 
sail flotillas now dock, before 
heading for the harbourside 
Captain’s Cabin. 

At last, I thought somebody 
had exploited Corelli — but 
this captain was named for the 
flotilla sailors, not an Italian 
who played the mandolin. 

• Captain Corelli Strikes A 
Chord. BBC2,8.10pm. August 22 



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ism. like oil and 
water. generally 
don't mix. During 
the 11 months since a series of 
tremors shook the tranquillity 
of the Umbrian countryside,/ 
the number of visirors to tfus* 
breathtaking landscape has 
slumped by a quarter, to just 
over three million. 

Umbrian tourism officials 
believe that potential visitors 
have been put off Umbria by. 
TV pictures beamed round the 
world of the upper church of 
the Basilica of St Fronds and 
its frescoes lying in rubble. 
What many people do not real¬ 
ise is that the lower church, 
containing some of the best Gi¬ 
ottos. survived and is open to 
the public. The region bulges 
with fantastic architecture and 
churches unaffected by the 
quakes which started last Sep¬ 
tember. The Blairs, who have 
been holidaying in rival Tus¬ 
cany this month, don’t know 
what they have been missing 
in Umbria. 

My wife Niooi — who as an 
Italian expen on Renaissance 
an and architecture is the 
region's number one fan — 
booked one of Umbria* many 
converted farmhouses. Ours, 
called Ariete, was in the vil¬ 
lage of Migiiano. near Mar- 
sdana norm of Todi. 

A miserable wreck a few 
years ago. Ariete has since 
been refurbished by its Eng¬ 
lish owner. The large farm¬ 
house has been split into four 
units. Ours was simple with 
dark wooden rustic furniture 
and white-washed walls, all 
mod cons, an outdoor swim¬ 
ming pool, and a sheltered ex¬ 
ternal dining area. 

From here it was possible to 
drive comfortably to any pan 
of the region in a day, al¬ 
though it would take months, 
even years, to explore every¬ 
thing Umbria has to offer. 
Each morning we drove off 
early and did some sightsee¬ 
ing before the sun became too 
intense at lunchtime. We 
would find a restaurant to shel¬ 
ter in until mid-afternoon, and 
then begin exploring again. 

Few visitors have ever ar¬ 
rived in this landlocked prov¬ 
ince of the Italian peninsula 
without becoming intoxicated 
with its beauty or left without 
having experienced the mysti¬ 
cal quality which has drawn 
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Fragments of a fresco by Giotto depicting San Rufino are assembled by experts outside tbe Basilica of St Foods in Assisi. The sainfs shattered visage is a painful reminder of the huge task ahead 


Long-renowned for the 
number and fame of its saints 
(St Francis and St Benedict are 
merely two among hundreds), 
chroniclers down the ages 
have been convinced that the 
region must have been blessed 
by tbe hand of God. Some¬ 
thing in the landscape must 
have created its great saints, 
meat art. and great cathe¬ 
drals. Hence, the province’s ap- 
pdations. Umbria Sancta, or 
the Galilee of Italy. 

Although overshadowed by 
its more popular neighbour, 
Umbria is in many respects 
the greater treasure, and is 
cheaper. Part of the allure is 
the beauty of an unspoilt coun¬ 
tryside at peace. U has not al¬ 
ways been so. The ancient 
Etruscans, Romans. Byzan¬ 
tines . Goths. Moors, Lom¬ 
bards, Magyars. Franks, and 
Spaniards have laid claim, 
and laid waste, to this land. 

Centuries of rivalry between 
the imperial aspirations of the 
Roman Papacy to the south, 
and the pretensions of the 
Holy Roman Empire to the 
north, have left deep scars and 
generated wonders. Life must 


have been grim for the peas¬ 
antry, caught between the ex¬ 
acting demands of the Church 
cm the one hand, and the ram¬ 
pages of marauding troops on 
the other. Yet this was also the 
period when tbe great city 
stales flourished. 

Successive waves of invad¬ 
ers have left their mark. It is 
impossible to go anywhere in 
Umbria without stumbling 
upon some treasure bridging 
past and present But it is the 
architectural and artistic 
achievements of the late Mid¬ 
dle Ages and early Renais¬ 
sance. scattered around every 
town and village, which contin¬ 
ue to paralyse the visitor with 
astonishment and awe. 


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and churches, mon¬ 
asteries and civic 
squares. Umbria's 
medieval landscape has been 
preserved intact despite the 
earthquakes. Sitting among 
the olive groves as the sun 
sets, casting a faint blue light 
over the surrounding hills, it is 
not hard to see why the region 
was one of the favoured re¬ 
treats of wealthy Roman patri¬ 
cians seeking die idyllic life¬ 
style depicted by Virgil and 
Horace. 

Tbe High Renaissance 
marked the onset of Umbria* 
secular decline- By the 16th 
century, it had lost izs inde¬ 
pendence, and was overshad¬ 
owed by Rome. But Umbrians 
had the foresight and good for¬ 
tune to preserve most of the 
buildings of the period in pris¬ 
tine condition. They are. argua¬ 
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Central Italy. Moreover. Um¬ 
bria* towns are awash with 
the art of the late Middle Ages 
and ear ly Renaissance, and 
much of it remains in the same 
buildings for which it was orig¬ 
inally commissioned. 

You can still visit areas of 
the Basilica of Assisi, despite 


last year* disaster. But Anto¬ 
nio Radioed. the former minis¬ 
ter of culture who now heads 
the committee for the restora¬ 
tion of the Basilica, says it is 
“most unlikely" that the whole 
basilica will be reopened for 
the millennium as originally 
planned. “We have concentrat¬ 
ed resources on shoring up the 
fabric of the building to make 
it safe," he said. 

The lower church, including 
the underground tomb of St 
Francis, has been reopened to 
visitors. But Mr Paolucci says 
the job of piecing back togeth¬ 
er the thousands of fragments 
of frescoes by Giotto and 
Cimabue which crashed from 
the vaulted ceiling of the upper 
church last September has 
only just begun. 

He said restorers had spent 
the past 11 months painstak- 

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ingly saitin&through the frag¬ 
ments. and it was stiU not 
dear how much of the price¬ 
less frescoes could be saved — 


"perhaps between 10 per cent 
and a third," he said. The 


process could take up to ten 
years to complete." 


S t Francis in kitsch 
snowflakes shakers, 
and other manifesta¬ 
tions of crass commer¬ 
cialism on sale around tbe ba¬ 
silica. do grate somewhat. Yet 
it is still possible to let your 
mind wander and imagine 
what it must have been like fm 
pilgrims in the Middle Ages 
who first saw Assisi, its deli¬ 
cate pink and white stone 
buddings, its imposing for¬ 
tress, and its exquisite Basilica 
— it must have been little short 
of a foretaste of paradise. 


Fran the first-century re¬ 
mains of the Raman theatre at 
Gubina which held 16,000 
spectators, to the balcony of 
the Carducri Gardens in Peru¬ 
gia. which offers one of the 
most famous views in Italy 
overlooking the spot where the 
Tiber Valley meets the Yale of 
Umbria, the region never los¬ 
es its power fa mesmerise and 
astound the visitor.. 

Yet some of Umbria* great¬ 
est architectural treasures are 
hidden away in little towns 
which you might be tempted 
to by-pass. Situated on a high 
hill overlooking the Tiber Val¬ 
ley is the tiny city of Todi. 
which appears out of , the 
mists, hinging the hostile rock- 
face amid beautiful country¬ 
side. Todi* Piazza dd Popolo 
contains no less than three 
13th-century avic buildings. 


.end an imposing Duomo, 
while the Santa Maria della 
Gonsolaziane outside the city 
walls is one of the finest Ren¬ 
aissance churches in Umbria. 

Perhaps the most magnifi¬ 
cent of afl the region* duomos 
is the Duomo of Orvieto, be¬ 
gun in the 13lh century. It is re¬ 
garded as one of the greatest of 
all European cathedrals. Noth¬ 
ing can prepare you for that 
first glimpse of its brilliantly 
atoned and ornate facade. 

Ufa impossible to fire of Um¬ 
bria. The only real danger is 
. that having sampled its pleas¬ 
ures, you might be tempted 
never to return home. But if 
you feel like a change of pace 
from tiie peace and serenity of 
- the countryside, the splendour 
and bustle of Rome is a mere 
two-aod-a-half hours’ drive 
away: 


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A romantic Umbrian view near Castigltone dd Lago 


■ Michael Dynes travelled with Tuscany Now 
(0m-272 5469). 

■ Getting (here He flew with Italian 
independent airline AirOne (0171-4347321) from 
Stansied to Milan and drove three hoars to reach 
MigDano in Umbria. Rrmm flights from £91 
Alternatively, yoo can By to Rome (the drive to 
Umbria takes tnoandsHnlf hours). British 
Airways (0345 222111) has reams flights to Rome 
from ClW. departing from Heathrow or Gatwidc. 
Alitalia (0I7I-6Q271I1) charges from EU9 return, 
also from Heathrow or Gruwick. Debonair (0541 
5OG3O0J. from £117 return from Luzon. Go (0845 . 
605 43211. from £100 return from Stansted. You 
can also hire ears through British Airways 
reservations manber free above). They offer a 
Ford fiesta-sized car to pfek up in Rome from 
£196 per weds with Hero. 

■ Where to stay. Michael Dynes stayed at Ariete 
in Migtiana Umbria, offered through Tuscany 


Now. A week* ranges from £850 in August to 
£595 in late September, excluding Bights and car. 
He also stayed at (be Hotel Eden in Rome as a 
goestof Leading Hotds of the World (0800 
18U23). Rooms start at £287 per night 

■ Eating and drinking: Tbe Umbria lestmznwx 

in Todi serves great pasta and meat dishes at low 
prices. '.. 

■ Wh eat to go; spring and axe tbe most 

comfortable months, when temperatures are 
miW. April and May are good for orchids and • 
wBdflowets. Ju(y and August can be hot and dry. 
September is the tone to enjoy tbe grape hartest 

■ Farther infor mati on: Italian State Tourist 
Office (M7I-4081254). 

■ Rea d ing: 'Waffing and Eating in Tuscany 

and Umbria fay James Lasdun and Ha Davis 

(Penguin, £8.9*0. Toscany. Umbria & the 
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t M • t-Twy and. Cherie 
,'JL Blair — maybe even 
"better. The Blairs are this 
‘weekend arriving in St Martin 
dXJydes inthe French depart- 
jrient Of Arfcge, revisiting the 
“chflieau • between Toulouse' 
and the Pyr&ites. where last 
year they enjoyed the hospi¬ 
tably of David Keene, a part- ‘ 
nerin Cheriels law firm: 

. But my wife; L aflan and 1 
"• pr&ehi|)ted. their anival with 
a stay at the neighbouring 
CMteau. de Scrulte.. less than 
ten miles fromihe Blairs’ sec¬ 
ond hob day home. 

Compared with the tourist- 
thronged streets of San Gimig¬ 
nano in "Tuscany, where the 
Blairs have been spending five 
past two weeks. Artege is some- 
filing of rural backwater, one 
of the .mbst thinly popu^tol ; 
areas of Franee and one of the 
^east touristy. 

Even so, it is only a short 
drive to the dty of Toulouse 
and nearby Muret, where the 
Gulefour and Lederc hyper¬ 
markets are among the largest 
MPranbe.'' 

. •'Our chateau at Soules.; 
owned by Douse and Arnold 
Brun, who formerly Kvefl at 
Famham m Surrey, stands 
backfrqm the D^9 ba^qpad 
from Toulouse to Foix up a 
long -treeTirted -avenue rand -. 
behind security gates uv 25 
acres of its own woodland. 





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brownish hillside, like 
parched downland, is. quietly 
. grazed by pretty beige limou- 
sin cattle that are a speciality 
in the region, while above a or- 
ding buzzard keeps aerial ob¬ 
servation. 

■ The byroads are aimost free 
of traffic, and beside the road 
from St Martin to our own 
base at Soutes. we have seen a 
roadside ditch filled with, bul¬ 
rushes, teasels andpurple loos¬ 
estrife^ A charm of goldfinches 
fritters across the road ahead 
of us and-, another buzzard 
sails overhead to take up por¬ 
tion onatelegraph pole.. 

. - Wehave our own buzzards 
at Soulfts, phis a tawny owl in 


■ Robin Young travelled with The Gascony 
Secret (01284 827253). The Chilean de SouKs 
has rooms for two with breakfast from £266 

. .a week or halfboard finrinding dinner and 
wine) for £375 a week; the self-catering 
apartment, costs £500 and sleeps np Jo six. 

■ The Youngs flew with Ryanair (0541 
569569) from Stansted to Carcassonne 
(current fares from £162 phis £15.70 tax), but 

. it is also possible to go via Touloosei which is 
served fay British Airways (0345 222111) at 
□62 from Gaiwidc, or Air France (0181-742 
6600) for £162 from Heathrow. 


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■ Car hire: With daytime temperatures 
sometimes reaching 40C air-conditioning is 
essential in a hire car. We have heard 
reports of at least four motorists who had 
been promised aireonditioned Gcafegory 
cars by Hertz when they booked in advance 
from the UK. only to find no such cars 
available when they arrived. However, 

Hertz says company policy is to guarantee 
that when the type of car for which you've 


prepaid is unavailable, you will be 
upgraded. Hertz (0990 996699) assures us it 
has C-category cans with airconditioning 
which can be picked up in Toulouse for 
□79 a week. 

■ Further information from the French 
Tourist Board on 0891 244123 (premium 
rare). Useful guidebooks include Michael 
Pauls* Southwest France Gascony and the 
Pyrenees (Cadogan. 12.99); the region is also 
covered by a Midieiin Green Guide 
P\r£n&es Languedoc Tam Gorges 
(Mictadin. £8.99). 


. TheKeene-Blair chateau, fry. one afclhe chateau towers, and 
contrast, is a bride-built mini- green wotxlpeckers yaffle exu- 


fortress guarding theentrance 
to die village ithas always pro¬ 
tected. Martin consists of a - 
tight rirde of sane 30 bouses, 
surrounding a fortified- church 
with turreted bell tower.The 
houses form an elliptical stock¬ 
ade, like settlers’ wagons 
drawn up against an Indian at¬ 
tack. AH five fronts face in¬ 
wards. while ai the rear, out¬ 
side file protective circle, wash¬ 
ing lines and little gardens are 


beranfiy from the woods. Bats 
. issue from the cellars at .dusk 
to find hawk moths and other 
flying insects, illuminated by 
the floodlights under the cy¬ 
press and pine trees. 

