News from 27/02/1999
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Srikumar Sen, Boxing Correspondent, daren russell, Phil Yates, reggie nadelson, Arthur Leathley, Transport Correspondent, Raymond Snoddy Media Editor, Joanna Hunter, Richard Whitehead, Nick Nuttall, Robert Cole, Portia Colwell, Brian Greer, Julian Muscat, Tennis Correspondent, Rob Hughes, Jill Sherman and Alexandra Frean, Jane MacQuitty, Simon Barnes, Neville Judd, George Pendle, John Morgan, Paul Hoggart, jonathan meades, David Rhys Jones, alan jack, Andrew Povey, Chairman, Karen Woolfson, T. P, Gavin Lumsden, Janice Acquah, Philip Howard, ray main, Jeremy Kingston, James Bone, Brian Pedley, Shuvomala Choudhury, Clive Davis, Kate Reardon, Jancis Robinson, alan franks, Carl Mortished, David Oldcorn, Anne Robinson, Kate Ashbrook, Chairman, Tony Patrick, john diamond, Kevin Eason, SAJ, Robert Henshaw, Clare Stewart, Louise Godfrey, Martin Fletcher, Carl Evans, Valerie Elliott, Robert Sheehan, D. R., Steve Keenan, Susan Emmett, Raymond Snoddy, Richard Ford and Michael Harvey, Jason Allardyce, Thrasy Petropoulos, John Hopkins, Golf Correspondent, Nick Haslam, Harry Tate, amandip uppal, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Ruth Gledhill, Shirley English, Beatrix Clark, Peter Rayner, Carol Midgley, Media Correspondent, Audrey Magee Ireland Correspondent, Martin Barrow, Candida Crewe, James Moorhouse, Alan Hamilton, Pearson of Rannoch (Conservative), Ian Murray, Medical Correspondent, Robin Young, Peter Millar, Rodney Milnes, Michael Clark, T. P., Doug Sager, Geoff Forbat, Roland Watson, Frances Bissell, Mike Bradley, Chris Laming, Anna Blundy, David Hands, Charles Bremner, Jim Caviezel, P. B., Katherine Bergen, Michael Cable, Nicky Milson, Cyril Townsend, Peter Barnard, Simon Beckett, Caroline Merrell Banking Correspondent, Derwent May, Grahame Vines, Lisa Jardine, Christina Koning and Rob Chapman, Jasper Gerard, Ben Reed, Russell Kempson, Paula Hawkins, Nigel Williamson, Ed Potton, Paul Armstrong, Richard Colwill, victoria o'brien, Stephen Anderton, Lisa Grainger, Sarah Vine, Michael Lynagh, Annabel Venning, Matthew Born, Nicholas Harling, Frank Leboeuf, Sophie Anderton, L. G., dafydd jones, Dave Thomas, Ian Brunskill, Simon de Bruxelles, Joanna Trollope, Roman Licht, Mrs V. M. Tompkins, John Mole, Stephen Wood, David Watts, Adam Jones, Lonnie Donegan, Raymond Keene, Jalal Jaff, Claudia Joseph, David Robinson, Chris Oliver Wilson, Matthew Pryor, John Russell Taylor, Dominic Lutyens, Lucy Pinney, Paul Wilkinson, James Allcock, Kate Stronach, Jeannette Hyde, Robin Barker, Francis Gilbert, Richard Dee, Richard Evans, Clive Petty, Caroline Merrell, jenny woolf, Oliver Holt, Robert Elms, Vicki Butler-Henderson, Damian Whitworth, David Kettle, graham wood, Roger Boyes, Sarah Cunningham, Alun Road, Oliver August, john carey, Helen Healy, Ben Tuff, Richard Holledge, Stephanie Billen, kathy lette and geoffrey robertson, Nick Harvey, Glen Owen, Adam Fresco, david adams, John Goodbody, Simon Winchester, Stoddart of Swindon (Labour), Giles Whittell, Sara McConnell, Jane Shilling, Saeed Shah, Alex O'Connell, Craig Lord, Deborah King, Kevin McCarra, Fiona Gorman, Matthew Parris, P. G. Simmons, Angus Clarke, Amanda Craig, Chris McGrath, Fay Weldon, Tim Wapshott, Peter Agg, Sarah Cockburn, Sheila Keating, Jane Owen, Christopher Wiltshire, Jeremy Hart, Nick McIver, Ian Brodie, Michael Gove, Helen Pridham, Gidon Kremer, vinny lee, Philip Webster, David Bowker, Graham Searjeant, Richard Miles, Fraser Nelson, Anne Ashworth Personal Finance Editor, John Naish, Martin Waller, Chris Ayres, Lisa Verrico, Nilgin Yusuf and Victoria O'Brien, Danny Baker, Fran Littlewood, James Fergusson, Lottie Moggach, Benedict Nightingale, George Penole, Dr Thomas Stuttaford, Jill Crawshaw, Stephen Dalton, Alyson Rudd, Joe Warwick, Frances Gibb, Tom Chesshyre, Ralph Moore, Paul Connolly, Fred Dellar, Adam Sherwin, Keith Fuller, Elizabeth Buchan, Julian Ryall, Jeremy Gibson, Annie Flury, Paul Mansfield, Robert Whymant, R. Cunynghame, Susie Steiner, Harris of High Cross (Independent), Cath Urquhart Travel Editor, Nigel McCulloch, sheila keating, Jayne Dowie, David Hands, Rugby Correspondent, Henrietta Lake, Matthew Westwood, Michael Harman, Alasdair Murray, Economics Correspondent, Bryan Burdett, Christopher Irvine, Damien Brook, Charles Bremner and Philip Webster, Susan Emmett,
