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The life of a Head Girl00:02
School talk by Irving is cancelled00:02
Dressing-up is what the British do best: as the decade moves on, individualism moves in00:02
Little hope of pound's early return to ERM00:02
Fishing Lines: Mysterious case of the monster of Alexandra Palace00:02
Sterling and the Oxford Street view00:02
ART MARKET / Chinese whispers: The People's Republic is about to hold its first major antiques auction. It represents a cautious step towards open trade with the West, yet its exact contents remain a mystery00:02
Letter: Briefly00:02
'Hi, I'm Kim, I'm your personal shopper for today . . .': No time; no taste? No problem. A message from New York fashion company Charivari to the people of Sunset Boulevard00:02
Experts hail discovery of rare frescos00:02
RTZ poised to drop Hoare Govett00:02
British blame German bankers00:02
SCIENCE / Counting the cost of cleaner water: The EC is being lobbied to lower its standards for tap water. Are they unnecessarily high, asks Fred Pearce, or too expensive to implement?00:02
Sport in Short: Badminton00:02
GARDENING / Hope springs in a stony bed: Mary Keen's garden season by season: Autumn00:02
Opinions: Do you think an age difference matters in a relationship?00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Paperbacks: Saint Maybe - Anne Tyler: Vintage, pounds 5.9900:02
BOOK REVIEW / Paperbacks: A Life of Picasso, Vol I, 1881-1906 - John Richardson: Pimlico, pounds 1500:02
Bonds00:02
Then & Now: Deaths00:02
Inside Story: The breaking of the pound: The long plunge into crisis is chronicled by Christopher Huhne, Donald Macintyre and John Eisenhammer00:02
Just change the label on the bottle: Now that polytechnics are calling themselves universities, Peter Scott asks what message they have for new students00:02
ARTS / Cries & Whispers00:02
Football: Speed's late strike camouflages the Leeds fault line00:02
Letter: Anger not charity begins at home00:02
Somali warlord says 'no' to UN00:02
Business Information Service: This Week00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Paperbacks: No Full Stops in India - Mark Tully: Penguin, pounds 6.9900:02
Letter: Who's afraid of a debate on Darwin?00:02
Tilbury staff 'flouted law' on stowaways00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The Digger's Tale: Rupert Murdoch - William Shawcross: Chatto, 18.9900:02
ART MARKET / Up for sale00:02
Business Information Service: Last Week00:02
EXHIBITIONS / Third man at deep square: An exceptional week in the galleries begins with Juan Gris: not the most celebrated of Cubists, but the most colourful00:02
Rugby Union: Guscott adds grace as tide favours Bath: Brough Scott sees the Courage champions open their season with victory at the Recreation Ground00:02
City: Economy escapes from madness00:02
A repulsive gewgaw (not)00:02
Rugby Union: A season for bringing backs to the front00:02
Letter: Extra Marx00:02
THEATRE / Enter the darkest Dane of all: Hamlet - Riverside: Medea - Almeida; Hecuba - Gate; It Runs in the Family - Playhouse; Valentine's Day - Globe00:02
Football: Durie checks United's title aspirations00:02
Inquiry into sex abuse of mentally ill00:02
SEC to set up junk system00:02
Bunhill: Pop goes cheap cork00:02
Boxing: Eubank makes hard work of keeping crown: Nick Halling reports from Glasgow00:02
Rugby Union Round-up: Walker brings pace to Cardiff00:02
RECORDS / Classical: Glenn Gould - The Composer (Sony SK 47184)00:02
Vote puts strain on brains00:02
ARTS / Show People: A very popular practitioner: 44. Andrew Davies00:02
ETCETERA / Bridge00:02
Thefts-to-order hit botanic gardens00:02
Sport in Short: Tennis00:02
RECORDS / Rock: Sugar - Copper Blue (Creation CRELP 129)00:02
Football: Saunders savours satisfying moments00:02
SCIENCE / World Health Organisation gets tough on lead levels00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The opsimath himself: More please - Barry Humphries: Viking, pounds 16.9900:02
Bunhill: Bitter days of 1967 revisited00:02
Notebook: Tormented souls lay Mr Squeers to rest: Wounded survivors of the boarding school system are allowing stiff upper lips to quiver as they ask for help00:02