S outes means the sun in 
Oedtan, the language 
of Languedoc, of which 
Artege forms a part. 
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exposed.. . Temperatures were in the: re- 

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the road from a bar and grill but judicious use of shutters 
and the Royal Samraa disco- -against tire heat kept our 


titeque, among the few addi¬ 
tions that have been raade to 
the tiny village outride its origi¬ 
nal “bastide" formation. 

Inride the rirde on a sunny 
Sunday evening, the lewdest 
noises are the ticking of . the 
church dock, the jpurririg of 
pigeons in the belfry and the 
jolly chatter of housemartins 
skimming in and out of their 
nests. 

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Locals come uninvited to 
share the Bruns’ crop of Ceps 
de. Bordeaux, wild . boletus 
mushrooms that flourish in 
the woods. Beside the drive, 
one tree bears enough mistle- 


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stalls at Christmas. 

The Bruns, who formerly 
dealt in antique docks, ran a 
delicatessen, a smoke house 
and a trout and snail farm, 
now let four apartments in 
their chateau and self-catering 
gite in the dower house be¬ 
hind. 

Denise, who originally 
trained as a florist supplies 
gargantuan, homely dinners 
bn the terrace-at night and 
sumptuous breakfasts in the 
morning. It is a degree of 
sophistication unusual in 
Arfcge, where tourist facilities 
are for the most part still pret¬ 
ty basic. 

In the thick French Cham- 
perard guide to restaurants by 
department the entries for Ar- 
i6ge fill less than two pages, by 
far the most meagre score for 
any department of France. La 
Fbix. the departmental capital, 
our, lunchtime restaurant, 
daixned to be the only three- 
star restaurant in Aridge. but 
was still very ordinary.. 

Fbix, once home to the 
counts who 'were the richest 
and most powerful supporters 
of the early kings of France, is 
dominated by its fripte-tow- 
ered castle, a dramatic silhou¬ 
ette ■ reminiscent of Marcel 
Caine's classic film Les-VEst- 
teurs du Soir. One tower is 
just the sort of fairytale struc¬ 
ture from which one imagines 
Rapunzd let down her hair. 

The town is heavOy r traf¬ 
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bakeries, an electrician cum 
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■gallery and a watchmaker/ 
clock repairer, all with splen¬ 
did metal signs announcing 
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The Blairs are too late for 
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teer villagers re-enact the his¬ 
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rey set in the open air to the 
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riphony. 

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source of the best white beans 
to make the regional speciality 
of cassoulet with pork, duck 
and sausages, was also the 
home town of Gabriel Faur£, 
and celebrates the composer 
with a series of recitals 
through the season. 

The Blairs could also catch a 
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P rince Albert has the 
best view in Tenby. 
He stands on his 
promontory of Castle 
Hill — usually with a seagull 
on his head — facing the 
Welsh town with its ancient 
fortifications and sweeps of 
Georgian and Victorian 
houses. 

To his left are St Catherine's 
Island and the broad sands 
that disappear around the 
cliffs to become South Beach. 
To his right is North Beach — 
smaller, but a Blue Flag 
holder — with its difftop ter¬ 
race of houses and landmark 
Goscar Rode. Straight ahead, 
in a pretty scoop of a harbour, 
whelk boats bob about or lie 
stricken on die mud at the 
whim cf a nine-metre tide. 

This summer, the statue has 
seen some horribly capricious 
weather. My train arrived on 
one of the worst days in the 
worst July yet recorded, but I 
awoke the next morning to 
skies of innocent blue. Outside 
the Hotel Atlantic — part of a 
parade built high on the cliffs 
above South Beach to accom¬ 
modate Victorian tourists — 
the first traffic jam of the day 
was piling up behind a coach 
tour and elderly visitors were 
parking themselves on 
wooden benches with views 
over the green swells of Caldey 
Island and a glittering sea. 

Conversation centred on the 
weather “Nice to see the sun 
at last". “It was blowing a gale 
earlier, wasn't it. just like win¬ 
ter." and, “1 ve been taking my 
jumper on and off. off and on." 
All very British seaside. 

Indeed, the sounds floating 
up from tiie beach were so 
utterly British that even with 
your eyes shut you could be 





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nowhere else. Screams of 
agony on first contact with the 
sea. The thwack of wooden 
mallet on tent pole. The gentle 
pop of beach bails being 
kicked, the clack of deckchairs, 
the easy murmur of conversa¬ 
tion interrupted every so often 
with howls of childish rage 
and "Stop it! NOWT And 
despite all the foreign influenc¬ 
es creeping on to the beach — 
Brazilian beach wear. Ameri¬ 
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still the grot British wind- 
breaker. stolid, stripy, curving 
protectively around each mini¬ 
empire on the sand. 

Change comes slowly to Ten¬ 
by, self-styled “Queen of Pem¬ 
brokeshire" and the country's 
only seaside resort to be set in 
a National Park. Partly by 
luck and partly by judgment 
(the hick was years of neglect, 
which left many houses undis¬ 
turbed; the judgment was 


strict planning controls and a 
decade of hpty grants from 
Pembrokeshire Coast Nation¬ 
al Park), its period looks have 
lasted — so much so that it has 
just starred as Brighton in the 
BBC’s forthcoming production 
of Vanity Fair. 

There are no unsightly per¬ 
manent funfairs or giant 
amusement arcades, but there 
is a leisure centre, built next to 
the swimming pool two years 
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there are large numbers of 
Tertbyites in their late teens 
and early twenties who are 
bored stiff. 

Will Lewis, the 22-year-old 
deckchair attendant on South 
Beach, sakt “If youTe old 
enough to go to the pub, that’s 
what you - social life is going to 
be for the next few years. I’m 
just bade here saving enough 
money to get out again. But 
you should talk to someone 
else — I’m biased.” 

Local tourism officials duti¬ 
fully point out that there are 
things for late-teenagers to do 
(mainly watersportsj. but even 
they admit that this is not 
Tenby* remit “Our image is 
really bucket-anchspade," said 
one during a hectic morning at 
the Tourist Information Cen¬ 
tre on the cliff above North 
Beach. “We're absolutely per¬ 
fect for families." As if to prove 
this, as she spoke, parents 
were arriving with their chil¬ 
dren in tow, encouraged by 
the jolly weather to book a few 
days’ acoommo- ______ 

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At the nearby 

Fourcroft Hotel, „ r i 

owned by the many I 

Osborne family. 

Chris Osborne VlSitO 

knew this phe- 

nomenon only’ 

too well. “Ten SpJ 

years ago, by the 

end of January’. them 

high season 

would have been _ l, 

fully booked. 

Now they turn . _ _ 

up with a car¬ 
load of children after a day on 
the beach and get really miffed 
when we haven’t got a room." 
The Fourcroft was full when 
we spoke, but tt had been a 
bad year aJI round for weather/ 
World Cup/scrong pound rea¬ 
sons. The same litany can be 
heard at seaside resorts across 
Britain but few- of those have 
also had to deal wirh a disaster 

an the scale of the Sea 
Empress oil spiff .three years 
ago. which dealt a terrible 
Wow (o Pembrokeshire* coast¬ 
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T hese days, the oil has 
gone, but the scars 
remain for hoteliers 
and tour operators. 
Chris prefers to believe the 
tragedy forced the town to 
come out fighting. Castle 
Beach and the adjoining sec¬ 
tion of South Beach arc apply¬ 
ing for Blue Flag status and 
planning to build a water- 
sports centre (windsurfing, 
sailing, parasailing} next to 
the easting beach cafe. 

Meanwhile, the simple fact 
of Tenby* geography works in 
its .'favour, firstly. Hs four 
beaches are very’ different- 
south has waves, riptides and 
a vast stretch of sand. Castle 
has watersparts and access to 
St Catherine-sat taw tide-Har¬ 
bour Beach is just that — a 
crescent of honey-cofoared 
sand tucked between the fish¬ 
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Church" of St Julian’s — and 
North has rode pools, Goscar 
Rock (a sheer wedge of rock 
sticking out of the^water) and a 
calm sea. All of them are at the 
bottom of steep cliffs, zig¬ 
zagged with Victorian steps 
and topped with tiny, burgeon¬ 
ing gardens owned by the 
difftop hotels or the council. 
With so many beaches, thou¬ 
sands of summer visitors can 
spread themselves about, leav¬ 
ing central Tenby no busier 
than a popular market town 
on a Saiurday. 

In the end. the holiday¬ 
makers —who splosh about in 
rock pools .and rub in .sun- 
cream oblivious to the tribula- 
tions of their hosts—come pre¬ 
cisely because the town hasn’t 
changed. Family after family I 
sprite to said they visited so 
the children could play on Che 
cannons on Castle Hill, run on 
the beach, buy comets from 
the Pembrokeshire fee Cream 
Company’s handsome ma¬ 

roon vans and take boat trips 
to see porpoises or the Cisier- 
dan monastery on Caldey. 
"It* not commercial, but it* 
commercial enough." said 
_ Malcolm Wat¬ 
kins. from Bri¬ 
to cq ton. who came 

herewith his par- 
v ^ ents as a child 

^iCflcS, and was camp¬ 

ing with his own 

s can fengy- „ . 

"We go off and! 
j see things. Reb- 

< *U ecca. my daugh¬ 

ter, tikes history 
ClVCS 50 there* a bit of 

something for 
!«-? everyone." 

**■ Teenagers 

■ aside. I had to 

agree. Tenby ’ s . 
unusual in that it is a heritage 
town, as well as a resort. It has 
an excellent museum — just 
under Albert* left armpit on 
Castle Hill — where even 
Augustus John (who was bom - 
here and shocked the town 
with his manage d tmis and 
various illegitimate children) 

has been gathered into the fold 
with his own exhibition. 

There is a Tudor Mer¬ 
chant* House, complete with 
chatty guides and a quiz for 
children, and a handsome old 
town wall peppered with 
arrow slits and jaunty weeds. 
The nearest it gets to seaside- 
tacky is the grid of shops 



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Bade from a porpoise-spotting trip around Caldey Island 


readied through Five Arches 
Gate (actually six arches.^-but 
never mind), where dragon 
souvenirs and love spoons five 
in harmony withinflatabfe lob¬ 
sters. sandcastle ; flags and 
rock-and-fodge shops. 

Itis not however, a town of 
surprises. Or so 1 thought 
until l rang Pembrokeshire 
Coast National Park -- foe 
pfenning authority — to check 
some details about their resto¬ 
ration programme. '• 

Which would they consider 
their flagship buildings. I wan¬ 
dered? There was a short 
pause. “WeBr fd say foe flying 
toilets, probably." 

The what?: - 

"The flying toilets. When the 
Victorian trippers started ar¬ 
riving, there weren't enotEh fa¬ 
cilities. SO they were built out 
of the sides of houses, cantilev¬ 
ered. You can see them on the 
terrace above Castle Beach." 

I was mortified AH tfiat 
time in Tenby and I ha&il 
noticed a. single restored flying 
toflet. Prince Albert, of course, 
(and his seagull) would have 
overseen the entire process but 
whether he would have been 
amused is open to conjecture. 


TENBY FACTS 




Boat trips are sold from die kiosk below Castle HiU 


■ Sophie Campbell stayed 
«The Atlantic Hood (01834 
8428SI) on The Esplanade, 
which offers B&B from £40 
per person per night sea. .. 
view rooms cost £45. The 

hotd has an indoor pool . . 
and prices Include breakfast 
and VAT. 

■ Best B&Riherc* a 
bemdifuily-reaoied 
Georgian house at 4 Rock 
Terrace (01834 843450). with 
stunmng d&orand sea 
views (£3r per room). 

Closed in foe winter * 
(November to March). 

■ Getting there: An Apex 
. train ticket (booked seven 

days in advance) from 
London costs £28 return 
and takes five and a haJf 
hours; from Manchester a ■ 
rearm ticket Is £36. tatting 
six and a half horns. 
National Kail Enquiries: 
03454849SQ. 

■ Where» eat The 
Plawagenet Restaurant & 
Quay Room on Ttador 
Square W1834 842350) is 
friendly and open for meals 
an day. Prices aresteep 
(Tenby Cracked Crab 

4BL house wire £1.95 per 
glass). Chfldren (aged up to 
12) eat free before 7pm. 
■Reading: Tenby Official 
Gui&rby AfenShephnd 
(Alan Shepherd. £2.45); ' 
Wfltef (Rough Guide. 

EW.99). - 

■ Fa rth n- in fl u mafiotfc 1 
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St Brdade's Bay in Jersey offers a wonderful sandy beach and a delidously dear bine sea; the island’s mfld dimate provides more sunshine days than anywhere on mainland Britain, and the proximity to France means the food is good, too 


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I felt like crying when I 
saw the pushchair wait- •: 
ing at the bottom of the.. . 
airplane steps at, Jersey 
airport Partiy' frian relief at 
the easy journey, and partfy:. . 
from a postnatal tendency lo 
burst into tears randomly and. 
oftoi-Butmostlybecalisedte 
holiday we had longed for was ■. 
just about to begin. ’ •"■"■v 

Choosing* holiday Bad be- :•;• 
come a diffiailf task. Our ' 
baby, William- • was seven 
months old. so young.that as .. j 
friends pointed out with puz- ; 
ztedconcem. he doesnot actu¬ 
ally doanything. does he? But, . 
only seven monlhs lnio parent-. 
hood, we had nevor feif.quite i 

ro desperately in need of a hoii- i 

day yet never less sure of how i 
fetakeone. < 

Our babe-less contempbrr 1 
aries spend thdr summersi 
toungrag in Umbria, back- :i 
packing in. Vietnam or reclin¬ 
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Two novice parents and William, 
aged seven months, needed to get 
away —but not too far. Jersey 
proved ideal, says liny Hawking 




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therftiuch richer—ormorepp-: 
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Barbados; or they are much 
more resigned, and settle for a 
weekend break in Chipping 
Norton. • 

’ . We s^U have a vestige of a 
siarit of adventure, in us but, 
being new-found realists, the 
idea of travelling too far is 
quite appalling. My parents 
once went to Seattle with my 
then six-week-old brother. His 
nappy leaked on my lather’s 
trousers, on takeoff, meaning . 
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the- brown fug emanating 
from his trouser area, while 
Hawking Jr howled. 1 expect 
my first holiday was spent in 
Norfolk. 