ResumoThe Saturday Times Doh! The new Simpsons comic strip Libel action bait to bring Lawrence five to court State must pay cost of care for all elderly Free Books Schools HSBC Midland Bank Summit pique over Chirac's Louis XV desk Natashas hunting for an English husband Picture Gallery Fly easyJet to Europe from just £27 return Baggio: Stalking Man Utd Awards for Times writers Prince of Wales felt 'violated' after palace burglary Cheshire In the Saturday Times Dell Next Week in the Times Emeregency stop ordered in test haven Seaside town is accused of giving learners an easy ride, reports Simon de Bruxelles Millionaire's garden dug up in body hunt Man with a leaden touch Highway Code attacks in-car gadgets Signs of the Times Virgin Surgeons bow to pressure over baby ops Sharps Alps snow victims may sue Tourists take the risk MOPS British fireman joined rescue efforts Tobacco firms avoid cancer court battle Patient's hopes of compensation ended when litigants gave up another fight, writes Susie Steiner Criminal intelligence officer suspended The Open University Boy holds pupils hostage with knife Homebase Stars wane for the Fawlty hoteliers The game is up for hotels that are beyond a joke, reports Valerie Elliott Dolphin Cleaners lift grime of the century Pathway to the Dome is missing a vital link Nick Nuttall reports on a battle to be fought in court English beat the Vikings to Ireland Prague Bickenstaff & Knowles Monica Inc. profits from media frenzy 'Sex kitten' star of the dysfunctional Lewinsky family bares her claws, writers Giles Whittell in Los Angeles Network cashes in on prime-time coup Direct Line PC World The Sunday Times Fiat Is the SNP ready to drop its kilts? Jason Allardyce finds tartan skirts may no longer cut it Braveheart tale cut down to size Prudential Cunard …male peacock can still walk tall as a 'kiltie' Limos stretch the teenage imagination A long, long ride can be the shortest route to a celebrity image, reports Alex O'Connell Wheeling Dealing Tiny A Mouse is for Life… Twenty feet of decadence Currys And finally … News At Ten is written out Three jailed for vice girl racket Piccadilly Coin Co. Ltd Toyota Vinnie and co triumph with both barrels Sinn Fein warns arms demand may split IRA Insistence on disarmament may result in new breakaway group, writes Martin Fletcher Dixons Arrests 'politically motivated' British identity 'hijacked' Woodstock Duty-free sales on course for surprise reprieve Critics cry foul over Britpack on Broadway Heartless matchmakers break the lonely heart Cheltenham & Gloucester Fame for Fab Four lensman MFI home works Kazan defies the ghost of his past Gay star is born for Depp Bensons for Beds Brain surgeon cuts away heroin slavery Anna Blundy in Moscow reports on the controversy over a Russian doctor's attempt to save lives by removing the tissue that makes addicts of people Vauxhall Picture Gallery Doubts on risky 'cure' Dr Thomas Stuttaford on the real risks Firms fund a bitter lesson on Nazi era Industry's wish to clear up legacy of Third Reich deals keeps historians in work, Rogers Boyes reports Halfords Business faces $18bn Holocaust lawsuits Nissan Capital Wise (AFP): Chinese rights setback World Summary (AP): 24 years for spy Gadaffi wins time (AP): Chemist dies at 86 (AP): Sabbath sell-out The Crown Collections Limited Southern belle tempts the voters Elizabeth Dole is being touted by Republicans as the first woman to lead America, Damian Whitworth reports from Washington Feminist refuses to teach men a lesson Compaq Staffordshire Magnet Blair starts soft sell for new money Roland Watson reports on a vital stepping stone towards crossing the single-currency Rubicon The grey veterans go to war Michael Gove on the battle plans of Owen and Heseltine in the coming euro campaign First direct Crooked currency Scottish Widows Franco-German axis pressured by budget reform The cross-Rhine 'motor' is labouring under the strain of a farm subsidy rift, writes Charles Bremner in Petersberg Britpop yields to Brum beat Britain's Second City has emerged as the new musical centre of Brit cool. Alex O'Connell explains the reasons Quantex Music for pleasure, Nineties style First direct