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News from 05/12/1993

1993; Gale Group;

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Dr Mike Fitzpatrick, Waldemar Januszczak, John Dugdale, Stephen Ellis, Larry Collins, Michael L Nash, Barbara Hall, Richard Ellis, Prima facie, Peter McKay, Jim Munro, Jon Swain, Jo Purvis, Anthony Clare, John Peter, Giles Auty, Mark Reason, Una Le Roux, John Harlow Transport Correspondent, Jonathan Miller, Eric Dymock, Mrs J Casey, Mrs Gaskell, Robert Breckman, Nick Rufford, David Rose, Graham Rose, Nicolette Jones, Diana Wright Personal Finance Editor, Alistair Scott, David Smith, Giulio Cinque, Sean Ryan Environment Correspondent, Robert Leedham, Nick Pitt, Frederic Raphael, Charles Hymas, Timothy Ross, John O'Byrne, Deborah Moggach, Mary Wilson, Steve Beard, Brian Jones, Annabel Heseltine, Geordie Greig, Tony Allen-Mills, Patrick Frater, Martin James, Robert Sandall, Iain Johnstone, Ian Luder, Victor Sachs, Nilgin Yusuf, Irwin Stelzer, Robert Hewison, Ivan Fallon, Peter Wilson, Audrey Gardner, Vic Brown, Rebecca Fowler Arts Correspondent, Sally Vincent, Brian Pearce, Michael D Varcoe-Cocks, Harvey Porlock, Hugh Canning, Margarette Driscoll, Jeremy Clarkson, Rhys Probert, Louise Taylor, Andrew Morton, Geoff Whitten, Michael Jones, Peter Millar, Liz Jones, Brian Morton, John Godfrey, Peter Kellner, George Perry, Sue Mott, Robin Marlar, Nick Gardner, Norman Lamont, Shelley von Strunckel, Stewart Roberts, Bernard Cafferty, Elana Parker-Rees, Jacqueline Smith, Sir Brian Corby, Stuart Wavell, Paul Donovan, S Dexter, Emma Robertson, Julian Meldrum, Frances Spalding, David Edgar, Sue Lawrence, Daniel Barber, Jeff Randall, Gerald Kaufman, James Bethell, Paul Driver, Steven Downes, Glenys Roberts, David Leppard, Peter Plant, Chris Ryan, Professor Robert Bottle, Kirstie Hamilton, Tom Shone, Mark Edwards, Rufus Olins, Stephen Amidon, Chris Lightbrown, David Lawrenson, Martin Jacques, Dave Thomas, Ira Miller, Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Mick Brownfield, Christopher Lloyd, Francis Spufford, Michael Watkins, Brian Reading, Linda Hepburn, John Karter, Kate Saunders, Barbara Amiel, Cosmo Landesman, Marie Colvin, Greg Hadfield, Diana Wright, Mark Seddon, Craig Brown, Helen Hawkins, Stephen Jones, Nicola Hicks, Nina Hall, Richard Palmer, Paul Nuki, Michael Morris, Andrew Grice, Melvyn Bragg, Stephen Grieve, Martin Searby, Keith Wheatley, Claire Oldfield, Ian Burrell, Andrew Lorenz Associate Business Editor, Andrew Hogg, Tim Willis, Brough Scott, Stephen Logan, Michele Roberts, Richard Woods, Garth Alexander, Rachel Cooke, Maurice Chittenden, Sasha Miller, Craig Lord, Rebecca Fowler, David Marks, David Oliver, Anthony Worrall Thompson, David Hunn, D J Taylor, William Boyd, Mihir Bose, Michael Austin, Andrew Alderson, Alastair Burnet, Roy Hattersley, A A Gill, Matthew Campbell, Stan Levenson, Norman Macrae, Chris Dighton, Andrew Dilnot, Anthony Holden, Steven Berkoff, Godfrey Golzen, Tony Moss, Lauren St John, Emma Stevens, Gilbert Adair, Michael Green, Andrew Lorenz, Liam Clarke, John Parker, Brian Patten, Victor Bryant, Robbi Robson Assistant Director, Vince Wright, Chris Lightbown, Robin Lodge, Bill Morris General Secretary, Hugh Pearman, Christopher Bray, Phillip Knightley, Mike Hammond, Penny Perrick, Neil MacLean, Susan Ellicott, Tony Hetherington, Simon Reeve, Peter Roebuck, Walter Ellis, Joanna Simon, Steve Grant, Helen Scott Lidgett Promotions manager, Boris Schapiro,

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Diana to leave 'gilded cage' home at Kensington Palace Clarke plans sweeping tax reforms Middle classes to be squeezed Downing Street alarmed at pension plan scandal 'So Hard to Bear' Eye in the sky: A camera on the space shuttle Endearvour's robot arm shows the Hubble telescope silhouetted against the Earth. In the most complex manoeuvre yet undertaken in space, the telescope is to be repaired while docked in the shuttle's payload bay. Report, back page Underdog ahead in orchestra fight Major in Irish talks climbdown BR in Channel rail link fiasco Cecil Gee The Sunday Times Thousands caught out in pension switch Holiday Inn Wyvern Business Library London Phone Co. Exact Software (UK) Limited Rolex The Times Saudi ambassador risks royal wrath American Express More than 4m readers More to offer More at Christmas BMW Caged—Britain's