We found it difficult to 
deride on a destination for our 
first family holiday. Scotland 
rounded cold and too hilly for 
■the pushchair, Spain too far 
and the south coast too near. 
Then we considered Jersey. At 
first, the image of the island as 
home to Bergerac and his den 
of Pringle sweater-wearing 
criminals was rather off- 
putting. But it seemed to meet 
the' not-too-far and yet-far- 
enougb criteria, and thinking 
that golf could hardly be com¬ 
pulsory, we settled for a four- 
day hotel break in St Brelade 
cm Jerseys south coast 

It proved an inspired choice. 
We flew there, which was 
psychologically good for us 
hemmed-vn new parent types, 
and found the 30-inin ute flight 
from Gatwick too short to be 
stressful. Just as infant restless¬ 
ness set in, and the novelty of 
waving an empty peanut 
packet was lading, the plane 
made exciting noises and we 
had landed. Once an the 
ground there was no challeng¬ 
ing exoticism and Mothercare 
has an outlet in the capital St 




William hides from the sun Say your prayers at St Brelade’s Church, a pleasantly energetic and scenic walk away at the end of the bay 


Helier. And it was. above all, 
gorgeous. St Brelade. where 
we stayed — ten minutes from 
the airport, one minute from 
the beach — could have been 
the Caribbean. The sea was 
the improbable bright blue of 
a doctored holiday brochure 
and the golden beach was big, 
dean and empty. The horizon 
was spiked by palm trees, 
great banks of tumbling flow¬ 
ers trailed into the roads and 
the sun shone endlessly in a 
dear sky. 


O ne great lure of 
Jers^ is its mild 
dimale. Tempera¬ 
tures are generally 
higher year-round than on 
mainland Britain — even the 
wannest part Cornwall. 

Our hotel, however, was 
firmly and solidly the best of 
British. A dean, friendly, fam¬ 
ily two-star, where the break¬ 
fasts came fried and the wait¬ 
resses were from Wigan. It 
brimmed with affable elderly 
people and other families with 
teeny-weenies. A Lancastrian 
lady at the table next to us 
beamed at our little tot and 
said. “Oh. we’re ail besotted 
by babies.” If only more peo¬ 
ple were. All too often we have 
met with a sort of supercilious 
look, intimating surprise that 
the owner of something as re- 





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volting as a baby would be 
seen in public with the thing. 

However, not here. Not 
even when we had lunch at the 
four-star L’Horizon Hotel, 200 
yards along the beach. Ire- 
stead, the French maitre d’ 
gravely presented small sir 
with a bowl of perfectly 
mashed banana, a crisp linen 
napkin and — at last — his 
very own silver spoon. 

The hotel bedroom did get a 
bit crowded, what with the cot, 
nappy-changing zone, bottles 
sterilising in die basin, dis¬ 
carded outfits, pushchair and 
the baby’s hefty Samsonite 
suitcase lurking in the hall¬ 
way. His luggage, which 
weighed exactly double our 
combined bags, contained a 
range of clothing that an It 
Girl would be proud or, food 
for a baby army and a fine as¬ 
sortment of unguents. In fact, 
transporting much of this just- 
in-case luggage was com¬ 
pletely unnecessary — we 
could have bought anything 
we had needed within walking 
distance at a nearby chemist 
or clothes shop, and St Helier 
was a short bus-ride away. 

For a longer stay, a flat 
would have given us more 
room to manoeuvre, but then 
we would have had to worry 
about buying -food and would 
have missed out on the in- 


houseba by-sitting service. As 
reception will listen in on your 
baby once he is asleep, it 
means you can step out for a 
drink or a short walk across 
the sand. One night, our hotel 
organised a baby-sitter for us 
so we could walk across the 
bay for dinner in the Smug¬ 
glers’ Inn. After garlic prawns 
and half a bottle of wine, we 
weaved back across the beach, 
watched the sunset from the 
waters edge and got home to 
the little lamb safely asleep in 
his col 

There are so many things 10 
do in Jersey that it can be hard 
to know where to start. There 
are flower gardens and pot¬ 
teries, zoos and museums, wa¬ 
ter sports and beach rides. You 
could go cycling, sailing, jet- 
skiing or windsurfing, walk 
along a five-mile bead), see a 
lighthouse or even take a boat 
ride to nearby Sark, the island 


with no ca rs. You oould go tax- 
free shopping and get most 
Marks & Spencer goods for 10 
per cent less than on the main¬ 
land. You could buy some gold 
or even play golf. 


T hen again, like us. 
you could just do 
nothing at all, except 
sit on the beach and 
eat a lot and what a good 
place it is for both. Everyone 
seems to be either on holiday, 
insanely rich or tanked on the 
tax-free booze, so the atmos¬ 
phere is extremely relaxing. 
And the food is good. It must 
be the proximity to France that 
lifts the cuisine out of the usual 
British holiday resort rut 
Instead of subsisting on 
jumbo sausage and chips or 
cod-in-batter, we had dishes 
such as seafood ta glia telle. 
Royal Jersey oysters or duck 
with spring onion and ginger. 


albeit at reasonable rather 
than cheap prices. 

As far as we know, the baby 
had a lovely time. The sea 
seemed to fascinate him and 
he was happy to sit watching 
the breaking waves like a 
mini-Canute in a Paddington 
Bear hat. He paddled for the 
first time ever, ate an ice¬ 
cream and worked on his tan. 

We had taken him away 
before and had mixed results. 
There w-as the time he got sus¬ 
pected meningitis while stuck 
about halfway through the 
Channel Tunnel. There was 
the time he was sick all over a 
duuble bed in Dorset. 

Fortunately for the opening 
chapters of the annals of fam¬ 
ily lore, this holiday will defi¬ 
nitely become known as: “The 
time we took you to Jersey 
when you were very small and 
you were very good and it was 
very nice, thank you.” 


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■ Lucy Hawking and family travelled with Premier 
Holidays (01223 516000). 

■ Premier Holidays offers short breaks to St Brelade’s 
Bay from £326 per person for three nights, based on two 
sharing a room and flying from Gatwick at the 
beginning of September. There is a £5 a night 
supplement for children under one; children aged 
between two and II have a 50 per cent discount. 

■ They flew with Jersey European Airways (0990 676676) 
which offers flights from Gatwick, Luton, Exeter and 
Birmingham to Jersey from £68 return (you must stay a 
Saturday night to qualify for cheapest fares). Children 
under two fly for free. They stayed at the Beau Rivage, St 
Brelade’s Bay, Jersey (01534 45983) where a double room 
with en-suile bathroom and breakfast costs £41 per 
person from August 29 to September 25. All rooms can 
have an extra bed or cot added. No single rooms. 
Baby-sitting costs £5 per hour, booked a day m advance 
by arrangement with the hotel. 

■ Restaurant choice: L’Horizon Grill. L’Horizon Hotel 
St Brdade’s Bay (01534 43101) will let children eat on the 
terrace overlooking the bay but not in the main 
restauranL Beautifully presented seafood dishes and 
Jersey-cream rich desserts, about £50 for two with wine 
and tiie baby’s mashed banana. Lunch served daily. 

The Old Smugglers' Inn, Ouaisne Bay (01534 41510), 
children welcome. Prawn cocktail scampi and steak; 
meals daily, dinuer served from 6-9pm. about £25 for two 
with wine . 

■ Further information; Jersey Tourism, 7 Lower 
Grosvenor Place. London SWIW OEN (0171-630 8787). 





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THE TIMES WEEKEND ■ SATURDAY AUGUffT 15 1998 


Jeremy Hart dodges a deadly water snake as he ioins the highly-trained crew of a Fijian outrigger cano e 



A Fijian crew in force training for the world outrigger canoe championships that wifi tab place in die Sooth Pacific next week. The vessels are half .the weight of a Mini and can move at speeds of 20 knots , V i ■' ! v; - • : 

Braving the waves of the South Seas 


L authala Island is para¬ 
dise personified. 
Kissed by the South 
Pacific, wafted by the 
trade winds and shaded by 
swaying palm and vesi trees, it 
is a treasure of a Fijian island. 

But until the turn of the cen¬ 
tury, living in the shadow of 
the hardwood vesi tree on 
Lauthala was to live in the 
shadow of death. Hie dense 
wood was tile raw material for 
making Fijian outrigger ca¬ 
noes — and the is tana’s men 
would be sacrificed to help 
launch the one-ton boats. 

"A new canoe was launched 
over men's bodies that meuia 
(life force} might enter into it 
and make it swift and safe.' 1 
recorded a 19 th-century Fijian 
historian. 

“Certain small islands 
enjoyed by hereditary right 
the doubtful honour of supply¬ 
ing the victims for these occa¬ 
sions as. for instance, the is¬ 
land of Lauthala." 

They don’t make canoes on 
Lauthala, or on most of the 
Fijian islands anymore. Fibre- 
glass and four-stroke engines 
have replaced wood and wind, 
and there is more chance of 
being run over by a four-wheel 
drive on the bleached white 


coral beach than by a 100ft 
Fijian war canoe. 

“My grandfather remem¬ 
bered stories of men being 
tolled to make rollers for the 
canoes," shouts Qalo Taka- 
yawa from the helm of one of 
the last remaining traditional 
drua canoes in Fiji The wind 
and the bathwater-warm Pac¬ 
ific roar between us. “It was an 
honour to be sacrificed for the 
launching- But I’d rather have 
been a boat builder back then. 


It took about seven years to 
make each drua and every 
year each builder pot a new 
wife. No wonder it took so 
long for them to finish the 
boar.” 

With a torso tanned, taut 
and rigid as tiu dnuz'S triangu¬ 
lar salL Qalo fights with an 8ft 
oar-shaped rudder. He has us 
surfing the South Seas faster 
than a nearby speedboat The 
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war canoe fights its own battle 
with the dements—and wins. 

“I helped build tins canoe," 

Qalo bellows as we skim past 
Malamala Island off Nadi. 

Lobster-red tourists tie pros¬ 
trate on the coral sand, submit¬ 
ting themselves to the sun god. 

Botfa Qalo and I think of tile 
stray of the human rollers on 
lauthala “But we used 
wheels, not men, to get it into 
the water." 

The drua is a mix of raft and 
outrigger canoe. Hulls of 
unequal length support a 
deck, a palm-thatched nm and 
a hwniwfram«i triangular 
sail not unlike that on a mod¬ 
em windsurf. 

“In 1989, a Californian. 

Vince Bisley, came to our vil¬ 
lage of Fulanga.” Qalo 
recounts. “He wanted to build 
a traditional drua and thcLau 
islands , Fulanga in particular, 
were the traditional centres of 
canoe-bufldmg. 

“Lots of the old men who 
were canoe makers helped 
him. They worked every day 
except Sundays. It was finished 
in 1992. But the trouble was 
that men from Ogea. another 

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tai, Suva, where -— - 
the Fiji Museum 
bought it for £77,000. It is now 
one of only two or three druas 
left in Fiji, and is an loan to 
Malamala Island, where visi¬ 
tors can ride an it 

“The trouble is. no young 
Fijian men want to make the 
traditional boats any more." 
warned canoe expert Moaia 
Tokotaia. who recently took a 
canoe 400 miles between ten 
Fijian islands. “If the few re¬ 
maining boots disappear, 
there wiB be no more druas 
left and then the old craft s men 
who know how to build them 
wiD <&, taking their skffls and 
knowledge with them." 

Moala’s circumnavigation 




trip badt m tune. He wanted a 
taste of the long ocean voyages 
his ancestors made in trade 
and war with Tonga and Sa¬ 
moa. He was also de spa ate 
for a taste of the trans-Pacific 
crossings the Ftfynesiaiis 
made tbensands of years be¬ 
fore Cook discovered the 
South Seas in the ISA century 


boats might be in decline," 
said Moaia. “But Fijian kids 
are getting into modem canoe 
raring, using fibreglass copies 
of outrigger canoes." 

Next week in Suva, teams 
from Aust ralia, f>narin and 
most Of the islan d s tates in 
between wfll descend on the 
Fijian capital for the World 
Outrigger Canoe Champion¬ 
ships. 

It could be die event that 
reignites Fijians’ waning love 
affair with the mode of trans¬ 
port tiiat mapped their migra¬ 
tion to the South Seas. . 

. “There will be about L500 
paddlers. raring in 32 canoes, 
from singles, to six and 
12-man versions.” said organ¬ 
iser Letila MitcbdL "It wifi be 
quite a sight, these massive 
canoes racing side by side, 
churning up me water.” 

Outrigger canoe raring is 
more Hawaii Five-O than 
Henley Regatta. The power¬ 
houses behind these modem 
war canoes are V-shaped 
Adonises, veins popping 

through their sunbaked leath¬ 
ery skm. 

Lami Outrigger Canoe 

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headed by Moa- 
ipppr la Tokotaia, 

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training session, 
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of a Mini and 

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man canoes are 

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Without a handy sprinkling 
of sacrificial corpses, there 
was no option but to manhan¬ 
dle the man owar into Sava* 
Bay of Islands. By way of far¬ 
ther eaticanent. one of the 
world's deadliest serpents, a 
water snake, slithered past on 
the surface of the sea. 

"You'd need to shove your lit¬ 
tle finger down its threat for it 
to bite." said one of the crew, 
Paul Gus Tawke. I thanked 
him for the tip and heaved the 
heavy htdl into the water. 



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The more co-ordinated the strokes of its oarsmen. fhe more efficient a craft’s movement 

Moaia handed roe a lac¬ 
quered wooden paddle and •• 
printed to the third seat from 
the bow. Paddlers number 
three, (bar and five are die 
engine room, he bad told me - 
beforehand. Except we were 
two men short litis engine 
was running on one, rather 
tired cy l inder. 

"The first time I did tins. I 
was dead afterwards." Paul 
reassured me. “To put it in per¬ 
spective, if you pin a rugby 
team in a canoe, they would 
have ran out of steam before a 
couple of ki lom et r e s ." Couple 
of kilometres? Moaia bad 
promised only a charge blade acts like a brake if you. r . Amazingly, we cut the sur- 
around the bay, littered with don’t” face with stick predaon. eari: 

such dubious attractions as With the thane music from Made slicing the sea in perfeci 
Mosquito Islan d and rid rust- Hawaii Fiw-O playing in my unison. I watched Moaia, de 
ing tuna trawlers. The team head, r thrust deep into the, trammed to keep hi «y nr 
had trained once already that ocean. Secretfy I hoped to guB- . "Feds good, huhrbe shout 
day. at dawn. . lotine the sea snake. Sto»% ed from Ihe prow as wt 

“Hc^ the paddte as if you - the B2JDQQ canoe hotbed far-i ermsed. at almost 20 knots, 
were ,domg karate." Moaia ward. Moaia choreographed *ItS even better with all sis 
uxstnictea. “One hand up high flbe strokes, each of ds frifow- 1 guys. You can m forlHwra like 
and die other down by your • ing die'lead: of the roan m .. this and not feri tired. Do ii 
waist The blade, must go in front, only strikmglbe ocean -wrong arid suddenly it feds as 
dean, pull hard and feather bo the opposite side of the. if you are paddfinc the whole 
the paddle on the exit The bright white hall. - thine on vour own." 