Is Covent Garden worth saving?: The Royal Opera House is pounds 4m in debt and under attack from many quarters. David Lister looks at the choices it faces for the future00:02
Letter: The legal action Riefenstahl lost00:02
Manhattan transfer is a costly face-off00:02
Deadly legacy of shabby guerrilla: Peru's euphoria at the fall of the 'people's war' leader may be premature. Colin Harding explains the potency of Abimael Guzman's ideas00:02
Football: QPR thrice deny Boro00:02
British Airways offloads baggage security arm: Control Risks: Correction00:02
Kiwis reject 'first past post' voting00:02
Course Guide: Look for the hard sell in volatile market: Karen Gold finds that students are still in big demand00:02
Never play cards with a Ginza Mama: AS part of his research, Lewis journeyed to Tokyo and took in the delights of the Ginza.00:02
'Bar Serbia'00:02
Letter: Portrait of the door-to-door artist00:02
The international fashion community at work in Paris: a celebrity guide in pictures to who's schmoozing who00:02
BAe to announce pounds 750m provision00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Paperbacks: Loaves and Wishes: Writers Writing on Food - ed Antonia Till: Virago / Oxfam, pounds 7.9900:02
Be thankful for a season when there's nothing better than a bit of rough00:02
Thinking Japanese00:02
Pilot's medals sold00:02
Boom and bust for sea-race balloons00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The first crack that ruins the Ming: Sin - Josephine Hart: Chatto, pounds 11.9900:02
Bunhill: No Vorsprung durch Technik in Port Talbot00:02
IMF party may get rough00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Club-class gags wrapped in a Pacific package tour: The Happy Isles of Oceania - Paul Theroux: Hamish Hamilton, pounds 16.9900:02
Rugby Union: Northampton survive Bristol revival00:02
Courses Guide: Delay followed by rush to sign up00:02
Letter: Claims of 'uproar' over council tax unfounded00:02
600 on rampage00:02
Letter: No bank credit00:02
Ups and downs of street credibility: Next has come back from the brink to stun the City, writes Patrick Hosking00:02
Bunhill: Cameron is the cat's whiskers from the West End to Mallaig00:02
Real Life: Silent shame of my mother: It is always the men who leave. Jeremy Seabrook finally understands a woman who stayed00:02
City File: Small winners00:02
'Don't knows' hold the key: As the French vote today on the Maastricht treaty, 'fault-lines' and fears of German power have turned the British public against closer unity00:02
TRAVEL / First footsteps in a Forbidden Land: Aminatta Forna journeys deep into the Himalayas, to the province of Kinnaur which has recently been opened up to Western visitors00:02
Football: Harsh words from Kinnear as red card runs amok00:02
Your Money: Domestic help for borrowers00:02
Football: Dodds gets the better of United in local drudge match: David McKinney, at Tannadice, on the anti-climax of the first Dundee derby for over two years00:02
Geldofs try to spice up breakfast TV00:02
BOOK REVIEW / What if the Windsors were losers?: The Queen and I - Sue Townsend: Methuen, pounds 9.9900:02
Judge murdered00:02
Me and My Kit: Christine Spreiter: Professional Windsurfer00:02
City File: Shares bounce back into fashion00:02
Football: Wright to the rescue00:02
Leading Article: The end of another British delusion00:02
Press bill pressure on media00:02
Case is closed for ever-rising lawyers' fees00:02
Q & A: The North-South divide . . . and Everton's black spot00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Happy birthday to you, and you: Ourselves as mothers - Sheila Kitzinger: Doubleday, pounds 16.9900:02
Sport in Short: Athletics00:02
HEALTH / Common Procedures: Ultrasound00:02
FILM / Here's shooting at you, Kid: Unforgiven; A League of Their Own00:02
Happy at home alone: If Miss Havisham had lived with jolly flatmates, she might have changed out of her wedding dress, says Helen Fielding00:02
Consultant convicted of attempted murder00:02
Letter: Briefly00:02
BOOKS / Contemporary Poets: 15 Tom Paulin00:02
CHILDREN / How to improve your step-family fortunes: Feeling they have to love their partner's children is just one of the problems faced by step-parents. Angela Neustatter suggests survival tips for the reconstituted family00:02