Brotherly love's forbidden embrace Theatre Goodnight Children Everywhere Barbican Pit Rise and rise of the house of Rothschild Marriage hitch focuses on a finacial dynasty that prefers secrecy. Alan Hamilton reports The Times The Rothschilds It's what your right arm's for Daminan Whitworth on the false shame of drinking 'If you haven't exposed your stretchmarks to photographic scrutiny, or got journalistic mileage out of every contraction, you just haven't borne' Nature Notes Welcome to PC world The logic of the Lawrence report proples us into a curious future United front The Times Diary The Two Reports Ministers must take apart what MacPherson has put together France v Germany Old hostilities in the new era of the euro The Bottom Line Bravehearts should not be fainthearts about their kilts 'Crashing gears' in euro straitjacket Lib Dem euro policy Medical morality? Ramblers' access to open country Turkey's treatment of the Kurds School management Words of the Bard brought to life Computer choice Names and numbers Court Circular Forthcoming marriages Memorial service Luncheon Dinner Service dinners RNR Anniversaries Viscount Eccles Viscount Eccles, PC, CH, KCVO, former President of the Board of Trade, Minister of Education, Paymaster-General and Chairman of the British Library, died on February 24 aged 94. He was born on September 18,1904 To place death notices, acknowledgements or notices… Personal Column Announcements Milestones Contracts & Tenders BIS warns banks of year 2000 liquidity crisis Horton stands down as head of Railtrack Hot Seat 26 Archer could face Square Mile ban A Week in the City Sonnets in the City Customs puts brake on Anchor asset sale Weekend Money Section 2 The Trick Booker Business Today BAA scraps Lynton flotation The Wolf prepares to sink his fangs into another victim Gucci may be next conquest for a ruthless charmer, writers Fraser Nelson Course that can help you find a wife Do I Need It? The Landmines Act Enters into Force on 1 March 1999 Going for gold—the madness that afflicted sad, greedy dreamers Carl Mortished on the gruesome death that led to the discovery of a $6bn fraud Picture Gallery Facing new Nissan Timetable of deceit for a tarnished star National Savings Commodities Liffe Options Arcadia brings relief as FTSE extends losses Stock Market Movers of the Week Picture Gallery London Financial Futures Money Rates (%) European Money Deposits (%) Gold/precious Metals (Baird & Co) Sterling Spot and Forward Rates Major Indices Recent Issues Rights Issues Major Changes IT's matter of timing A & L Dollar Rates Other Sterling FTSE Volumes Wall Street Closures cost 430 FII jobs 3i makes £29m agreed bid for Coutts Consulting Opera & Ballet Fears grow over IT sector as Synstar Flotation… Enic ready to improve offer for Wembley Go-Ahead in time plea Wall Street warrior sues lawyers over RJR feud Seydoux admits merger problems Swiss roll The Times City Diary Who's he? The Times City Diary Dog & bone The Times City Diary Exchange Rates Entertainments Listings Miners accept RJB deal The Sunday Times A&l to cut jobs as profits rise 15% By our City Editor: The big fight is derailed Commentary Setback for Arnault campaign The Times Earnings data to be made public again Superstore move by Amazon Dull end to week Mercury Asset Management British Funds Picture Gallery The Times Crossword No 21,038 Forecast The Times Superlative Travel Danny Baker Baggio the hunter stalks United Oliver Holt in Milan meets the striker with few peers, no ego and a ruthles streak FA may act over new Di Canio outburst Simon Barnes AXS Telecom Weekend Money Flintoff makes impressive case Cricket For the Record Rusedski moves up a gear as Kafelnikov stalls Tennis Dunne hopes that Holiday suits him Boxing Jayawardene rides his luck Scoreboard Hiom is talk of the town Bowls Hendry succumbs to White mastery Snooker Mauresmo gains her revenge on Hingis Oh for the days when we hated Arsenal for fun The Times Williams is granted reprieve Basketball Drawn into a world of schoolboy fantasy The Times Europe's clubs get down to business Football in Brief Watford flunk screen test Ferguson looks forward to restoring former glories Ipswich settle for Houston payment Joining the gym isn't going to work out Burton Menswear Catching up with