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face with stick pretiaoroeach 
Made slicing the sea in perfect 
unison. I watdied Moaia, de- 
tennined to keep in sync. 

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ed from ihe prow as we 
enrised-.ar almost 20 knots. 
’Trs even better with all six 
gays. You can go for hrins like 
. tins and not teri tired. Do ft 
wrong arid suddenly it feels as 
if you are padeDzrig the whole 
tim^onyour own.” 


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from island to island, where 
we would camp on die beach 
each night It was incredible, 
being out on the ocean with 
only the wind and paddles to 
keep us frisn drifting cut into 
tiie ocean." 

Moaia is planning to make 
another long trip between the 
Fipan islands, and would even 
like d edi cat ed seafaring for¬ 
eigners to join him. But only 
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MY HUSBAND Bfll and I 
enjoy tennis and we are not 
averse to most sporting activi¬ 
ties. but neither of us is a golf 
buff. So a weekend spent lean¬ 
ing how to swing a chib in Por¬ 
tugal combined with a chance 
to do some pleasant sightsee¬ 
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8am: After a short delay — our 
plot Cell ill and a replacement . 
had to befound — we are air-.. 
borne: On the plane; T settle 
down to a Nick Hornby novel; 
but soon stop' wondering 
whetfi^Efo$,k$ds wfli be-all • 
right wbpewcYe away— we. 
have.iefi,fl«m with friends:. 
Soon fall asleep, tired after 
our earfy start^fwe jaitived at 
UitonWrportattiam)- 
U.lSane We arrive atRiroair-' ; 
port, whte&^k»ks fflce a bus 
depot/Tbe usual waitfor lug¬ 
gage is eased by foesigfett of» 
15ft trees that have .managed 
to grow out of smaUiiQtefrfext ^ 
to passport control. ■r-r'^y 

lL55anc Darios, the local taxi r 
driver, is waitingas anangai " 
with our naine on a board. He 
says there: is a “big commo- . 
don” on the roads;spd»e.iWe. 
to the resort will take two 
hours. 

1230pm: I consider kidnap¬ 
ping Darios for the school run 
- he speeds .along, weaving 
between the' traffic with 
hreathiess panache. As we 
overtake a column of cars: on 
the wrong side of the road, I "■ 
suddenly recall reports ctf Por¬ 
tugal having the highest traf¬ 
fic aoddent rate in Europe; 
1.05pm: 1 dose my eyes as Date 
ios drives on wrong side- Of 
road for several - minutes 
before heading off down-a 
track to avoid roadworks. Sup¬ 
posing the police see us? 

1.15pm: Darios tells us that his 
brother is a policeman 
1.20pm: We turn off down a 
bumpy track past sights famil¬ 
iar in Spam and Portugal: 


; half-built houses, dusty - vil¬ 
lages, churches with obelisks, 
kids lounging on walls, wom¬ 
en in long blade skirts. 

2.l$pm: We finally arrive at 
the Parque da Floresta hediday- 
resort “FSrst dass stuff.” says 
Darios. And it certainly looks, 
first cl ass: pre tty whitewashed 

- villas, strewn with purple and 
pink flowers, inside, the floors 
are made of cool tiles and there 
are wonderful Portuguese bed 
covers, and locally-made crock¬ 
ery in a fully fitted kitchen. 
•230pm: We relax by the pool, 
a million miles from Luton air¬ 
port 

4pm; Sweat h out in the sauna. 
6pm: Feeling exfaiusted, take a 
late siesta. 

730pm: Eschewing restau¬ 
rants at the resort, we head for 

- Baden, a local , village with a 
restaurant recommended by 
Darios. The receptionist says 
it’s a 15-minute yvafle down a 
quiet road.. After losing our . 
way . and getting tfirectioiis 
from a woman scrubbmg, <a 
fish oh fier. d ud s te p, -we find 

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FRIDAY 

10am:- Drive to Lagos to ex¬ 
plore its colfoled streets and its - 
market selfing trinkets and 
embroidered .tablecloths. Not 
worth a second look in Eng-: 
land but the sun'affects your 
judgment 1 buy my daughter 
a necklace. and am tempted by 
pretty, cheap pottery. . 
1130am: We ebraba sleep hill 
to a church as Us bells peal. 
The doors.jare shut, but we 
sneak open a side gate and try 
to find a way in. We wind up in 
someone’s back garden and tip¬ 
toe out highly embarrassed. 



The harbour at Lagos, a great spot fear dining out 


11.45am: Lagos fish market is 
Open. We wander past the 
stalls and then browse around 
an antique shop stuffed with 
gilded church icons. Tempted 
by an archangel that would 
grace our garden nicely, but 
it*s a bit. much at £200. 

Ipra: Lunch in Salema, an 
unspoilt fishing village a 
20-minute drive away: grilled 
sardines, cold white wine and 
- almond tart at the Atiantico 
Jxach bar. All for £8 each. 
2.45pm: Bade to rhe resort for 
my first-ever golf lesson. I dis¬ 
cover 1 have left my trainers at 
home and have to make do 
with sandals. 

3pm: Golf coach Gary Silcock 
(ex-St Andrew’s) eyes my san¬ 
dals warily. 

. 330pm: Gary says my “NTs are 
fantastic (he’s referring to my 
grip), but that I must remem¬ 
ber it’s not a tennis racket. Evi¬ 
dently the secret of golf is that 
its all in the wrists. 

5pm: Gary says we’re not hope¬ 
less, but neither are we embry¬ 
onic Nick Faldos. 

530pm: After the stress of the 
lesson, we have a. swim, fol¬ 
lowed by glass of wine'em the 
villa terrace. 

7pm; We meet footballer Ian 
' Rush, who owns a villa here, in 
the bar. Is it naff to request an 
autograph for our sons? He 
: didn’t seem to mind. 

730pm: Mushroom risotto hr 
restaurant by the bar. 

9pm: Early to bed to get a good 
rugbrs sleep ahead of our les¬ 
son the next morning. 


SATURDAY 

Sam: Up bright and early for 
.our second lesson. We are 
each handed a seven iron dub 
and led to the driving range. 
. Disappointingly.. we’re not 
quite ready for the course yet 
10am: My left-paim tshuiting. 
but Pro beginning to enjoy the 
game. My husband and I com¬ 
pete to see who can hit the ball 
the farthest he wins by reach¬ 
ing the 150m flag on the driv¬ 
ing range first 

11.15am: We visit the sauna, 
then tumble out into the Turk¬ 
ish bath, which is followed by 
a workout in foe gym. Marvel 
at how energetic we are being. 
130pm: Have a pleasant 
lunch munching calomores 
on the dub house terrace. 
430pm: Final session with 
Gary. He teaches us how to 
swing a dub with your left 
hand only to get the produlum 
action right Balls start to sing 
into air. 

7pm: We drive into Lagos and 
park by the harbour, where 
we dine on Dover sole, cheese 
and traditional liqueur. 
930pm: Bed in view of tomor¬ 
row's early start. 


THE VERDICT: We may not 
Ik bom golfers, but it was sur¬ 
prising to discover how much 
we were able to team in only 
two-and-a-half days. Parque 
da Floresta had the atmos¬ 
phere of a friendly country 
dub with enough British staff 
to make us feel at home while 
still enjoying a new cultural ex¬ 
perience. It is also sited in the 
Jar west Algarve, near a conser¬ 
vation area, which means that 
it is beautiful and unspoilt. A 
great holiday 


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developing group; her break was organised by 
UK agent Independent Villas (01473 631470). 
Independent Villas can arrange tailor-made 
weekend breaks (Thursday 10 Sunday] from £309 
per person including return Qigbls from GatwicK. 
car hire, three hours joint golf tuition at Parque 
da Floresta and accommodation. 

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lax: British Airways (0345 222111] has a world 


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■ Best time to go; Autumn is when most tennis 
and golf competitions are held, and next month a 
new golf academy opens. 

■ Books: Portugal {Lonely Planet Publications. 
£10.99]: Insight Pocket Guide? Algarve (APA. 
£5.95]; Know the Game UolflA&C Black. E4.991. 

■ Further information: Portuguese National 
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10JOam: Arrive at Luton. 
1230pm: We pick up the kids 
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foe holiday, my husband 
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30 ■ travel 


THE TIMES WEEKEND * SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1998 


Why the 
Tower is 
the tops 


TRAVELLERS’ BULLETIN BOARD 


T his week’s news from 
the English Tourist 
Board that the Tower 
of London is Britain's 
most popular historic rourisr 
attraction, with 2.6 million visi¬ 
tors a year, conjures up vis¬ 
ions of screaming children, 
opportunistic ice-cream sellers 
and chaotic queues, writes 
Jeannette Hyde. 

But when I went to find out 
why it is so popular, on one of 
the busiest and hottest days of 
the year, the worst I found 
were 20-minute waiting times 
and a steep entry fee — which 
few of the visitors I questioned 
objected to. 

During August, there are 
between 10.000 and 15,000 visi¬ 
tors daily, mostly foreign tour¬ 
ists. Yes. there was a queue at 
the ticket office outside the 
gates at midday — but it was 
moving quickly, and many vis¬ 
itors got straight in by buying 
tickets in advance at London 
Tube stations. 

Inside the grounds, the at¬ 
mosphere was calm and order¬ 
ly. Ice-cream is sold by Pret a 
Manger caterers at normal 
rates. Most visitors latched on 
to a beefeater on arrival for a 
one-hour free tour of the 
grounds. Up (o 200 people 
would be huddled around 
each yeoman warder in grue¬ 
some delight — or was it con¬ 
centration? From my end of 
the huddle I could hear the tail 
end of the speech — something 
about "blood, guts and gore, 
beheadings and executions." 

Visiting the Crown Jewels 
was nor what I expected. We 
wove through a scries of 
rooms with huge screens 
beaming clips of the Queen’s 
coronation and close-ups of 
the jewels. This is just a warm¬ 
up before you get to the real 
things, which you glide past 
on a conveyor belt 
The yeoman warders - all 
retired servicemen — ensure 
the experience is not a sticky, 
tiring trial but a pleasure. 1 
asked one how he could stand 
the heat in his thick woollen 
coat, trousers, hat and dark 



Hie Tower attracts 2.6 
million visitors each year, 
mostly foreign tourists 

shoes. “After army uniform, 
this is nothing," he said as doz¬ 
ens of children and senior citi¬ 
zens crawled over him having 
their photos taken. 

Even the souvenir shop was 
not extortionate. Cardboard 
DIY model beefeaters for 99p 
seemed surprisingly tasteful 
and affordable. 

Rich Allison, 41. from Den¬ 
ver. Colorado, said: “I was 
amazed at how long it took to 
build this place—200 years — 
how old everything was and 
how many executions took 
place. The Crown Jewels were 
just unbelievable" 

Beryl Hanley. 81. and Joyce 
Darlington. 75. both from 
Knutsford. Cheshire, were 
thrilled by the jewels. ’They 
were marvellous and we 
thought the whole visit was 
good value for money.” they 
said, standing with a hot but 
amiable beefeater sandwiched 
between them for probably his 
1,000th photo that day. 

• Tower of London information: 
0171-709 0766. Admission: adults 
£9JO. children 5-15. £625 A 
family ticket for two adults and 
up to three children is £28.40. 



on insurance 


THERE was good news .for 
travellers this weds, from the 
new Minister for Competition 
and Consumer Affairs, Dr 
Kim HbWells. 

Barely had he moved into 
his office at the Department of 
Trade and Industry than he 
told holiday companies that, 
as from November 16. Ihqy 

must no longer oblige custom- 
ere to buy mar travel insur¬ 
ance in order to obtain special 
dads or discounts. •. ; E 

This has long been , one ’of 
the most irritating “strings" 
attached to buying apackage 
holiday,, as a tour ~ ' ‘ ' 

operator's insur¬ 
ance is -usually 
far more expen¬ 
sive than policies 
sold fry brokers 
or direct insurers. ’ 

Abo. these off- 
the-shelf policies' 
may not be tai¬ 
lored to your 
needs. If you al¬ 
ready have ^all- 
risks cover' on. 
yt^ frame .con¬ 
tents insurance, 
for example, yon 
might not need a 
policy with bag¬ 
gage protection, 
and if you want 


. ter .summer break in the lake 
' -.Disdicl.rafliet than Tuscany 
or Cape Cod tert tope these 
' enthustastonewnumsters are 
. not squashed onoethai politi¬ 
cal toasters : retam from 
abroad. ;' rV-E / 

rr is prdhably 
to suggest that ^Is Affiferson 
hasbeen reaifcg4helatest sup 
vey on tofiday TOmwiceHxd 
iH do it anyway; ForjCswos 
that weartimbre iSdy tomeet 
a partner on . a - Btilis&break 
than whenwe^e abroaiPer- 
haps -tins the 

greatest’ maiket- 

;. Vfealed r that-one 
par cent of tbtoe 
qeestktoed" met 
their partner at 
The airline check¬ 
in desk. Given 
. the *• length of 
sane _ check-in 
queues, it seams 
amazing they 
-. didn’t bring, up 
Ltheir ' family 
thereitoo.’ 



by Cath 
Urquhart 


INTEREST to 

“toai /a rniTAQ - A* Tltoucseems 
TRAVEL EDITOR unlikely to 

abate as that to 


A beefeater reels off an exciting tale from die Tower's past for Swedish visitor Gislaved Orshagm and daughter Goran 


to try sports such as water-skt- 
ing or parascending, ; you 
might find it best to buy a spe- 
riaUy-tailored policy. 

Quotes from different com¬ 
panies can varydramatically, 
Patricia Yates, editor ofHoli- 
dav Which?, advises holiday¬ 
makers to spend some time on 
the phone. ringing around sev¬ 
eral of the direct insurers for. 
quotes.' and then comparing 
them carefully. .- 
it might help to get hold of 
the free advice sheet produced 
by theAssociation of British 
Insurers (send an SAE to ABL. 
51 Gresham Street. London 
EGZV 7HQ); which outlines 
sensible levds of .cover that 
your policy should provide. *• 

DR HOWELLS has made a 
good start at the DTI. Over ar 
the Department for Culture. 
Media and Sport tto new tour¬ 
ism minister for England, Jan¬ 
et ■ Anderson; is whizzing 
around the country to discover 
what problems our tourist 
industry faces. So keen is she 
to support: home-grown holi¬ 
days mat she will be taking 


Diana, Princess of Wales. 
Some 86 years after Titanic 
sank, a 20-ton chunk the 
Kun was raised from toe 
depths this week, just as a 
.press release landed on my 

- desk announcing that a South¬ 
ampton hotel is to offer Titan¬ 
ic weekends, featuring themed 
talks and visits to sites connect¬ 
ed with the diipi. And a French 
.hold is now offering toms in 
very dubious taste from the 
Ritz to the underpass where 
Diana dieti for $500 a time. 
Will Diana fever still be this 
frenzied in 86 years’time? 