most dangerous teenage villain British Midland Charles's reputation in danger What Today's Other Papers Say about Diana 'Frozen out' by royal family Duchess helped Letters to nanny a 'time bomb' Public support House of Fraser Stores Quarter of pupils let down by inadequate teachers Yard shaken by drug raid tip-off Tumim attacks Bulger judge Moral slant to sex lessons IBM Enterprise Systems At face value: Samantha Holdsworth, 17, of Tunbridge… Thatcher to be grilled this week on arms for Iraq Fiat Toxic cocktail killing North Sea 'Non-self' nonsense The Sunday Times Jimmy's story: a tale of woe for our times Crisis at Christmas Sunday TIMES/LBC Appeal New law to curb drugs bribes Norwich Union Healthcare BT Picture Gallery Why couldn't a woman have been Eton's man? What's office sex without a desk? Diana, virtuoso on the heartstrings High time to put cheer in Lear Nordic Track (UK) Ltd The disgrace of our universities High-Wire A frank summit has put the stalled Ulster peace process back There were attempts at sabotage from both sides, but Friday's talks have left Tic Rack Power in Northern Ireland: Who Stands for what A good week, against the odds Marks & Spencer Rover Let's drink to some political realism Viglen There's Only One Airline Good Enough To Carry… Arafat seeks summit with Rabin to rescue peace deal Flurry of horse trading puts world trade on course for a deal The French threat to Gatt has receded, but some big 'ifs' remain, writes Tony Allen-Mills Collins English Dictionary Fatah's Hawks strut their stuff Delta Airlines Canada finds a gruesome secret in its heartland TWA Follow the star this Christmas. . . China's wrath has no effect Chris Patten's new agenda is the death knell for Hong Kong's smooth transition to Beijing rule, writes Jon Swain Sky End of the line for the king of cocaine The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Epson 'They just can't take the deaths any more' The South African white plight: the liberals who died, and the racists trying to build a homeland White hopes of an Afrikaner paradise are rekindled in Transvaal Mercedes-Benz Tsar Boris one vote short of despot's charter Russia in democratic retreat American Express St. Joseph's Hospice Derek and Clive are still on the run and out on… Americans declare war on street crazies and beggars Berlin police chief fuels anti-immigrant fears Immigrant gangs are taking over the German underworld, writes Robin Lodge Italy's fascists await new vote The Sunday Times Mercury Communications Gotcha! Shuttle grabs telescope in space rescue MPs' Sunday trading vote on knife edge Singapore Airlines Weather and Travel Outlook Vatican admits Anglican priests News Digest Portillo hit Jail escape Family robbed Youth charged Bond winners Norwich put brake on United Nick Pitt at Old Trafford Kendall quits at Everton Bad Boy of Football Humbled All Blacks run the Baa Baa show Stephen Jones at the Arms Park Wonder Woman of Athletics Old Man of Kansas Omega Premier League FA Cup Second round FA Premier League Pools Scotish Premier Division When the numbers game simply does not add up Mihir Bose dissects the science of Charles Hughes, the FA's coaching Svengali Hoddle: sweeping up a mess Chris Lightbown says Chelsea's system is stuttering because it lacks the right players Magical Beardsley conjures grand finale Bogeyman Quinn wreaks havoc Liverpool throw it away Martin Searby at Hillsborough Sutton's Jones shows Torquay the door Football Focus Deane delivers as Leeds deceive Louise Taylor at Eliand Road The Sunday Times Nifty Parker keeps Villa on quality street Mihir Bose at Loftus Road Sad kendall calls it a day Steven Downes at Goodison Park Dull point for blunted Blades Steve Grant at The County Ground Cold comfort for freezing fans Tony Moss at Portman Road Hammers nail Fashless Dons Chris Lightbown at Selhurst Park The Habit Of Wor Josepha Whistle Blower No Sugar Please Miss The Point Feet First Final Analysis High Old Time Guilty or not, Fashanu is not contrite Careers on the line: John Fashanu has to justify his actions to the FA, and Paul Gascoigne his expensive price tag Mihir Bose asks Fashanu about the clash that almost cost Mabbutt his eyesight Fit or not, it's now or never for Gascoigne It's crunch time for Gascoigne at Lazio Mike Hammond reports from Rome Can Wembley profit from Twickenham? Stephen Jones suggests English