all the madness It's a lad's world for new boy at Leeds No crutch to stand on Visionary plans put to the test at Oxford Cup final to get a Welsh flavour Picture Gallery Charlton Athletic V Nottingham Forest Picture Gallery Tottenham Hotspur V Derby County West Ham United v Blackburn Rovers Chelsea v Liverpool Six Things about John Barnes Aston Villa v Coventry City Everton v Wimbledon On Monday Picture Gallery Manchester United v Southampton Sheffield Wednesday v Middlesbrough Newcastle United v Arsenal Picture Gallery Weekend Matches FA Carling Premiership My criticsim could help England Back in the Frame Kenny Bridges the Gap Saturday Statistics Scotland Conference Woods is cut down to size by Maggert Golf: World No 1 Completes List of Fallen Favourites at World Match Play Championship Rolph gambles for big prize Swimming Guide to the Weekend Fixtures Nissan Knights sack coach Ice Hockey Sainz stretched by giraffe Motor Rallying Hanley hopes to avenge heavy defeats Rugby League Snow Reports Timetable would clear muddied waters of foul play Wray urges caution over league plan Rugby Union Cup Statistics Mark Souster's Match-By-Match Guide to the Weekend Penaud finds perfect role on the English stage After leaving Brive, his spiritual home, the former France fly half is savouring life with Saracens Reform Group has support for meeting Thunderer: Kempton Park Multiple Display Advertising Items William Hill Thornton makes success a matter of course Chris McGrath on a jokey's winning habit in big races at Kempton Thunderer: Haydock Park Thunderer: Armchair Investor Elliott continues to mask her dexterity 'She never lets anyone see that her mind is capable of brilliant, incisive and ruthless analysis' Ground favours Apatura King Thunderer: Lingfield Park Realise your Dream of Owning a Racehorse Thunderer: Musselburgh Julies Jewel sparkles at Market Rasen Results from Yesterday's Three Meetings Ladbrokes The Times Unit Trust Information Service Penny Share Guide Striving to shake off the shackles Gavin Lumsden exmaines the latest attempts of investment trusts to break with the past Hill Samuel Cruel Cuts 53 Scottish Widows Ski and Easy 56 Investors left to observe as trusts go for the great escape Chase De Vere Investments PLC The new SocGen UK Income PEP Brown's box of delights Clare Stewart reports on what the City is looking for when the Chancellor delivers his budget Pepdirect Contacts Equitable Unit Trust Managers Limited Schroders GE Financial Fund Management Limited Good nieghbours can buy freedom from a leasehold Sara McConnell examines the benefits of clubbing together to buy out a freehold Residents fail to register a vote for self-interest Leeds & Holbeck Building Society Scottish Widows Contacts At-A-Glance Guide to Buying your Freehold Newton Foreign Colonial Legal & General Finance deal that could send drivers round the Benz Henrietta Lake looks at attemps by Mercedes to lure customers Hit or Miss Aberdeen Prolific Scores Worries on GM foods present new challenge to ethical investors As fears grow over tampering with produce, green funds are quick to shun the controversial area, says Susan Emmett Baillie Gifford Contacts Gartmore Marks & Spencer Skipton Guernsey Limited Legal & General Visit euroland of opportunity Continental shares are luring UK investors, says Henrietta Lake Savers' returns squeezed yet again The Times The Equitable Life Contacts Pensioner learns of £1,000 Serps cut Paula Hawkins reports on the strong reaction to plans to cut widows' benefits IFAP Limited Leeds & Holbeck Building Society Edinburgh New issues race is rigged Personal Investor Standard Life Investments Mercury Asset Management M&g Star treatment for your money Film finance offers a more glamorous investment, says Paula Hawkins Contacts Saving could go out of fashion at this rate Comment Tax rebate of £5m for army pensioners Legal & General Barclays Global Investors Framlington Cairngorm Asset Management Ltd Policy Plus UK Growth Pep Funds M&g Check your cover before sloping off Karen Woolfson searches for the best ski insurance deals Elson Government urged to relax credit union rules Susan Emmett looks at a key weapon in the fight against social exclusion The Equitable Life Contacts Camberwell on the move Jupiter Fidelity Investments