V - . 

- [ AM glad my colleague Brian 
MacArthurwas able to report 

- hum Cephatania on the suc¬ 
cess ’ of Louis- de Bemferes’ 
novel Captain Corellis Man- 
doUnipage 23J. as fouryears 
ago. he predicted the bode 
would be a classic.. .... 

Now! cannot go anywhere 
Without seeing people reading 
iL Some say they find the first 
50 pages hard going, but it is 
worth persisting. If you have 
■ not read it already, do take it 
. to the beach. 


AN EXCLUSIVE COMPETITION 


THE £S@sS> TIMES 


VOUCHERS FROM 
TIMBERLAND WORTH 
£2,500 TO BE WON 


Overpriced ticket to ride 


T oday The Times has teamed up 
with Timberland to celebrate 
the 25th anniversary of the 
classic yellow boot and offers readers 
the chance to win one of five £500 
vouchers for Timberland merchandise. 

To enter, simply send us a brief 
outline of your adventures while 
wearing Timberland gear* as well as 
any pictures of you in action. Your 
story does not have to be about scaling 
mountains, just about being there and 
being active. 

Five winners will be chosen by the 
Timberland team and will have their 
stories immortalised in an exhibition 
to be held at the Design Museum on 
September 22.1993. 

Tbe winners will also receive a VIP 
invitation to the exhibition which will 
include stories and pictures of 
celebrities from the worlds of sport 
and entertainment wearing 
Timberland products. 

■Winning entrants will be required to produce 
ihv item of Timberland footwear or dothing 
worn during their adventure. Any items used 
in the exhibition will be returned. 

HOWTO ENTER _ 

Send your report, in not more than 
200 words, to: The Times/Timberiand 
Competition. PO Box 5077. Leighton 
Buzzard LU7 7GD. Closing date for 
entries is Friday. August 28,1998. 



Umberiand 



H olidaymakers who 
buy multi-pass tick¬ 
ets to attractions in 
Orlando from tour operators 
in Britain are often being 
charged more than normal 
prices, as well as being encour¬ 
aged to buy more passes than 
they actually need. 

Several mainstream tour 
operators as well as some trav¬ 
el agents are marketing over¬ 
priced passes to theme parks, 
dinner shows and airboat and 
balloon rides. 

Amours, Cosmos, British 
Airways Holidays, First 
Choice. Jetsave. Unijet and Vir¬ 
gin all charge more than the 
gate price for some passes. For 
example, if you buy a "Three- 
park Orlando FlexTicket" 

{which allows access to SeaWorld, Univer¬ 
sal Studios and Wet ‘n’ Wild for a week) 
from Amours, you pay £79. compared 
with the gate price of £66.71. 

Another example of over-pricing comes 
from First Choice, which offers a “Disney 
five-day all-in-one hopper" (unlimited en¬ 
try to the main Disney attractions) for 
£160, compared to a gate price erf £148.86. 

However, not all operators are guilty of 
hiking up prices. Thomson Hobdays. Brit¬ 
ain’s largest operator, actually oners dis¬ 
counts on the gate prices of several multi¬ 
passes. For example, it offers a “Disney 
seven-day all-in-one hopper” ticket for 
£173. This is £9.90 less than the gate price, 
and also means you do not have to wait in 
lengthy gate queues — which are reg¬ 
ularly an tour long and can be up to three 
hours long in peak season. 

Overcharging can also be avoided by 
buying multi-passes from British ticket 
shops — including Keith Prowse and 
TtcketShop USA — as well as agencies iff 
Orlando. Keith Browse’s “Disney seven- 
day aD-m-one hoppers” are. for example. 
£6.90 less than gate prices. 


Simon Veness reports on a crafty 
mark-up added to Orlando trips 


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Vacation Works 

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; £6380 

Alrtomi 

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£79 ; 

First Ctro*ca 

01K17492 27R 

£360 ' 

. £391 

£68- 

Thomson 

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AH in all. this would give sev¬ 
en days* admission to. Univer¬ 
sal Studios, SeaWorld and 
Wet ‘n’ Wild, on top of five 
days’ admission to Disney. 
That practically occupies a 
•two-week holiday, yet some 
tourists are being sold these 
two tickets for a one-week stay. 

Disney is aware of the poten¬ 
tial problems of operators 
making large mark-ups on its 
multi-passes. A spokeswoman 
painted out “We sell to opera¬ 
tors at cost, which is less than 
the gate price, so operators are 
actually able to offer tickets at 
very ccanpetrtive prices. It 
shonid not be in any opera- 
tort interest to mark-up prices 
too much because they are like¬ 
ly to lose business.” 

However, tour operators argue they are 
offering a one-stop shop for all their tick¬ 
ets, providing convenience and helping 


Another problem is that many custom¬ 
ers are being persuaded by tour operators 
to pre-buy more tickets than they could 
comfortably use during -their- holiday. 
Some operators, [or example, encourage 
people to buy a combination of a “Disney 
•five-day alMixme hopper” pass along 
with a ‘Three-park Orlando FtexTicker. 


passes are provided in the brochure as a 
service. It allows customers the choice of 
saving time and energy queuing in the des¬ 
tination. The prices have to allow for trav- 
d agent commission and we receive little 
or nothing for the sale. We also believe cus¬ 
tomers mil shop around for the best 
deals:” _ 

Those who do shop around wfll find 
that deals are available. A spokeswoman 
for TfcketShop USA said: "We want to 
make our tickets as competitive as possi¬ 
ble and we dont want people to pay over 
the gate price.” 

The Consumers' Association advises 
travellers to check with operators to find 
out if there is a mark-up on tickets before 
booking. A spokesman said*. “People 
should be aware that operators are out to 
make a profit and may well put mark-ups 
on Disney passes. If the mark-up is a lot, 
its worth eying somewhere else." 


CHANGING TIMES 


SCORCHING CYPRUS: THE LOA'G HEATWAVE FINALLY EASES 


THE worst may be over for tens of thou¬ 
sands of tourists suffering in the scorch¬ 
ing heat in Cyprus, but British lour op¬ 
erators are still warning people to take 
precautions, writes Chloe Bryan-Brown. 

The Meteorological Department in 
Nicosia said the heatwave was easing 
and temperatures, which have gone op 
to 43C m the past two weeks, were re¬ 
turning to norma) — bat that caution 
was still needed. 

More than 50 people have died as a 
result of the extreme conditions, many 
of them in the popular tourist destina¬ 
tions at Lamaca on the south coast and 
Limassol in the southwest Paphos and 
the capital Nicosia, have also suffered 
fatalities while thousands of people 


have sought medical care with beat-re¬ 
lated problems. Most of the victims are 
thought to lave been elderly Cypriots 
and people with health problems. No 
tourists are reported to have died. 

Thomson, which has an extensive hol¬ 
iday programme in Cyprus, saidit was 
adristng holidaymakers to stay out of 
the midday son and to drink plenty of 
non-alcoholic fluids. 

Ahiours said it was also urging peo¬ 
ple io take c are. and to check tbejyhad 

adequate medkal cover. 

The Association of British Insurers 
said health problems caused by heat 
were generally covered in travel insur¬ 
ance, but that it was unlikely sufferers 
would be flown home unless they be-' 


came seriously 3L It said it did t 
think tourists would be compensated 
they cancelled their holiday becau 
they could not face the prospect of t 
heat although they might be Higfl 
for some compensation if they were s 
vised against going by their doctor. 

The Association - of British Trai 
Agents said it had received writs he 
wrarried travellers, bur th ey were ma 
Iy concerned with checking whett 
their hotels had been affected by fires 
southern Cyprus this week. 

The Cyprus Tourist Board in Lond 
said it was advising callere to stay 
the sea or to go to the moun tain*, wht 
temperatures are s ignificantl y Ion 
than in the interior. 





















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THE TIMES WEEKEND ■ SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1998 


travel • 31 


TRAVELLERS' BULLETIN BOARD 


TRAVEL TIPS by Jill Crawste 


TRAVEL 
JOURNALIST 
OF THE YEAR 








The Komodo dragon: a man-eater threatened with extinction 


Snap to it and 
* save a dragon 

They must be among the nastiest 
creatures on earth: the Komodo 
“dragons” three-metre long fork- 
. tongued lizards that mil munch 
through a wild boar at a angle sit¬ 
ting, and take on water buffalo, 
horses — even unwary tourists. 
The last victim was Swiss — only 
his camera was found. The lizards 
frequently eat their young, and 
their saliva is so toxic that victims 
die from the bite alone. - 
Luckily someone loves them. 
Environm en tal charity Earth- 
watch Institute (01865 311600) is 
looking for volunteers to work 
with scientists helping to save the. 
dragons from extinction on three 
small islands in the Nusa Teng- 
gara archipelago in Indonesia. 

There are still places on the Sep¬ 
tember 8-28 trip, which costs £1.870 
£ to cover food, accommodation and 

' a direct contribution to ongoing re¬ 

search, but not flights. 

Irons in die fire 

Long-haul golfing 
destinations are be- 
ginning to upstage 
hardy perennials 
such as the Al- 
garve and Spain in 
British Airways 
Holidays’ (0870 2424 249) new golf¬ 
ing programme, which includes 
Arizona, Mauritius. Zimbabwe' 
and for the first time, California. | 
The price of a week based at the 


Rancho Bernardo Inn, 25 miles 
from Skn Diego, is from 
£829-£L0S5 for flights, seven 
nights’ nkmHmly accommoda¬ 
tion and car. bine, with green fees 
at . three nearby courses costing 
between £21 and £55 per round. 

Golfers and tbeir long-suffering 
non-golfing partners should wel¬ 
come new offers for single travel¬ 
lers, who can now stay at certain 
resorts with no extra charge, 
though if car hire is included there 
may be a single supplement. 

. At the Windsor Golf and Coun¬ 
try Club near Nairobi in Kenya, 
seven-night . holidays during 
November until December 15. and 
from March I to mid-July, cost 
C710-C789 (with no extra single sup¬ 
plements) for flights and B&B 
accommodation. Green fees cost 
up to £22 per round. 

.. Gotten wishing to meet other 
addicts can take part in the Safari 
Chib Trophy from November 22 
to December 2 for £1.115 which 
includes a mnehighf stay, prizes, 
gala dinner, safari excursion and 
six free rounds. 

■ One of Europe's most 
underrated rides, Pabna. . 
although only introduced this 
year, is already outperforming 
old favourites such as Salzburg, - 
Berlin and Munich, says short 
hreak specialist Travdscene 
{0181-427 4445 at weekends, 
0181-427 8800 weekdays). 

Though the Majorcan capital has 
no beach — which probably 
saved it from overdevelopment 
Pahna’s majestic cathedral, its 



. Palma, die Majorcan capital, may not have a beach, but its lively street life and stunning cathedral has helped make it a success as a short break destination 


elegant pabn-tined promenade, 
rich and secretive old medieval 
quarters, fine shopping and tapas 
bars plus a mouthwatering food 
market offer more than enough 
for.an excellent weekend at any 
time of the year. A two-night 
B&B break costs between £219 
and £359 including flights. 

Dressed to kill 

The biggest armoury in the world 
in Vienna’s Imperial Palace has 
reopened after renovation, with 
five centuries of battle gear cover¬ 
ing nine halls and six galleries. 

Exhibits include the great collec¬ 
tions of Frederick III (1527-1576) 
and Archduke Ferdinand (1527- 
1595), as well as Turkish booty and 
Emperor Franz Joseph’s breech- 
loading carbine. 

The museum is open daily from 
TOamto 6pm except Tuesdays, and 


costs £1.50 for adults. 75p for chil¬ 
dren. students and pensioners. For 
further information contact the 
Austrian National Tourist Office 
(0171-629 0461). 

Normandy events 

Steven Spielberg's latest block¬ 
buster. Saving Private Ryan, and 
tire 55th anniversary of the D-Day 
landings next June will inevitably 
focus attention on Normandy. The 
film will be highlighted during the 
American Film Festival at Deau¬ 
ville from September 4-13. 

Though the Memorial Museum 
at Caen provided many of the 
props, the tourist board admits the 
only genuine Norman footage is 
that of the American cemetery 
above Omaha Beach. Most of the 
beach scenes were shot in Ireland. 

But you don’t really need any 
excuse to visit this larder of 


France, which can offer many 
treats on an autumn break — from 
its andouillettes (small sausages of 
chitterlings) and calvados (apple 
brandy made from rider), to Cathe¬ 
dral cities, geometric watering 
holes such as Cabourg and Deau¬ 
ville itself, and rural landscapes of 
orchards, speckled cows and half- 
timbered bams. 

The Normandy Tourist Board 
(0117 9S6 0386) can supply informa¬ 
tion and a (tee hotel booking serv¬ 
ice with rooms from £26 for two. 

■ Cheshire has spawned yet 
another luxury tour 
operator. Seasons in Style 
(0151-342 0505). What is different 
about the latest? “We present our 
brochure month by month." says 
Chief Executive Peter Williams. 
“We explain that February is the 
season for Dubai or the 


Maldives, while pointing out the 
snags of Ramadan in January." 
The company’s top-drawer 
holidays don’t come cheap. A 
16-day US trip with a ski week in 
Tefluride plus a stay on Florida's 
Fisher Island, once a Vanderbilt 
winter estate, costs £2,850 For 
flights, limousine transfers and 
room-only five-star hotel 
accommodation. 

Passionate still 

Tickets to the Oberammergau Pas¬ 
sion Play in Germany in the year 
2000 are proving more difficult to 
come by than for the World Cup— 
there have been more than three 
million applications for 400.000 
seats. 

The play has been performed 
since 1634, when the villagers, 
believing that their dramatisation 
of Christ's suffering spared them 


from the Black Death, promised to 
re-enact it every ten years. The 
next series will lake place between 
May 22 and October 6 in 2000. 

Only those who have lived in the 
-village of Oberammergau for 20 
years are eligible to take part in the 
play, which rakes six hours to per¬ 
form with a three-hour lunch 
break in the middle. Rugs are rec¬ 
ommended. as much of the event is 
in the open air. 