football might learn something from English rugby German pair move in for the final kill David Hunn reports from Dusseldorf on the Davis Cup final Unflagging Sally takes the fame and frivolity in her stride Brough Scott is impressed by the endless will of one of Britain's most wanted women Hand lifts Cup after banishing Devils Strange just weathers the storm Golf Australia start to look like the best team in the world Township tyros trip up a team Cricket Close-Up Vodafone Action Replay It's not really a funny old game at all when push comes to shove The Times Why we're glad to see the back of the Blacks Stephen Jones on how standing up to the All Blacks exposed them as less than great Redman: a hard man in pain Mark Reason on a more-than-average giant who has earned plaudits from both sides now Gillingham proves his worth to the world Swimming 8 pages of sport in tomorrow's Times Rivals wilt as Price storms on News Focus Coleman's blue double Fast Pace Easy for Hide Whitlock out Witt stumbles Skelton on top Hat-trick debut Top flight Bath's panto prop stars in fitting finale Mark Reason at The Stoop Snap, crackle and the drop Robin Marlar at Sunbury Saracens squeak home in stop-start bore David Lawrenson at Southgate Carling calls All Blacks 'dirty and underhand' Rugby Round-Up Andrew kicks Wasps into gear Michael Austin at Franklins Gardens Ebel Montana still shining in his twilight years He may be old and crocked, but he's still Joe Montana. Ira Miller on the kansas City quarter back Dow's stock climbs to a new high against the odds John Karter on the sharp training talent who is also a shrewd, hard-headed businessman The Sunday Times La Poste praised for finding lost yacht Sailing Turn left past Morley Street Winning Lines Gold Cup favourite flops John Karter reports from Sandown Sport on TV Racing For the Record Rugby Union This Week's Fixtures Major discovers winning team in Downing Street Sue Mott and Emma Robertson report on the day women swamped the cabinet Sportswomen of the Year Mitsubishi Ladbroke to sell Texas and property arm Granada set for bid move against LWT Bland may counter with Yorks offer Tokyo torment as squabbles threaten to topedo market Black runs an eye over Independent Incorporating Personal Finance New rate cut expected Free tax table for readers Budget round-up Rolls and Pratt close to deal SPS system Video guide to negotiating Scale of tax rises will undermine growth in spring View Point Mercury Communications Balancing Act Taxed! And we didn't feel a thing Economic sleight of hand in the past two budgets has left the way open for headline tax cuts in 1994 and 1995. But we are more than paying for them in other ways, writes Andrew Dilnot Politics and economics: is the see-saw out of kilter? The past two budgets, and a potential recovery in continental Europe, could spell trouble for the government just before the next general election, says Brian Pearce Brands Direct Limited Mind the gap as Clarke slows spending train Share in the boardroom Picture Gallery Nuclear Electric Sharewatch Chubb unlocks the secret of success Picture Gallery FT-SE 100 index Major share movements Top 100 companies International data Into battle: Carlton set to take on the world Michael Green's proposed purchase of Central television will create a potential global media empire, writes Rufus Olins Multiple Display Advertising Items European Procurement Information Network Hongkong tightens its grip on Midland Shock departure of Brian Pearse leaves HSBC's dominating chairman in control by Kirstie Hamilton New issues leave gorged City sick Problems are starting to appear amid the smaller companies rushing to float. By James Bethell Royal Bank Invoice Finance Leverton pulls struggling Pilkington back from edge One year into the job, the chief executive has resuscitated the glass giant by reversing the policy of diversification that turned profits of £300m into losses of £29m. Andrew Lorenz reports IBM U-turn forces Volvo merger off the road Renault and Volvo will both suffer from the institutional change of heart on their union, reports Patrick Frater in Paris Radisson Edwardian Hotels Multiple Display Advertising Items OKI Lottery hopefuls seek £4bn winning ticket Eight consortia have emerged as rivals for the right to run the forthcoming UK national weekly gamble. Richard Woods reports Investors in