Pointers on last-gasp Peps Contacts West Bromwich Royal & Sunalliance Investments Protection for people with case of the jitters Helen Pridham considers the options available for the more risk-averse investor Pep File Better deals on mortgage cover The Insurance Policy Trading Company Ltd Contacts Is your policy going to repay the mortgage? Paula Hawkins on how to make sense of your bonus statement Gartmore Norwich Union Virgin Consumer trial for cashless system Unit-Linked Insurance Investments Equifax far from creditable Don't count on it Appalled by charges Any win would do Direct Line Investeco Britannia International Annuity rates apply the sucker punch Norwich Union Standard Life Bank Direct Line Policy Portfolio B2 Hargreaves Lansdown Beale Dobie & Company Limited Auctions aimed at the Clare Stewart on where to pick up antique furnishings without breaking the bank Bonhams The Pep Shop Ltd Contacts Drawing on a collection Henrietta Lake examines how art can be used as collateral Old Mutual Royal & Sunalliance Investments Investeco Guiness Flight Fighting financial exclusion Appeal of old jeans has not faded Non-Starter 54 Shaken shareholders Susan Emmett explains the implications of the controversial changes at Halifax Budget may have European flavour Fidelity Investments Win trip to Paris with our financial website Streets Ahead 48-49 Inside Country Life Dangerous Playground Avalanches have killed nearly 50 this week. Skiing wasn't meant to be like this. Richard Holledge reports from an alpine village in mourning Anne Fine Telling Liddy Home Life Salsa Wars Fashion Week Ginger Beer 'I saw rolled up carpets and then realised they were body bags' 'White men can't dance' British dance floors are riven by claims of racism. Ruth Gledhill reports on the salsa wars Anne Robinson Peel Hotels Risking all for those in peril at sea Lifeboat crews don't get paid for their work-and they prefer it that way, reports Anugs Clarke after going out with the Brighton boat The Times Actresses just love to dress up When it comes to showing off their new colections, designers know a celebrity is worth more newsprint than an unknown model. London Fashion Week was a glittering show of famous faces in famous clothes Show Offs Roche Bobois British reputation at steak Joe Warwick took his tastebuds to an Aberdeen Angus Steak House full of tourists and emerged to accuse the restaurant chain of crimes against food Vimto The Drink that Time Forgot Picture Gallery Henry Harris's Cheat of the Week Picture Gallery Jane MacQuitty Justerini & Brooks, the Royal Family's wine merchant, is celebrating 250 years in business Drink Star Buys Consuming Interest Sea Salt The Times Cook A winter banquet should rely on inexpensive seasonal ingredients and relfect the best fresh British flavours Out of the dink The thriller writer sinks a Coca-Cola in Titanic A Drink with Bret Easton Ellis What we Had where we Had It The Times Where a haircut is a real perfomance Murray Lachlan Young enjoys a sense of drama at his barber's. Michael Cable met him there Shopwatch All things brown and beautiful Toasters Gadgets Lesson one: try bending the rules Richard Dee's Progress Jane Owne's Progress This Month's Seeds Scorzonera, Salsify and Root Parsley Tips Dominic Cole's Progress The Times Grow Good Food Campaign The Times Coopers of Stortford Stephen Anderton's Garden Answers Homes & Gardens Go down to the Woods today Jane Owen meets the dedicated couple protecting one of Britain's leading hellebore collections Me and my Garden: Jeremy and Janewood Buy seed potatoes, especially early varieties, and… Mothers Day Gifts Multiple Display Advertising Items Elna press Homes & Gardens Multiple Display Advertising Items Aquability Wheelchairs Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items BAC Conservatories Multiple Display Advertising Items 'We must do something before it's too late' Home to a drama queen Market North of the Thames Multiple Classified Advertising Items Priory House London Property Multiple Classified Advertising Items South of the Thames Multiple Classified Advertising Items French Property Exhibition LCR Developments Multiple Classified Advertising Items Propertunities Switzerland Florida Homes Show Multiple Classified Advertising Items Sinfill