Inter-Church Travel (0800 092 
5050| offers guaranteed tickets on 
a week's trip for £760, which also 
includes flights, six nights’ half¬ 
board accommodation in the Aus¬ 
trian Tyrol and a night in Oberam¬ 
mergau. 

• t rawl articles in The Times since 
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( be had in Bangkok.. Qantas 
Holidays (0990673464) is offer¬ 
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tion at the Indra RegeniHotel, 
Bangkok, return flights from 
Heathrow, transfers «nd taxes 
for £399 per person. Extra 
nights are £12 per person per. 
• night. Departs daily. Book by 
August 31. 

□ Anne Boleynoncestayed at 
Thombuiy Castle, Sooth 
Gloucestershire, and so can 
yon with Crystal Premier Brit¬ 
ain (0181-390 8513). One night's 
B&B starts at £60 per person, 
or £117.50 per person for a 
four-poster bed. Children 
under 12 are not allowed, to 
stay at the boteL 

□ TTopical.. Places .0)1342 
825123) is ; offering 14 nights’ 

accommodation only ar St Frig¬ 
ate Bay hotel, St Kitts, for £649 
per person, inducting taxes 
and transfers. Departs from 
Gatwick (Hi August 21 or 28. 

□ Unpack your whistles: die 
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ft from August 28-31- this year. 
Sunvfl UK (0181-232 9788) is 
offering two nights' B&B at 
the Swallow International 
Hold. Kensington, for. £99 
per person.. 

□ EhtisfansiwDkiUTwthaxti>' 
morrow is the anniversary of 
The King’s” death. Pay your 
tributes with Limn Poly, who 
will fly you to Memphis from 
Heathrow or Gatwick. for £550 
return, including tax. Departs 
daily: valid until August 3L 
Contact your local Lunn Poly 
for details. 

□ If you can handle the heat; 
which can reach 4CC. Treas¬ 
ures of Turkey (0171-494 2297) 
is offering seven nights’ half¬ 
board at a three-star hotel in 
k Ohi Deni?, a resort on the 
5 Aegean Coast, for £369' per 
person from Gatwick on Au¬ 
gust S. Also departing on Au¬ 
gust 28 from Manchester, sev- 
en nights' B&B at a two-star 
hotel in Ola Deniz is £309 per 


If you find yourself in a 
threatening locations and 
there do not appear to be any 
friendly fares around,-then 
there is an easy way to look 
tike you belong—buy a local 
newspaper. Scanning the 
pages in a confident manner 
will enable you to blend in 
with the surroundings. , 
Reading in a public place 


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person. Both offers indude 
tax and transfers. 

□ Lakes and Mountains Holi¬ 
days (01329844405) is offering 
one week in a one-bed self ca¬ 
tering apartment in Engel- 
berg, near Lucerne. Switzer¬ 
land, starting at £234 per per¬ 
son based on two sharing: or 


one week in a two-bed apart¬ 
ment starts at £151 per po-son 
based on four sharing. Both of¬ 
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ais ferry crossings for car and 
passengers. Valid until Aug 31. 

D Costa Cruisesr. (0171-323 
3333) seven-night Baltic cap¬ 
ital cruise on tire Costa Mar¬ 
ina. calling at Stockholm. Hel¬ 
sinki and St Petersburg starts 
at £740 per person inducting 
an inside cabin, meals and 
entertainment and return 
flights from Heathrow to 
Copenhagen. Departs Sept 13. 

Joanna Hunter 


You won’t find many tourists 


A major tour 


company is 


offering trips to 


Iraq, writes 


Tom Chesshyre 


A mainstream British 
tour operator is defy¬ 
ing Foreign Office ad¬ 
vice by offering holiday pack¬ 
ages to Iraq. 

’With'tension building in the 
Gulf as Saddam Hussein be¬ 
comes embroiled in yet anoth¬ 
er dispute with United Na¬ 
tions weapons inspectors. Voy¬ 
ages Jules Verne has become 
the first major operator to re¬ 
turn to Iraq since the invasion 
of Kuwait in 1990. 

It is organising two trips 
next year in the Mesopotamia 
region, ignoring Fbreign Of¬ 
fice advice that recommends 
people “should not attempt to 
visit Iraq". 

The first trip, which in¬ 
dudes visits to Baghdad and 
Babylon, is in May and al¬ 
ready more than half of the 60 
places available have been 
booked. A few places have also 
• gone on an October 1999 trip. 
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LAST week’s bombing near 
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Kenya, mites Joanna Hunter. 
However, while Nairobi, now 
in a state of emergency, 
should be avoided, the For¬ 
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peal incident seems low and 
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to Kenya tins year, said: “We 
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them that there was no need 
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Baghdad, Iraq: the Foreign Office is advising people to stay away, but two tour operators are flouting the official line 


Jules Verne said: ‘There has 
been a lot of interest in the 
trips so far. Although the Fbr¬ 
eign Office says that you shoul¬ 
dn’t go, that advice could 
change before next year.’’ 

The only other holiday com¬ 
pany offering packages to Iraq 
at the moment is Travel Com¬ 
pany Live, run by Phil Haines, 
who became the youngest per¬ 
son ever to have visited every 
country in the world at the age 


of 35. He visited Iraq, the final 
country on his round-the- 
world challenge, in November 
1997. 

He subsequently set up as a 
tour operator and took a 
group of eight people to Meso¬ 
potamia last June — the trip 
had originally been planned 
for April, but was delayed be¬ 
cause of concerns about a 
build up of troops in the region 
at the time. Places are still 


available on the next holiday 
this October, which includes a 
visit to the Hanging Gardens 
of Babylon. 

Mr Haines said: "As long as 
you have the right documenta¬ 
tion. Iraq is a perfectly safe 
place to visit We have never 
had any trouble and have al¬ 
ways enjoyed its culture and 
the history." 

A spokeswoman for the As¬ 
sociation of British Travel 


Agents said: “When the For¬ 
eign Office says you shouldn’t 
visit a country, that is about as 
strong a form of language as 
they use. In such a situation, it 
is always down to the tour 
operator to point out the risks 
of visiting ihe country and 
then up ro die customer to de¬ 
cide whether lo go. The opera¬ 
tor should make clear whether 
a refund will be available if the 
tour has to be cancelled." 


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T he wet season in the 
Luangwa Valley in 
Zambia took me by 
surprise. Having vis¬ 
ited extensively in the dry sea¬ 
son. I thought 1 knew (his 
place: after all. I had walked 
just about every yard of it, 
driven just about every mile of 
it. and l had even flown over 
most of iL 

In the dry season, 1 had - 
always considered it a 
parched, liortcoloured land, 
but now it was totally trans¬ 
formed, the colour of emerald. 
The long-familar dust-bowls 
had vanished, overwhelmed, 
with head-high grasses of ab¬ 
surdly vivid geeeni and 
through the seed-heads flew 
birds the colour of live coals. 

1 had seen these birds 
before; but then again I had 
not In the dry season, they are 
dull, brown, undistinguished 
and indistinguishable. But 
now they. Eke the valley itself, 
had emerged in their true col¬ 
ours. Every pore of the great 
Luangwa Valley was throb¬ 
bing with life. 

. in Britain, we don't under¬ 
stand wet in the same way as 
Africans. Wet is always pre¬ 
sent for us, it is the sun that is 
the bringer of life. In Africa; it 


is the sun that is always with 
you. the rain that is the treat. 

. “Shall we track lion today. 
Bob?”! would ask during my 
Luangwa sabbatical of a few 
years back. “Why not?” he 
would reply, “it’s a nice sunny 
day”. And we would set off, 
with the sun coming down like 
a jackhammer, roasting the 
life from the earth and (frying 
the mighty Luangwa to a little 
- brown ditch. 

But it's all quite different 
when die rains come, from 
November to April, die guides 
always told me. My curiosity 
roused, it had become an ambi¬ 
tion to see my beloved valley 
in the wet. 

1 tn die dry season, the tradi¬ 
tional time for tourists to visit, 
the roads can be passed, the 
rivers crossed and the weather 
is fine. The vegetation is low, 
shrivelled up and devoured. 
' There is no water to drink, 
save in the main channel of 
the Luangwa, so aD the herbiv¬ 
ores concentrate around the 
river. And so, of course, do die 
carnivores. If you want to see 
game, to live and walk among 
great African animals, 
Luangwa in the dry season is 
the best that-Africa offers. 

But there are a few camps 


Hippos revel in a swift-flowing, abundant Luangwa river. Game sightings are rarer in Zambia's “green” season, but the sense of wilderness is deeper 


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and guides that keep going in 
the wet season, and they offer 
something rarer. 

I joined a tour and found my¬ 
self riding an inflatable boat — 
the river huge and swift-flow¬ 
ing. millions of gallons a 
minute hurtling between pre¬ 
cipitous banks towards the 
Zambezi. 

The Luangwa, wild, capri¬ 
cious and moody, rips banks 


apart, tears down trees, takes 
dramatic short cuts, creates 
sudden oxbows, meanders in 
long and fanciful curves. For 
80 miles we — myself and the 
guide. John Coppmger — 
bounced upstream, but no 
more than 50 miles as the bate- 
leur. a short-tailed African 
eagle, flies. . 

Arid then we joined the bale- 
leurs, riding pillion on a micro- 
light. and we saw the sea of 
green, shot though with silver 
ribbons and crescents. Water 
was almost everywhere: a nice 
change from dust. 

Over the Lubi, the sand-riv¬ 
er where, oh my last visit. 1 
had walked and met lion four 
times in a couple of hours: it 
was now gleaming and flow¬ 
ing with water below me. a 
herd of elephants revelling in 
die green abundance. 

- Only the crocodiles disliked 
the strange craft I was riding: 
“Jurassic brains,'* said John. 
•They think I'm a pterodao 
tyl.” He pointed down: “The 


Chikoko River." he said. T 
think its still navigable.” 

And so we set out to navi¬ 
gate it in the inflatable. A nar¬ 
row tunnel, roofed with a 
green canopy and floored with 
water. Isaac the scout came 
too, gun in hand, in case one of 
the Jurassic-brained beasts 
took a fancy to us. 


B ut the mood was idyl¬ 
lic, not confronta¬ 
tional. The hippos 
treated us with recip¬ 
rocal courtesy, the crocs with 
wary disdain. A giant tange¬ 
rine bird flew in front of us. I 
thought I knew Luangwa, hut 
I had never seen this deep, 
peaceful wilderness. 

Travel agents are not sure 
how to sell the wet. or “green" 
season. 1 know it would suit 
anyone who does not have a 
wish-list of large mammals to 
tick off. Having said that. I 
had one of the best-ever Eon 
sightings: three lionesses in a 
night-hunt, stalking impala. 


Gamc is harder to see in the 
weu but the sense of wilder¬ 
ness is deeper. If you have 
already seen Eon and leopard, 
then a wet-season trip will add 
a sense of completeness to the 
African experience. 

Ah yes, you will be asking, 
but did it rain? Was it wet and 
miserable? Well, I got caught 
in the rain twice, once in an 
open vehicle, when we had 
waterproofs, and the second 
time m the boat, when we had 
all forgotten our waterproofs 
and got soaked as the sky 
cracked around us, scribbling 
jagged signatures of light 
across the sky. 

Then it stopped and we 
drifted along the Luangwa. 
Mosi beer in hand, the grunt¬ 
ing of hippo in our ears, and 
the Jurassic-brained chaps out 
of sight if not out of mind. 

In the distance, we could 
also hear the song of lion. I 
raised my Mosi again: and 
drank to this wet and wonder¬ 
fully green life. 


■ Simon Barnes travelled 
with Wildlife Worldwide 
(0181-667 9158]. A ten-dav 
safari on the Luangwa 
River costs from £1095 
during the wet season, in 
February, March and April. 
Flights from Garwick to 
Lilongwe, transfers, luxury 
lodge accommodation, 
meals, laundry, most 
drinks, game-viewing by 
road and river included. 
Flights over (fie park in a 
microlight cost about £30. 

■ When (o go: The wn 
season is from Not ember to 
April: the dry season is 
from May to October. 

■ Red tape: Visas cost £33: 
call the Zambia High 
Commission (0171-589 6655). 
Allow at least a week for 
forms to be processed. 

■ Medical requirements: 
Typhoid, hepatitis A. 
tetanus and polio 
vaccinations, and malaria 
tablets. Consult your GP. 

■ Reading: Africa: 77.? 

South (Lonely Planet. 

£15.99); Guide to Zombi j 
Chris McIntyre (BradL 
£11.95). 

■ Further information: 

Zambia National Tourist 
Board (0171-589 6343). 

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Noonday nips from tassies drunk (7) 

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Prance around one in small roam (3) 

Tense in tight suit, inhabitant of Rwanda (5) 

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Aims to change the old nome of country (4) 

Scots dropping with a temperature (3) 

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A tree Scots own one neighbour climbs (7) 

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4 Scots eye on zone where exploitation's banned (3) 
Degree English schoolgirl deserved? (6) 

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6 Claws used in pouncing (4) 

Kind of pigeon, first with a new shape (9) 

7 Auxiliary language I work out (3) 

8 Son out the bits left over (4) 

Old witch runs in to uplift (4) 

Partner appearing in outsize gems (5) 

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10 Saits snub Society’s first advance (5) 

Second large helping of Royal bran (4) 

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flecting the puzzle’s title, comprises the 13 
unclued lights: “Wives are young men's 
mistresses, companions for middle age, 
and old men’s nurses.” The 12 answers 
with letters discarded were: 37d fHALSE, 
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NJELSEfN). 22a (QALCULUS, I9a 
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THE Mind Sports Olympiad is an 
annual festival in which all the con¬ 
tests are thinking games. 

There have been Olympiads de¬ 
voted to sped Re mind activities be¬ 
fore. Since the 1920s there hare 
beat Chess Olympiads which are 
held every two years. There are also 
Bridge Olympiads every four years 
and Mathematics Olympiads every 
year. In 1989, the first Computer 
Olympiad took place in London. 

However, what makes the Mind 
Sports Olympiad (MSO) unique is 
that it combines 40 thinking activi¬ 
ties in one event 

At MSO ! last year, more than 
2,000 competitors from 58 countries 
battled for medals in 40 different 
mind sports which, as well as in¬ 
dividual games such as go and sho- 
gi, indudes chess. 

interesting support has come far 
chess from more than 40 MPs led 
by David Stafford. MPfor Stafford, 
and Peter Bradley. MP for Wrekin. 
They have put down a Commons 
motion urging the Government to 
recognise chess as a sport The mo¬ 
tion points out that by playing 
chess. "‘Children leant co-ordina¬ 
tion. sodal and interactive skills, to 
plan ahead and. most importantly, 
to take responsibility for their own 
actions.” The massed MPs call on 
Tony Banks, the Sports Minister, to 
encourage the Sports Council offi¬ 
cially to recognise chess. 