Football Round-up: O'Brien strikes to keep record00:02
Courses Guide: University places still open: How to use the course vacancy listings00:02
Football: Growing pains good for Gascoigne00:02
Letter: Briefly00:02
Letter: Briefly00:02
Letter: Briefly00:02
Motor Racing: Goodbye to the king of dullness00:02
Racing: Classic win is a first for Gosden: Tim Glover reports from The Curragh00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Paperbacks: Yours Till The End - Jackie and Sunnie Mann: Mandarin, pounds 4.9900:02
BOOK REVIEW / True stories of good and evil: Jesus - A N Wilson: Sinclair-Stevenson, pounds 15; Jesus the man - Barbara Thiering: Doubleday, pounds 16.9900:02
Next still weaves the same magic00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Paperbacks: The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War - Misha Glenny: Penguin, pounds 5.9900:02
THE BROADER PICTURE / From bad to worse00:02
Thefts-to-order hit botanic gardens00:02
Sport in Short: Equestrianism00:02
FOOD & DRINK / An A-Z of healthy dishes from around the world00:02
Floods expose the politicians: Islamabad's response to the disaster has not been heroic, writes Tim McGirk in Sukkur00:02
Tennis: Trepidation in Delhi00:02
Football: On the move00:02
Selling: How to drive home a sale from the customer's side: Can the right technique move cars in a depressed market?00:02
Soap claim00:02
Golf: Faldo steps up a gear00:02
Life assurers to join forces00:02
Sport in Short: Rugby League00:02
Brussels can lighten the course: EC grants provide financial support for thousands of students, writes Paul Gosling00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Paperbacks: The Rattle of the North: An Anthology of Ulster Prose - ed Patricia Craig: Blackstaff, pounds 9.9500:02
Sport in Short: Boxing00:02
Thatcher fans the flames00:02
A safe road to market for nervous investors: Christine Stopp examines a bond which removes the risk from equity holdings00:02
Fall-out from collapsed Stolzenberg empire mushrooms worldwide00:02
OPERA / The cake that didn't rise: Force of Destiny; Tosca; Duenna00:02
Bunhill: Pen returns to the Wig00:02
Banks seek change at top of Heron00:02
Oh for the good old days of inflation]00:02
Ups and downs of street credibility: Once unassailable, Body Shop's shares have beenstung by a fall in sales and the emergence of copycat products00:02
Sport in Short: Australian Rules00:02
Football: Ipswich see record fall00:02
Tried & Tested: Tamsin Blanchard checks out some seasonal extras00:02
ETCETERA / Index00:02
Inside Story: Lamont's silver lining: The Chancellor may have lost a burden but he will not throw caution to the winds, writes Donald Macintyre00:02
Bank criticised in BCCI report: US Senate inquiry to draw 'some hard conclusions' about UK regulator's performance00:02
Saddam tightens noose on hungry Kurds: As winter and an economic blockade close in, Phil Davison predicts a new catastrophe in northern Iraq00:02
Travel firm crashes00:02
Rape remand00:02
Britain shunned wartime volunteers: Amos Ford says there has been a cover-up over the shabby treatment of British Hondurans who came to help us out, reports Martin Hennessey00:02
Letter: Why this man uses prostitutes00:02
Strike threat00:02
Football: Newman hits the target00:02
Letter: Briefly00:02
Bunhill: His Notes00:02
Scientist warns of 'hysteria' over lice00:02
Sport in Short: Baseball00:02
Stasi orgies00:02
Rachel suspect: 36 hours more00:02
Pollution pact at risk00:02
A David among the legal Goliaths: William Leith went to hear the libel case brought by the daughter of a PLO man and found someone else's name echoing throughout the court00:02
Bunhill: His Notes00:02
Letter: Who's afraid of a debate on Darwin?00:02
VAT gets the computer treatment00:02
Draw in 67 moves00:02
Tax dodgers' dolce vita: Patricia Clough in Rome describes the Italians' other national pastime00:02
Collor protest00:02
Democrats hear a Dixie melody: Clinton is the party's first candidate since Carter to sway vital voters in the South. John Lichfield reports from Charlotte, North Carolina00:02
Football: The XI00:02
BOOKS / Ghanaian patchwork00:02