fortunes in spare rooms John D Wood & Co Learn how to Run a B&b Home Swap Barratt Bewley Homes Multiple Classified Advertising Items The Western Algarve Parque Da Floresta Multiple Classified Advertising Items English Courtyard World of Property Exhibition Olympia Egham, Surrey Sotheby's Multiple Display Advertising Items The Times Multiple Display Advertising Items Breast is not always best Bottle-feeding is not a crime. It can result in contented mothers and healthy babies, Beatrix Clark says Breaking up isn't hard to do Finding a good solicitor has been difficult; but a new system should help ease matters for separating couples, says Frances Gibb A Case for Turning to the Bottle Lock, stock and fuming Portia Colwell picks a fight with locksmiths Case Study Mink's big cousin comes out fighting It the war against the aggressive mink, farmers are finding an ally in the otter, writes Matthew Pryor Adopt Me Signs of spring in the trees Feather Report Lucy Pinney Otter (Lutra lutra) A Vet Writes Shoparound Multiple Display Advertising Items Spit Roasts Multiple Display Advertising Items MOPS Hilitec Ltd Multiple Display Advertising Items British Antique Replicas David Bowker Every week oru intrepid columnist is asked to assume a new identity. This week he becomes a musician Seven Long Days Shoparound Coopers of Stortford Weekend Courses and Activities Sewills Activity Feedback 'This place speaks to people' Alun Road meets Wyn Evans, Dean of St David's, who relishes his role as guardian of a Welsh national shrine Spreading the word at the heart of Christianity Credo The Times Church Services for Tomorrow Passion in the pulpit Ruth Gledhill admires the Bible's erotic poetry in a church in the City At your Service Multiple Classified Advertising Items Scotts Audi Multiple Display Advertising Items Audi Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Honda Mercedes Multiple Classified Advertising Items Brands Hatch Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Volkswagen Multiple Classified Advertising Items Driving suit put years on me Ford has found a new way to make its young designers understand older drivers' problems. Joe Warwick tried it on Picture Gallery Win a Vespa with the Times War baby turns cult icon Vespa's little scooter is being celebrated as a design classic, says John Naish Britain's Grey Danger The Fast Lady Vicki Butler-Henderson gives advice on making your car last longer and driving safely at night Multiple Classified Advertising Items DVLA Select Registration Hotline Registration Transfers Multiple Display Advertising Items Rud Grip Snow-Chain DVLA Classic Collection Auction How to Place your Own Advertisement Multiple Classified Advertising Items The Times Multiple Display Advertising Items Want a Date? Ring the Times Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Sirius Executive Club Parties Multiple Classified Advertising Items Berkeley Sweetingham Multiple Classified Advertising Items The Executive Club for great Parties Candleburners! RSVP Duet Multiple Classified Advertising Items Saturday Rendezvous Multiple Display Advertising Items The Times Bug that threatens chaos in the air Should you buy a millenninum break now-or wait? Jeannette Hyde reports Hoping to avoid disruption Some airlines will not fly over new year, reports Steve Keenan Can we trust the Foreign Office? How New Year Price are Rising Noble Caledonia Limited How the Native Indians once lived Jersey Virgin atlantic Such fun—and so far away Voyages Jules Verne Qantas Global Explorer Summer Sun 99 Long-Haul Family Holidays Explore Worldwide Voyages of Discovery Risk of getting it wrong Foreign Office travel advice can be inaccurate or dated. But holdiaymakers deserve batter service, says Steve Keenan Swan Hellenic Flying off the Shelf Wild and woolly trial run Would-be shepherd Brian Pedley wonders why it looks so easy on One Man and His Dog Museum of the Week Cruise the Nile & Lake Nasser A cruise along the Nile and Lake Nasser to Lower Nubia visiting the sites of Ancient Egypt Hilton A goggle at the royals Crew members knew their place on Britannia, writes Joanna Hunter Ancient origins of a nation Neville Judd explores a Canadian museum that recreates the lives of the Native Indian peoples Spring in Paris & Provence KLM