Industry Europe must follow our lead by cutting public spending The Continent is in a vicious circle as public spending burdens employers, who react by shedding jobs, which leads to higher unemployment and more rises in welfare spending. Brian Reading reports Clinton should swing the axe in the British manner American Account Elmview Properties Ltd Multiple Classified Advertising Items Run your Own Introduction Agency Freight Cost Reduction Elmview Properties Ltd Multiple Display Advertising Items Megatech Software Quantum Investments Limited New Development Nuclear safety leaps forward Power Generation The use of thorium as a fuel would eliminate the risk of meltdown, produce very little radioactive waste, and avoid the spread of nuclear weapons. Nina Hall reports From fighters to friendly fridges Environment AT&T Buccaneer cockpit cooling systems are being used in… Museum rolls out the night watch Robotics British Nuclear Industry Waking up to the home PC Bits & Bytes Boon for shopping by phone Clarke looks to Angels to revive Britain's spirit of enterprise Chancellor Kenneth Clarke's first budget puts small business growth at the very heart of Britain's economic agenda, writes James Bethell Talk yourself out of trouble The Sunday Times Talkland Loans at reduces interest rates and one-off payments are Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Company Store Multiple Display Advertising Items The Bank Says No Multiple Display Advertising Items Spencer Company Formations Ltd Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items The Times Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Ocra Multiple Display Advertising Items The Management School Lancaster University Loans & Investment Multiple Classified Advertising Items Open Monday to Friday & Sundays Collectables The Sunday Times Multiple Classified Advertising Items Stock plc Extracting tax by a thousand cuts The poor are the only group to gain from the chancellor's changes Crystal balls for sale, tax-free Main points of the budget Newton Let's go back to raising good old income tax Fidelity Investments Refund arrives even later than the train Questions of Cash Government goes for gold in loophole blitz The M&G Group Hurry to make the best of the final BES schemes The Enterprise Investment Scheme, successor to the BES, is for thrill-seekers only, writes Paul Nuki Stock market roars ahead with renewed confidence Yorkshire Mercury Britain's Leading Investment House Fair budget? Well, we are all worse off Guinness Flight European Fund Pay gas bills in advance and avoid Vat It is simple and legal. Stephen Ellis shows how you can protect yourself from the new tax on fuel Closed: offshore loophole for high earners' pensions Loan perk limit rises to £5,000 Guiness Flight Fund Managers Limited Save & Prosper Group Limited Elderly receive help on heating Winners and losers in the car perk race A new tax system means big changes for company car drivers, writes David Oliver Double blow for private medicine The Equitable Life Mercury World Mining Trust plc Insurers will pass on tax to policyholders Schroders Bank of Ireland Mortgages Fix your rate to offset cut in tax relief Miras is ending, but its demise will not hurt much if interest rates are staying low, says Nick Gardner Sweet and sour for small firms Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd Sun Life Unit Services Students hard hit by 10% grant cut Fixed bond guarantees 6% return Savings news Yorkshire Guernsey Top savings rates National Westminster Bank Foster & Braithwaite Fidelity Brokerage Chartfield Investment Management Limited Furniture man finds fame not so sweet Corby Works From Russia with love to creditors Prufrock Mr Cecil Halpern Paras require lots of balls Short shrift from altar ego NatWest's tower may get hamlets Stationery 'progress' Experts in negotiation lift lid on their secrets New City scandal looms over private pensions In the City The Sunday Times So Hard to Bear She is retiring hurt. The pressures of constant media attention have taken their toll but, as Andrew Morton reveals, it is the success of her husband and his Establishment supporters in undermining her position that has finally persuaded the Princess of Wales to step out of the limelight I wish I could spend more time sitting on the floor I've travelled on other airlines, and… "I Say Dear, I'm glad