City File: Equities00:02
Letter: Who's afraid of a debate on Darwin?00:02
Inside Story: Making sense out of the muddle00:02
City File: Large Companies00:02
Economics: Recovery by devaluation risks inflation00:02
Rugby Union: Buzza supplies sting for Wasps00:02
Sport in Short: Rallying00:02
Repossessions going on the block00:02
My Biggest Mistake: Baroness Perry00:02
FOOD & DRINK / Balls of fire from Tellicherry: There's more to pepper than meets the tongue. A guide by Geraldene Holt00:02
Rugby Union: Harlequins exposed in their peacock finery00:02
RADIO / To criticise the critic of the critic00:02
Profile: Giant step for Mr Big: Peter Davis had mapped out the course for Reed before taking the helm, Chris Blackhurst reports00:02
ROCK / Rai, smiles and the devil's croon00:02
Sport in Short: Speedway00:02
Hammer out a mortgage before the bidding starts: Ready buyers can find value at property auction, says Mary Wilson00:02
Don't talk to me about ideology: Now we can return to economic policies that suit our temperament, writes James Buchan00:02
Then & Now: Bones to pick00:02
Sport in Short: Golf00:02
Business Information Service: Saying of the Week00:02
Football: Armstrong shows way00:02
Football: Keegan's power to the people: Newcastle United are at the top of the First Division, playing to packed houses at St James' Park with the manager very much in control. Brough Scott reports00:02
Murder charge00:02
Delta denied00:02
Time to lift the apron: Pressure is mounting for the Freemasons in big business to reveal all. Patrick Hosking reports00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Dump those moonbeams: Time and tide - Edna O'Brien: Viking, pounds 14.9900:02
INTERVIEW / Mistress of morality tales: P D James: Jan Dalley meets the celebrated crime writer whose latest novel examines evil from a very different perspective00:02
How we met: 52. The Kronos Quartet00:02
ETCETERA / Chess: David Norwood criticises Bobby Fischer, praises Boris Spassky and argues for devaluation of the rook.00:02
Profile: Return of the English giant00:02
Tortoises beat the hares: Some slow growers have served investors well, Quentin Lumsden reports00:02
Then & Now: Anniversaries00:02
ART / Diamonds are a girl's best friend: Post-Op, Bridget Riley has taken to making lattices of jolly colour. Tom Lubbock tries to make sense of them00:02
Why everybody needs opera when they're down and out00:02
Letter: Claims of 'uproar' over council tax unfounded00:02
Disney record00:02
ARTS / Overheard00:02
To be healthy and happy is sometimes to be mad00:02
City File: Victims remain00:02
Management: Top people's pay is called to account: More openness could deflect criticism of directors' salary rises, Jane Simms reports00:02
TELEVISION / Sterling work as the Beeb scents blood00:02
Scrutator: Service is not included00:02
Cities rising to the Challenge: Paul Gosling looks at a partnership of council, private sector and community00:02
It's a funny business00:02
Letter: High-flyer fails ancient test of split infinitive00:02
PROPERTY / Living Histories: Out on the tiles: Master Craftsman: H&R Johnson, tile makers00:02
Voyages that begin in desperation and end in despair: An estimated 6,000 people a year risk their lives to seek a free passage to the West. Edward Pilkington investigates an increasing and worrying problem00:02
British give big 'no' to Maastricht: Further cut in interest rate possible00:02
Sport in Short: Snooker00:02
Rugby Union: Llanelli hunger for small game00:02
Six compete to wear Romania's crown of thorns: Iliescu has lost his grip. His opponents are gaining ground. As the election looms, Tony Barber weighs up the voters' choices00:02
Designed for competition00:02
Labour faces split over Europe00:02
One-armed bandits and the two-bit soldiers: They believe in guns, guts and the flag. But these are lean times for the weekend warriors who met in Las Vegas. Phil Reeves joined them00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The villa of the peace: The English patient - Michael Ondaatje: Bloomsbury, pounds 14.9900:02
Vickers to cut payout00:02
BOOK REVIEW / It's my chair and I'll ask what I like: In the psychiatrist's chair - Anthony Clare: Heinemann, pounds 16.99