Touring the Royal British Columbia Museum North Cyprus Easy riders, big appetites James Fergusson motorbikes nearly 700 miles through Austria, and works up a hunger for dumplings Checking in The Palace Hotel, Madrid Swan Hellenic Born to Be Wild Oasis The 10,000ft drop The Travel Collection British Airways Holidays Euro Tunnel World of Travel Not enough advice Iceland Another salvo in price war Tom Chesshyre rounds up some new bargains to Spain and Italy Voyages Jules Verne Hayes and Jarvis No flicking, just clicking Forget bulky brochures, CD-Roms are the way ahead, says Tom Chesshyre Virtually There: Cd-Rom Test Flying Visits Travellers' Tip The Travel Collection Pack your Bags Architects in focus Travel Tips Voyages of Discovery Simply the best Cayman Islands Fine French food Horse talk Orient Lines Ireland Pillow talk in New York Trip Wires Trailfinders Multiple Display Advertising Items KLM Multiple Display Advertising Items CGU Direct British Midland Multiple Display Advertising Items Check-In Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items The joys of going gaucho Nick Haslam sweeps across the Rio de la Plata for a taste of country life in Uruguay Travel Airline Network Travelbag Multiple Display Advertising Items ISIC Direct Travel Insurance Fact File Multiple Display Advertising Items Flightbookers Quest Worldwide Multiple Display Advertising Items Cresta Paris Overseas Travel Cruise & Sail Abroad Scandinavian Seaways Overseas Travel Cadogan Holidays Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Caribbean Connection Multiple Display Advertising Items Eurocamp Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Headwater Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Elite Vacations Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Headwater Jasmin Multiple Display Advertising Items The Uk's Premier independent Travel Show Exodus Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Simply Turkey Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items English Country Cottages Welcome Cottage Holidays Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Channel Islands Cork & Kerry Multiple Classified Advertising Items Emerald Cottages Multiple Classified Advertising Items Country Cottages in Scotland Multiple Classified Advertising Items By Googly: The Listener Crossword No. 3503: In the Gro(o)ve Answers Chess Winning Move Computer Games and Pastimes New Software Cross Words Solution to Jumbo Crossword 210 Bridge Birthdays Jumbo Corrsword 212 Modern Manners Picture Line Death of Tennessee Williams, a powerful playwright obsessed with the strains of life Word Watching Two Brains Times Two Crossword No 162 Quotes of the Week Yours Essential Guide to What's on in London &… Books Mad Beth The Times Hollywood Supernova Cyclops Keeping an Eye on Things so You Don't Have to Contents Picture Gallery Installation Aurora Win! Perdita Durango books and soundtracks Radio Galaxy FM Theatre The Dispute Festival The Eighties Metro/JONGLEURS Open-mic Competition Exhibition The Art of Imagination Festival Women in Focus Museum National Centre for Popular Music Theatre Slava Snowstorm Music Win! Tickets to Move Precious talent What more could a singer-songwriter want than to be propelled to superstardom by her second alburm? As far as Beth Orton goes, to keep on travelling and to keep on searching … but for what, Nigel Williamson wonders. Photo: Anthony Cake Blue Heart Picture Gallery Capercaillie Short cuts Stephen Dalton Rounds up the Week's Movie News The Projector Great Night in L. A. Stories UK Top 10 Films US Top 10 Films HMV New album releases The Big Album Underworld (9/10) Singled out The Big Single Van Morrison Precious Time Reggae Choice Out There… Metro music charts Win four albums! Pet sounds Take ten artists and authors, each of their 20 favourties records and use their considerable talents to package a cultural colection. Mike Bradly univeils the new seris of CDs which reveal the music that inspires the inspired Blur tender Win! Songbook Series Prizes The Weir In a class of his own Yes, OK, Andrew O'Hagan is a working-class boy made good, come all the way from Irvine New Town to London medialand. And his new nove's all about tower blocks. 