we joined Mercury as… Year of grief and gloom Her sons were caught in the middle of the seperation, writes Walter Ellis Proper role for the mother of a future king Michael L Nash on the implications for the constitution Mercury To Play the King? Kenneth Clarke has made no secret of his ambition; now the praise for his budget has strengthened his claim to the prime ministerial crown, David Smith and Andrew Grice report A key to posterity with phwooaahrr Boots 1993: a tale of two budgets Weird, sure, but where's the harm? Does Michael Jackson's preference for frolicking in his Jacuzzi with his young friends really make him a criminal? asks Barbara Amiel A true lion-tamer if Portillo's by his side Norman Macrae weighs the advantages to Britain's economy if these Treasury partners make it to the top Mount Charlotte Thistle Hotels Does Michael Jackson's preference for frolicking in… Why the chancellor should resign-by kenneth Clarke Godfrey Smith Picture Gallery A very taxing budget Atticus Sorry, Mr Gorbachev, it's sink or swim with Yeltsin Scalextric Multiple Display Advertising Items A blood-stained dealer in misery Pablo Escobar was no Robin Hood but a savage and vicious criminal, says Larry Collins TV's camera-shy tycoon Profile Bulger: chill verdict of the children Charles Hymas on a reactionary voice in schools The MacMillan Nurse Appeal Debate rages over our controversial Aids reports Trading places on Sunday Army Officer Train noise out of control Stop loan sharking The Sunday Times Tulp computers An august organ nobody can buy Points Birthdays How to rent your way into the grand life You don't need to buy to make your dream come true, reports Mary Wilson Multiple Classified Advertising Items Savills Berkeley Homes Multiple Classified Advertising Items Alpine Properties Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items The Vineries France SKI Alps France Multiple Classified Advertising Items Ferada Associates Ltd McCarthy & Stone Multiple Classified Advertising Items By Tower Bridge London SEI Multiple Classified Advertising Items Country Property Multiple Classified Advertising Items Octagon CALA Homes Buckinghamshire Kent Multiple Classified Advertising Items Pilkington Homes Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Trafalgar House Europe Barratt Multiple Classified Advertising Items ADT Auctions Multiple Classified Advertising Items Maranello Sales Ltd Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items BMW Sytner Cotswold Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Milcars Scotthall Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Heathrow Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Altwood Reg Vardy of Bromley Multiple Display Advertising Items Park Lane Nationwide Fleetsupply Multiple Display Advertising Items BMW offers the simple option Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Bramley Multiple Display Advertising Items Last of the hot hatches The Renault Clio Williams shows how well small, quick cars can handle. 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University of Durham South Bank University Time to apply for bursaries worth £75,000 The Sunday Times Inside Raving Royalty The Madness Of Kings Personal Trauma And The Fate Of Nations by Vivian Green Alan Sutton £17.99 pp322 Hazy days Full Nelson Poets v novelists We welcome letters on all subjects raised in the Books section Please keep them short and send them to Sunday Times Books, 1 Pennington Street, London E1 9XW Making plans for Nigel Making it up? Riding for a fall Shelf life Picture Gallery On the Critical List Harvey Porlock on crack and political incorrectness Pawnography Chess The Inner Game by Dominic Lawson MacMillan £14.99 pp249 The spying game Politics Marita by Marita Lorenz and Ted Schwartz Bloomsbury £16.99 pp272 The Illegals by Nigel West Hodder £19.99 pp254 Guns for sale Spider's Web: Bush, Saddam, Thatcher And The Decade Of Deceit by Alan Friedman Faber £17.50 pp455 Water Wars: Coming Conflicts In The Middle East John Bullock and Adel Darwish Gollancz £17.99 pp224 Presents of Mind Messing about on the river Humour 2½ Men In a Boat by Nigel Williams Hodder £14.99 pp154 The Times Robert James Waller Empire building History The Ottomans by Andrew Wheatcroft Viking £18.99 pp322 Atlantic crossing Culture American Affair The Americanisation Of Britain by Susan Marling