The following game was played 
by Matthew Sadler in last year's 
MSO chess section. 


queen's rook is shut in. White per¬ 
ceives that the queensidc is where 
future developments will be con¬ 
centrated. 


13 _. Na5 14 Qb4 Re8 

15 Be2 Bf8 16 Qa4 afi 

17 b4 Nb7 


17... Nc418 Bxc4 dxc419 b5! is pleas¬ 
ant for White but would hare been 
a better choice for Black. 


18 Bxa6 Bxb4 !9Qxb4 Rxa6 
20 Nb5 


Black’s position is a mess: he has 
no control over his dark squares 
and Wlike threatens a devastating 
invasion on the square c7. 

20 „ Re7 21 RcS 


A tactical shot which disrupts 
Blade's defences. 


21 „ QxcS 22 Qxc7 Qd7 

Black’s position is, temporarily at 
least, holding together by a thread. 

23 Qxffi Qxb5 24 e4 

Threatening Bhb and mate on g7. 
See the subtle way Sadler has trans¬ 
formed his queenside pressure into 
a Witz against the Mack king. 

24 _ Nd6 25 Bh6 Ne8 

26 Qe7 Ng7 27 Rcl RaS 

28 Rc7 QeS 29 Qf6 Nh5 

30 Qe5 dxe4 31 g4 16 

If 31 - Ra5 32 Re7 Qd8 33 Qd6! and 
White wins. 


White: Matthew Sadler: Black: 
Alan Peridns. Mind Sports 
Olympiad 1997. Slav Defence. 

I d4 dS 2 c4 c6 

3 Nc3 Nfe 4 e3 


F U 


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The winner is CG. Cooper, of Minehead, 
Somerset 

The runners up are Mr and Mrs 
D. Guage, of Wrexham, Wales; KLA. Pratt, 
of Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland; Philip 
Cam, of Cranldgh. Surrey; Mrs Renfie- 
anne Naef. of Lightwater, Surrey; 
D.D. Lethara, of Northshields. Tyne and 
Wear. 


More normal is 4 Ni3. 

4 - g6 

Solid but passive. The main alter¬ 
native is 4... e6. 

5 NO Bg7 6 Be2 0-0 

7 (Ml Bg4 8 cxd5 cxd5 

9 Qb3 

The absence of Black’s bishop from 
the queenside permits White to 
probe for any possible weaknesses 
in that sector. 

9 _ b6 10 h3 BxO 

II Bxf3 e6 12 Bd2 Nc6 

13 Rfcl 

A subtle dedsion, although Whited 


32 Qxe4 Rc8 
Desperation. 

33 Rxcg QxcS 34 gxh5 g5 
35 h4 Black resigns 

An example of controlled initiative. 

At dose of play at the British 
Championship in Torquay, as last 
year, Matthew Sadler had tied for 
first place. But, unlike last year, he 
lost out in the playoff and Nigel 
Short became the new champion. 

The mammoth book The World's 
Greatest Chess Games (Robinson, 
E9.99) is a co-production between 
Graham Burgess. Dr John Nunn 
and John Ems. One can argue 
about their choice of the top 100 
games, in particular their virtual 
dismissal of the !9th century, but 
this is still an intriguing and chal¬ 
lenging compilation, to which I 
shall return. Each game introduces 
the players and the circumstances 
of the competition, as well as offer¬ 
ing deep notes for every encounter. 


CROSS WORDS 


BRIDGE 


by Michael Rich 


N ext weekend, more than 
300 readers will be taking 
part in the first of The 
Ixmdon^regianal .finals (pn Satur- 
day^and the national final ton Sun¬ 
day) of 77ie "Hines Crossword Com¬ 
petition which, as last year, is run¬ 
ning in conjunction with the Mind 
Olympiad. The' national, final, 
which starts at 3pm. will see the 
crowning Of' tbe 28th champion. 
The first champion in 1970was Roy 
Dean, for many years recorded as 
the “fastest solver" in the Guinness 
Book of Records; the current cham¬ 
pion is David Howell from Leeds. • 
As always, for the finalas well as 
for the regional finals, competitors 
will be required to attempt four puz¬ 
zles Of normal^ standard during the 
session, for each of which they will 


be allowed half ah hour. Of course, 
the puzzles are frequently solved in 
' much less time titan that (about six- 
and-a-half minutes was tbe aver¬ 
age at the Northern regional final). 
However, even some erf the experts 
who reach , the finals sometimes fail 
- to solve one or more of the puzzles. 

. As usual, spectators will be in¬ 
vited to pit their wits against the 
competitors; I remember being 
present on several occasions when 
the experts have been defeated fay 
participants from the Boor. 

For crossword buffs these are fun 
events'ford-I recommend attend- 
anoe—subjeetto this necessary cav¬ 
eat l am not sure; whether there 
will be room for everybody, so it 
wifi be first-come, first-served; 
'come early, book your place and 


then browse round the rest of the 
events at the Mind Olympiad. 

In .the list of the 27 previous 
champions there are only 13 
names, and no reference to the 
event would be complete without re¬ 
ferring to the great John Sykes, 
nine times the champion. Indeed, 
at one stage the sponsors came to 
an agreement with Mr Sykes that 
he would only compete every otter 
year. They were frightened that peo¬ 
ple would lose interest in a competi¬ 
tion with only one winner in sight 
However, I was there to see him be¬ 
ing beaten, and ! have seen otter 
champions defeated since. Will we 
have a new champion this year? 
Why not came and see. 

• The writer is organiser of The Times 
Crossword Competition. 


AS WELL AS individual games 
such as go and shogi, and competi¬ 
tive games such as backgammon 
and draughts, at the Mind Sports 
Olympiad, there will of course be 
. nine bridge tournaments plus Mini- 
Bridge. This version of tbe game 
will be featured daily from August 
25-28. The Mini-Bridge sessions 
run from 10am to 2pm and wiD 
start with a short teach-in to ex- 


by Robert Sheehan 


that Mini-Bridge helps to teach. 
This particular slam succeeded 
when declarer finessed against an 
eight. 


Dealer East Game AS 


plain the game to newcomers. 
Even if you have never played 


the game before, you can come to 
the teach-in and be ready to play in 
your first tournament just half an 
hour later. 

The cost of the teach-in, includ¬ 
ing the playing session, is just £10 
(£4 for juniors). For details about 
how to get further information and 
how to enter, see the top of this 


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Contract Sta Hearts by South. 
Laad: nine at diamonds. 


The declarer was Bobby Goldman, 
former world champion and mem¬ 
ber of the original Dallas Aces 
team, playing in the 1998 Spingold, 
the principal knockout event at the 
American Summer Nationals. He 
arrived in Six Hearts after East had 
opened the bidding with a weak 
Two Diamonds. 

With a ruff threatening he had to 
win the opening diamond lead in 
dummy, and now a successful line 
is to finesse the jack of clubs. How¬ 
ever. after the opening bid that 
finesse is less than 50 per cent, and 
Goldman saw 12 tricks without a 
finesse if trumps were 3-2 or he 
could draw them in some other 
fashion, by playing for a dummy 
reversal. 

Goldman led a club to the king, a 


club to the ace and a third dub, ruff¬ 
ing high. Next came the jack of 
hearts to the ace and the fourth 
club, again ruffed high. 

Now he cashed the ace of spades, 
then led the two of hearts and fi¬ 
nessed the seven, finally he cashed 
tbe last two trumps and led a dia¬ 
mond towards the queen, to estab¬ 
lish his twelfth trick. 

The due to his winning line was 
the presence of all the six highest 
trumps between the two hands. 

Why finesse the seven of hearts? 
East had shown up with ten cards 
in the minors so was either 2-1-6-4 
or 1-2-64. 

In the former case the finesse 
was guaranteed to work, while in 
the latter, admittedly less likely 
case, ft was still a 60-40 shot. 

However, all of this is a lot better 
than the lucky line of taking an 
early club finesse. 


COMPUTER GAMES AND PASTIMES 


NEW SOFTWARE 


by Tim Wapshott 


THE Edinburgh.. International 
festival was founded in 1947to“en¬ 
liven and enrich fhe cultural life of 
Europe, Britaai and Scotland” and 
“provide s periodof flowering Of 
the Himafoisi^^»tasti?ear,^h»e 
were 220 performances, of 75 pro:, 
(factions. But this festival is only - 
one of Edinburgh's facets. At Ute : 
same time the dfy also, hosts jasiz, 
film arid book festivals, as well as 
the Fringe and MilitaryTattoo. M.> 

This year's International Festival 
has just got under way «jd£ even if 
you are not making the trek in per¬ 
son, you can still keep' abreast .of 
events via die Internet 

A good overview of the main feai- 
va) can be found at the official 
Edinburgh International Festival 
site on http//wwwjstLac.uk/df/ 
df98/framescLhtnil P - which, far 
chides visitor information, festival 
facts, booking information, and 
assorted finks. 

Alternatively, you can start far 
paying a visit to the citys home 
page, called Go Edinburgh, on 
http://www.go-edmburgh.co.uk/ 
which offers an umbrella link to 
eight related sites, inducting those 
book and jazz festivals. 

Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 
ht^//www.edfringe£om/ gives de¬ 
tails of tbe thousands erf Fringe 
events, Tbe slide site has three cha¬ 
racters to aid your news gatherfag. 
Harry Holler hosts' daily diaiy. 
pages with listings, programme 
amendments and late-breaking an-. 
nouncehnents. The Wee Man lakes 
you to the Fringe map. pointing out 
prominemEdmburgh sites as. well 
as detailing key bus routes. Morag 
hosts the specialist search engine to 
track down performances fay cate¬ 
gory, artist, venue, time and soon- 



time, the fifes and drums of the 
local regiment would march 
through the streets, their music sig¬ 
nalling a return to quarters, arm 
the shout would go up, ‘Doe den 
tap toe* (turn off the taps) ” 


Keepi^ to dateon Edmbrargh Festival events on the Internet 


The 'Edfaburjjh Him Festival is. 
now in its 52nd year and is haOed 
as the longest continually running 
film festival in the world. John 
Huston apparenffy said.af the 
event “It’s the oily film festival 
worth a damn.” The affiaaJ site on 
http://www.edfilmfcstorg.uk/ in- 
chafes details of films bong shown 
and a resume of the highs and lows 
from 1947 to the present day. 


The Military Tattoo was con¬ 
ceived and first performed fa 1950. 
Today, it attracts an audience of 
200.000 people in the dty. as well 
as reaching miTH ons of television 
viewers. For details, head to the of¬ 
ficial site on hfljrJ/www.edmtattoo. 
oo.uk/. The name tattoo, it ex¬ 
plains, “derives from the ary of inn¬ 
keepers in the Low Countries in the 
17th and 18th'centuries. At dosing 


WORD ANSWERS 


TWO BRAINS 


Answers from page 36 
Gam gee: fa) Ttie name cf Joseph 
Sampson Gam gee (1828-86), Eng¬ 
lish surgeon. Taimgya: (a) A temp¬ 
orary hillside dearing. Vesfriva; (b) 
An Orthodox Jewish college or sem-. 
.inary; a Talmudic academy. Sha¬ 
un: (a) CounseLifebate, problem. 


Answers from page 36 
Question l 

5 and 17. They are all prime num¬ 
bers. The answer is 9,699,690. 
Question 2 

Acaria, The wildebeest is the prime 
element of the lion’s diet as the 
acacia is for the giraffe. 


READER Mrs G.W. of London 
NW3 has written to say she “would 
love the Internet but is on a bud¬ 
get”. She adds that a friend has 
vaguely heard about “a free Inter¬ 
net server with advertisements run¬ 
ning across the top of the screen". 

I have not come across any de¬ 
tails of this free server, although 
several companies (including 
Yahoo on hitpJJmaiLykhoQ.com) 
offer free Internet addresses so you 
can enjoy the benefits of personal e- 
majL This can be particularly 
handy for global backpackers who 
want to send messages from 
around tite worid using the PC faefl- 
jties at cybercafes they may find 
along the way. 

As for as 1 know, tbe simplest 
way for households to gain free 
access to the Internet for explor¬ 
atory surfing is with trial offers. 
These usually run for one month 
and The appropriate set-up soft¬ 
ware comes on a floppy disk or CD- 
Rotn. The easiest way to track 
down trial offers is to flick through 
the plethora of PC magazines at 
your local newsagent and see what 
foils out 

However, there is another way 
you could secure a long-term trial 
Internet account for free—by win¬ 
ning one through this column in 
our next internet accounts competi¬ 
tion. Only six worics a§o we handed 
out free six-month Direct Connec¬ 
tion accounts to 100 ludey cyber¬ 
space winners. Watch this space- 


TOTAL INSANITY 2 is the second 
compilation package to be rolled 
out by Europress: three games on 
five CD-Roms. The trio are Worms 
2, Star Trek Generations and Titan¬ 
ic — Adventure Out of Tune. 

Worms 2 is the hugely addictive, 
light-hearted 2D war game with im¬ 
mense style. Instead of soldiers, 
you battle human or computer, 
opponents (on one machine or via a 
network) with teams of pink 
worms. It is totally inoffensive, thor¬ 
oughly engaging, something of a 
classic and a worthy addition to 
any games collection. 

There have been many attempts 
at Star Trek games and all you can 
say about Star Trek Generations is 
that it is one of them. Here Captain 
Jean-Luc Picard (no hair) and Cap¬ 
tain James T. Kirk (pretend hair) 
do battle against a scheming scien¬ 
tist ff you are a Trekkie. you wfli 
doubtless love tackling the 12 mis¬ 
sions served up fa this double-disk 
title. 

Titanic—Adventure Out of Time 
also comes on two disks. This cou¬ 
ples a 3D recreation of the histori¬ 
cal vessel with an interactive movie 
caper fa which you play a British 
spy. What ensues is a double race 
against time: you roust interview 
the cast of diameters and solve 
your espionage puzzler before the 
ship — I had better not say what 
happens at the end in case you have 
not yet seen the movie. 

Verdict 8 out of 10. The worms 
are back — this time in a budget 
compilation- £29.99. 


the shooting range at the funfair. 
For one or two players (or more if 
playing in knockout tournaments 
or as teams), games are divided 
into rounds with four specific tar¬ 
get challenges. 

