With white hair and moustache, he looked like General Custer surveying the last one-night stand.I got the feeling he named the club 'Borrowed Money' because he had been forced to raise the cash to buy it back after a particularly bad gambling spree in a saloon bar.Whatever the story behind the club, the waitress serving looked like she was on borrowed time. Townsend Coles (Letters, 23 November) is aware of another fatuous notice on the M40 between London and Oxford: 'Emergency Toilets 20 miles' - of questionable use in such circumstances, being more than 17 minutes away to one travelling at 70mph Yours faithfully, NICHOLAS KEEBLEGlasbury, Hereford. But the figures show the House does not sit as late as many believe. In fact, the festival feels never more 'authentic' than when everyone assembles in the Jubilee Hall for Aldeburgh's mid-morning Composer Portrait concerts. A woman walking on her own, or with a girlfriend, is instantly thought of as a prostitute. Australia: Try Renouf; Penalties Meninga 2; Conversion Meninga.GREAT BRITAIN: Lydon (Wigan); Hunte, Connolly (both St Helens), Schofield (Leeds, capt), Offiah; Edwards (both Wigan), Fox (Bradford Northern); Ward (St Helens), Dermott, Platt, Betts, Clarke (all Wigan), Hanley (Leeds). The incident followed two weekend deaths from terrorism, with loyalists killing a member of Sinn Fein and the victim of a republican 'punishment squad' dying of his injuries.The rocket attack was launched at Belfast's Crumlin Road prison, which houses both republican and loyalist remand prisoners.

After a free half-hour discussion, says Bob Whiteman, private client partner, the client is charged by the hour. Sounds a good idea? It probably began with the best of intentions. The former Master of the Cottesmore Hunt was cleared of assault after a four-day trial at Lincoln Crown Court. Try the Pinot Grigio, Bianco di Custoza and the astonishing Chardonnay delle Tre Venezie.Long conspicuous by its absence, Sainsbury's New World range has a bright look. This is reflected in his looks: muscular enough to prompt suggestions that he'd been making his living hod carrying, but with a face that still makes Tintin look wizened. It's an appropriately hard driving approach that also cleverly upgrades the old stuff. In fact, she died not long after this photo was taken, and I was devastated.Now I look back at that picture and think: I could have been having a ball.

At one editorial meeting I revealed I'd had an epiphany, and that the front section would henceforth include a new Item: Celebrity Fridges, a novel way of judging what people were like from their choice in chilled comestibles The idea did not go down well among staff. EURO DISNEY'S shares fell 43p to 330p yesterday after Michael Eisner, Walt Disney's chairman, said the European associate's performance had been 'dreadful' The shares partially recovered to close at 358p. FUTURIST Alvin Toffler, at a conference on the fate of Silicon Valley, proposed - only half-facetiously - the creation of an Academy of Intangible Assets Accountants. The money came from the pounds 7bn with-profits fund. Keith Lugton, a spokesman for the company, said there was no new information in the report and nothing unusual in the financing of the sales division.Mr Lugton said all insurers set aside part of the premiums they receive from policyholders to cover their expenses. THE COLLAPSE of the Freedom Alliance, the unholy marriage of the black and white right, has shattered the greatest obstacle to peace in South Africa and, while more violence can be expected, has cleared the way for all races to vote in the country's first democratic elections next month. Since then history has been merciless in its condemnation. Public relations matter, as Prince Charles knows. A two-speed Europe would involve those members of the European exchange rate mechanism most closely linked to Germany accelerating their move towards a single currency, while other ERM members were left struggling until they satisfied tough entry criteria.Alfons Verplaetse, president of the Belgian central bank, raised the stakes on Friday when he said that a five-country European single currency could start now with France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.