Boxtree £12.99 pp159 Telling stories The Baby Train And Other Lustry Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvand Norton £14.95 pp367 Diary What's up, Doc? Is it possible to deconstruct Bugs Bunny? Can you decode Daffy Duck? Tom Shone judges an academic analysis of cartoons On the Shelf Michele Roberts acclaims Wives And Daughters by Mrs Gaskell The Times Literary Supplement Winging it Religion Angels: An Endangered Species by Malcolm Godwin Boxtree £16.99 pp255 The Sunday Times Concise Crossword No 300 Heaven dissent Religion Witness Against The Beast: William Blake And The Moral Law by E P Thompson Cup £17.95 pp234 History Today The New Shorter Oxford Watch this space Fiction Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson Harper Collins £14.99 pp571 Country practices Writers' Monthly-Free Smouldering passions Swimming In The Volcano by Bob Shacochis Picador £15.99 pp519 Fool for love Fiction Slow Waltz In Cedar Bend by Robert James Waller Heinemann £9.99 pp197 Paperbacks Hardbacks Paperbacks Hardback manuals Paperback manuals The Open University The Sunday Times Guinness Publishing Design a Mercurycard Strip-Teasers No Kidding! Planet of the Ducks The Funday Times Club Royal National Theatre Beryl the Peril Dates for your Diary That's Snowbiz! Cod only Knows! Jump! Jump! Snakeboard- Have You Been Bitten? Richard the First What's the Logic? Welsh Wing Wizard Tree-Time! Deputy Dink Mr Clean Rex and Tex Lord Snooty Fish Tales The Numskulls Thunderbirds Bogart Joy Stick Get Ready! Contents Inside Matters of taste House calls Little tattle The New Lucrezias Are they wicked witches of the West pursing power, or women playing by men's rules, asks Rachel Cooke Room at the Top British industry—throttled by its old school tie—has at last exchanged who you know for what you know. Martin Jacques examines why, in 10 short years there has been such a profound change at the heart of corporate culture The Savoy Group of Hotels Commercial Union 'No sooner had J Shooed one of them off the… Scent back to the time of Napoleon Tony Allen-Mills goes to Versailles to sniff out the secrets of the Osmotheque, the world's only musuem of smells Paradise Improved Janet Reger Paul Mitchell Suit your shelf She's younger, and she's getting married first. Annabel Heseltine, her older sister, reports from the sidelines Pulsar Go for the burns Throw away that gym card and get real. A a Gill decides to exercise body and soul in enjoying the great outdoors Piaget Hoorays for Hollywood We've got Tinseltown in the palm of our hands, but for how much longer, asks Susan Ellicott Homes & Gardens F & S Engineering Ltd Cannock Gates Ltd Seeds of success Raising annuals in batches of 3,000 provides the floral spectacular for which Chenies Manor is famous. Graham Rose reports Best Grade Old Harvest Boxes Sussex Oak Ltd Shire Designs Douwe Egberts Stena Sealink Dining Street Has No 10 become a hospitality tent? John Major's revival of his fund-raising feasts has prompted Roy Hattersley to recall the salad days of entertaining Eric and Ern, lunching with Larry and chompting with charles The Gleneagles January Sale Gone to Pot Table Talk Testing Time Wine Food & Drink Suet yourself It's not too late to make your own mincemeat says Sue Lawrence. And it doesn't have to go in Santa's pies 30 Minute Menu E&J Single Cask Matured Brandy Enthusiastic reception Veg stew Top top Fuming Amateur Chef of the Year New skids on the bloc Cheap, cheerful, an inverted statu symbol, and restyled by Vw, Skoda is one for the road, says Jeremy Clarkson The Sunday Times The darkest hour Not every doctor would welcome the end of night visits Dr Mike Fitzpatrick, partner in a London practice, explains why Smallbone Treasures of the Trust The Sunday Times Edward Windsor Brief Lives He was Head Of PG Tips Distribution for Andrew Lloyd Webber, but there comes a time when a dynamlc young executive wants to be his own boss. So last week Edward began work as joint managing director of this own TV company, Ardent Productions The Sunday Times Crossword Robin Williams vs Walt Disney Feuds Corner Strings Attached Putting on your apron has never been so tempting, says Nilgin Yusuf Nelson's Columns Once the world's most famous political prisoner, next year almost certainly South Africa's first black president. 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