For one you may be required to 
hit coloured ducks floating on a 
pond, in another you must hit a cer¬ 
tain number of bouncing rubber 
balls. Sometimes you have a limit¬ 
less supply of bul lets, at other times 
you are rationed. One mission 


requires you to hit an apple bal¬ 
anced on some poor chap's head — 
with just one bullet up your barrel. 

The music jingles are lively and 
always appealing, no matter how 
much they are repeated. The effects 
are bright and breezy — and if you 
have ever played BusiaMove. you 
will recognise many of the chirpy 
noises. The game delivers instant 
fan for young and old alike. 
Verdict: 8 out of 10. lip a bit left a 
bit fire. £34.99. 


SOLUTION TO JUMBO 178 


NAM CO'S point blank has the ap¬ 
peal of the 1970s television game- 
show The Golden Shot — and that 
seme. 

It is simple to play yet entirely 
captivating. TTris is not a shoot-’em- 
up in the usual sense but more like 


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THE TIMES WEEKEND ■ SATURDAY AUGUST 15 1098 


MODERN MANNERS 


_ by John Morgan _ 

Send your queries to Morgan's Modern Manners. TheTimes. Weekend, 
1 Pennington Street, London El 9XN 


I How long does a marriagepro- 
■ posal remain valid? I recently 
proposed to a beautiful lady whom 
1 met through The Times. Unfortu¬ 
nately she has Tailed to reply. My 
natural optimism allows me to con¬ 
sider the glorious prospect that she 
is still considering the matter. How¬ 
ever, in the absence of any reply, 
when would I be able to consider it 
“dead"? It is only the third propos¬ 
al or my life (won one. lost one... 
one undecided?) and I would hate 
to find myself guilty of breach of 
promise in the unlikely event of 
meeting another woman of my 
dreams. — Michael Harvey, Lon¬ 
don SWI. 

® 1 fear that this is a rare case of 
no news being bad news. Good 
manners does not prescribe a gener¬ 
ally accepted period of reflection 
during which a would-be betrothed 
dwells on a proposal of marriage. 
Usually the girl in question either 
responds instantly with a yea or a 
nay. or sets down a time limit by 
which she will give her answer. As 
any proposal remains 
open until it is accepted, 
rejected or indeed with¬ 
drawn. perhaps you 
might like to set her a 
deadline. I suspect this 
will probably be a case 
of third lime unlucky, 
but at least a confusing 
chapter of your life will 
be brought a dose. 


I was surprised by 
your reply to the let¬ 


ter about formal replies 
to “at home" invitations 
which, as Taras I know, 
should never indude the words "at 
home”. — Peter Sinclair. London 
IV5. 

Mea culpa. Thank you so 
much for pointing out my 
brainstorm. You are absolutely 
right — the words “at home” may 
grace the invitation card, but there 
thev remain. 



disintegrate as all and sundry- rush 
around like flunkies. It is also sensi¬ 
ble for the host to remain seated to 
enable him to look after his guests. 
Do your bit but then settle back, 
confident that you will be scoring 
double Brownie points by being 
both incredibly helpful and a truly 
fascinating guest 

A friend who lives abroad in¬ 
vited me to his wedding but 
without inviting my live-in partner 
of many years, whom both he and 
his then-fianc£e had met more 
than once. He had. however, in¬ 
vited another friend with his wife, 
although he had not met her. Dis¬ 
creet inquiries revealed that non- 
married partners were not invited 
in order to keep numbers down. I 
politely declined the invitation in 
the usual manner, but privately ex¬ 
pressed to my friend that although 
1 would not see him at his wel¬ 
ding, 1 looked forward to seeing 
him when he was next in my home 
city. After I declined the invitation. 

several mutual friends 
criticised my decision. 
However. I feel that in 
today's society it is not 
really acceptable to ex¬ 
dude people’s partners 
simply because they are 
not married. — Name 
and address withheld. 
You are right to feel 
aggrieved. Brides 


do need to adopt a sys¬ 
tem to help them ration 
the number of guests, 
but your friend could 
have made an easy dis¬ 
tinction. Long-term part¬ 
nerships are almost socially equal 
to marriages. However, more 
short-term arrangements are defi¬ 
nitely not and therefore do nor need 
to be acknowledged socially at im¬ 
portant occasions. 


I am a bachelor of 40. ! often 
go to casual dinnerparties giv¬ 
en by friends. The host pours the 
drinks, the hostess produces the 
meal. After the first course the 
plates pile up, and I get up to help 
dear away and bring in the next 
course. After the main course the 
same thing happens, except that 
this time I do nothing and wait for 
another guest to lend a hand. Need¬ 
less to say. nothing of the sort oc¬ 
curs — and the hostess has to fend 
for herself. I object to this laziness, 
particularly on the part of the host 
who is somehow cemented to his 
seat. Perhaps you can suggest a 
firm but amusing way of suggest¬ 
ing that others have their obliga¬ 
tion loo? —Name and address with¬ 
held. 

1 You should do nothing and 
I calm down. Remember that a 
guest's primary function at a din¬ 
ner party is to entertain and amuse, 
rather than fetch and carry. Al¬ 
though many hostesses welcome 
practical help from their guests, 
none of them wishes to see her table 


When staying in a hotel and 
using room service, should 
one tip the waiter an appropriate 
small amount for the service, or 
should it be a percentage of the 
cost of the order, as in a restau¬ 
rant? — John Benney, OrfonL 
Room service tips are assessed 
quite differently from the fixed 



... RELAX TOGETHER WITH 
A GOOD READ, ALONG 
COOLD RINK, AND JUST. 



WORD WATCHING 


by Philip Howard 

GAMGEE 

a. Wound-dressing 

b. Town in Texas 

c. Weather-forecast technique 

TAUNGYA 

a. A clearing 

b. A semi-precious orange stone 

c. Ritual humiliau'on 

YES HIV A 

a. A yak keeper 

b. A college 

c. A skull-cap 

SHAUR1 

a. Counsel 

b. A village elder 

c. A wood nymph 

Answers on page 35 


TWO BRAINS 


by Raymond Keene 

THE FIRST German Memory Champion¬ 
ship. which tested names and faces, words, 
numbers, cards and poetry, has been won by 
Dr Gunther Karsten with 928 points out of a 
possible MOO. In silver-medal position was 
Ms Manuria Meurer with 612 points, while 
bronze was won by Christian Schmitt with 
597 points. Among his exploits at the event in 
Stuttgart last month. Dr Karsten memo¬ 
rised seven full packs of shuffled cards (384 
cards) in one hour. 

Question 1 

Look at the following sequence of numbers: 
2.3.?. 7. II, 13. ?. 19. 

First, ffl I in the gaps, and then cakulaie 
the product of the entire sequence. For full 
genius credit, do not use a calculator or pen 
and paper. 

Question 2 

Dietary habits. Lion is to wildebeest as 
giraffe is to- 

Answers on page 35 


by Raymond Keene 

WHITE ro play. This position is 
from the game Bolbochan v Pach- 
man. Moscow 1956. 



percentage dining room principle, 
which takes into account the gen¬ 
eral service offered there. The room 
service gratuity is a single one-off 
gesture to whoever delivers your 
order and tends to be a standard 
rale that the giver considers appro¬ 
priate to his pocket and the status 
of the establishment However, 
there can be flexibility. For in¬ 
stance. the arrival of a gleaming sil¬ 
ver tray bristling with iced Krug 
and glistening Beluga caviare prob¬ 
ably warrants a slightly more gen¬ 
erous tip than would be the case 
with the delivery of a simple 
toasted cheese sandwich. This will 
prevent the hotel guest from ap¬ 
pearing mean and lacking a sense 
of occasion. 

• The author is associate editor 
o/OQ. 



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How did White manage to 
conclude his kingside attack with a 
fine blow? 


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tion of the vehicle. — Cape Canaveral com¬ 
mentator as US rocket carrying a $1 billion 
satellite exploded 42 seconds after take-off 

We fed an unbearable regret over such a 
use. — Sony on reports that its video cameras 
can be used ro see through clothing 

A little of what people want is OK as long as 
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The more you try to ban it the more it win 


grow. — James Ferman. outgoing head of 
the British Board of Film Classification, on 
pornography 

I know many of (he mink are going to die 
but at least they will have had a taste of free¬ 
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This was the hottest July In the history of the 
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I’ve cried for Britain. My eyes got so bad 1 
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Turner, photographed wearing only a snake, 
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This is Tiggs... I wont be here for yonks 
and yonks and yonks. — Message on Tiggy 
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In place of a whining victim culture we have 
the heroic selflessness of figures such as 
Angus Fraser and Michael Atherton, who 
would not have been out of place at Dun¬ 
kirk. —The Daily Mail celebrates England's 
cricketing victory against South Africa 

If living next to a police station doesn’t 
make a difference. God knows what will. — 

Man burgled sue times, despite tiring next to 
the police station 



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POSTCODE 


ACROSS 

1 Content doing time (6) 

4 Catch old woman breaking into 
dress boxes (10) 

10 Tow rope AB*s thrown for vessel 
(9) 

15 Second display of amusement by 

monarch’s assassin (11) 

17 Device on cooker - a speedo? (9) 

18 Clean break, by the sound of it 
(5) 

19 Chap has a target, a sea-cow (7) 

20 First proper appeall have put to¬ 
gether (9) 

21 English and Siamsese subse- 
quendy return to get their own 
back (9) 

22 Comment about water in the 
Great Ouse - the end result will 
be OK (2,4,3,4333,4) 

25 Boasted about plan finally 
knocked on the head (7) 

26 Avalanches in Senegal covering 
first of flowers (9) 

28 Whose epic could become a mag¬ 
num opus? (9) 

30 Greeting from Midas, farewell 
from boss (6.9) 

33 Rash and quick to take offence, 
with intensity of feeling (7,4) 

34 Colours seen in French game 
(5-2-4) 

36 This could be hoisted as pilot or¬ 
dered (7) 

38 Say German is interrupting very 
big bigheads (7) 

40 Silverware chosen by heads of re¬ 
tailing organisation (7) 

41 Old cricketers, with time, be¬ 
come rusty (7) 

42 To save money, your supermar¬ 
ket initially introduced larger 
quantity for lower price (7,4) 

43 Appropriate three metals for 
small blade (6,5) 

45 Originally I meant trainee to be¬ 
come a queen (5,10) 

47 Treatises concealing rubbish in 
very small amounts (9) 

48 Almost time to have a bash at 
cabaret (9) 

50 More lordly before? (7) 

53 If all else mils, should two out- 
and-out villi ans get together? 

(23,5,533.5) 

58 Regular,showbiz awards reject¬ 
ed by kid, mostly (9) 

59 Lamenting changes in dressing 
(9) 

60 'A Yankee soldier joined English 
army,' said Yank restlessly (7) 

62 Extreme and, to some extent, 
harmful transformation (5) 

63 Lurid broadcast about anting 
back of priests (9) 

64 Determine speed - of heart? 
(4,3.4) . 

65 Revealing setting for gem m 
shape of a D (9) 

66 Bony projections on elbows - 
nasty scar on left one (10) 

67 Verbal agreement for rise (6) 

1 


DOWN 

1 At home, murderer's 
tor up. unable to sleep 

2 Health resort in European coun¬ 
try (5) 

3 Understand Latin without need¬ 
ing a heart stimulant (9) 

5 Stronghold with a season's pro¬ 
duce having store put up (9) 

6 Meat-eating coach - man over¬ 
come by common sense (II) 

7 Prepared plainer sweet (7) 

8 Musical making a comeback re¬ 
ceives a lot of praise of quality 
00 - 

9 The winner was. originally 
(23.5.5) 

10 Fish cake (7) 

11 Cook one's favourite shellfish to 
provide that feel-good factor 
(43.73.43) 

12 Parrot dim bed, followed by the 
whole lot climbing (7) 

13 Surprisingly, heavier cove ap¬ 
pears to do better than expected 
Ul) 

14 Jack has ro be given an objective 

( 6 ) 

16 Prospector's labourer, or world 
ruler? (3.4.433.6) 

23 Crawler in court brought up an¬ 
cient custom (9) 

24 For building cote, there’s a hun¬ 
dred cubic meters of timber (10) 

27 Sacred writing revealing in part 
Ganesha’s tradition (7) 

28 Distillery on Southern stream, 
they say. is unable to succeed (9) 

29 Sort ofeanopy sheltering nobs in 
Harwich Yacht Club - it’s bhie, 
obtained from seaweed (9) 

30 The way one can be lead astray 
here (6,4)' 

31 Legal action to throw out people 
- trespassers, chiefly (9) 

32 New words derived from foreign 
lingoes and Old English (9) 

35 Strike as iron’s hot - need a re¬ 
placement (5,4,43) 

37 Entertainer, and where he enter¬ 
tained with nonsense (7) 

39 "More good* is not covered by 
"More crafty (9) 

44 March 1 - Aa is passed, inspir¬ 
ing great enthusiasm (i l) 

45 Group of entertainers in fairy 
ring (5,6) 

46 One of other ranks given ten 
medals in revolution (83) 

49 Charge - purely nominal - for 
common present (4.5) 

51 Eats surrounded by squabbles 
and disorderly behaviour (9) 

52 Retired rambler beginning to 
tire and turn back (9) 

54 To giri 1 left a plate (7) 

55 Shut business up -detective's 
■preliminary finding given in evi- 
dence (7) 

56 Supervisor brings in novice, af¬ 
ter dismissing a hacker (7) 

57 Gets taken to court and given 
out (6) 

61 Saw, say, a foreign lawyer stand¬ 
ing up (5) 



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ACROSS 

1.7 Richard HI final defeat 
(83) 

8 Unrefined (bread) (9) 

9 Total (3) 

10 Well off (4) 

11 Passionate (6) 

13 Lombardy tree (6) 

14 Render in stone (6) 

17 Seats, hoists in triumph 

( 6 ) 

18 So be it (prayer) (4) 

20 Fuss (3) 

22 Quasimodo's condition (9) 

23 Richard's kingdom for it 
at 1 across (5) 

24 York Town; Henry Tudor 
earldom (8) 


DOWN 

1 Shelter, boudoir, an an] 

( 5 ) 1 

2 White top of eg Mt Fil 

3 Some 5s of the 7 acrosl 

4 Speculative idea (6) 

5 Wild animal (5) 

6 Unyielding (substancj 

7 Full competence (info 
language) (7) 

12 Stylish confidence (7) 

13 Voracious tropical fi.« 

15 Lower back pain (7) 

16 Borneo sultanate (6) 

17 Woo, King's retinue 
19 Unclothed (5) 

21 Iran monarch title ond 


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