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Picture Gallery Picture Gallery Picture Gallery The times The modern antiquarian Chrysler Carlsberg Export Contents A Chapter Tina guadion's diary This is the week that… Passing comment… Things we have seen the future… Alan jack From david adms in honduras… The people of Morolica are building a brave new world out of the ruins of Hurricane Mitch American Express Collect all five Rock star 306 Peugeot Sacla The natasha files Picture Gallery Boots Picture Gallery Belgian Tourist Office Audi Silver goldmine Subaru Klaus Kobec Volvo One day at a time BT Opium Croatia The times magazine Joseph's dream home Joseph's elements of style smart ideas to get the look Mexican wave The riot of colour that is Mexican kitsch has become cheerfully chic for those who refuse to take their home life to seriously Lookalikes Renault Chicago Minolta Jonathan meades in Brussels Finnair Restaurant guide: belgian border Worldbooks Too many chefs The Maltese Islands Tempur Our first meal Nature's Best Novelli's secrets Bar fly Stitch-up Picture Gallery Hawkshed Wonder of woollies The end of the affair Glucosamine The Travel Collection BAC John diamond The Pier Gap generation Dear coach… Multiple Display Advertising Items Fabrics and Wallpapers Sofa Genuine Leather K. Restorations Boot & Welly Rack No laughing matter Text book analysis Picture Gallery Him and her experience growing pains Hunt for the truth Village People Heir apparent Nordic Classic Choice Anna Morris Oreck Multiple Display Advertising Items Wood Bros Oakridge This week's man with the pocket camera: designer wayne hemingway Sony Alfa Romeo The Times Noble Caledonia Limited Week 4 the Far East Simon Winchester On the death of Yangtze Sydeny Sydney is the capital of fun. A place for laid-back living and sultry sensuality. So neck a Tooheys or two—and enjoy No Title Hone Kong The promise of the East shows up in Tokyo's spring blossoms and Banagkok's world-class Oriental hotel Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) Up-And-Coming Area Tokyo Seoul Bangkok Shanghai Gentle inclinations Mongolia Landscapes The open spaces and incredible skies are best appreciated on horseback Sarawak Sarawak is one of the last pristine rainforests My Favourite Place The only way is town under The Oz Experience will plunge you headlong into the real Australia says Glen Owen Fly Me La vie en cerise Every April, the Japanese crack open the beers, get out the karaoke machine and have a kenes-up in the park. Welcome to the cherry blossom season. By Julian Ryall Friendship under fire The spy who stopped Hitler Richard Sorge masqueraded as a Nazi to provide the Russians with vital information. The remains of his Tokyo are still visible today Rub, rub me do They're fab, there are four of them and they look just like the Beatles. The only giveaway is the Japanese accent Mac free zone Crawling in the tunnels of war A large part of the Vietnam War was fought undergound. Nowadays you can visit the terrifying tunnels that were the Vietcong's headquarters My Favourite Place Jancis Robinson can't forget her three says in Vietnam Go ahead, monk In Shaolin in China, the martial arts monks make Bruce Lee look like an amateur. Come and have a go if you're hard enough Noble Caledonia Limited One to reserve Off the coast of Queensland lie two of the world's finest eco-resorts - the sportsman's paradise of Couran Cove and Heron Island The hired boots may be tiny but resorts in Japan and South Korean have great snow, while New Zealand is thrilling Noble Caledonia Limited Australia has no lack of great beaches, which makes Fraser Island - the pick of our ten best - a very special place My Favourite Place Fay Weldon remembers Coromandel, New Zealand Milennium Places to Be at Midnight Fancy being one of the first people in the world to celebrate the year 2000? Or how about revelling away the last hours of 1999 on the slopes of a volcano? Chris Oliver Wilson finds the ultimate alternatives Milking the cash MacAu The gambling city of MacAu is the Las Vegas of the Orient - a place where dreams come true or nightmares begin. Place your bets 1 Top O Hotel Celebrity A peep through some of the most sought-after keyholes Suite Number one Necker Island Noble Caledonia Limited
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