They are attracting more advertising revenue than they would otherwise have done. That way they could sort out the troublemakers from those who might be easy to manipulate - and make sure the right prince ended up on the throne.'The last British principal was Jack Gibson, OBE Retired in 1969, he still lives in Ajmer. In keeping with the McLaren tradition, the shop has a house band. He had used it in Julius Caesar, Macbeth and The Merry Wives of Windsor, and no one had ever spotted it except his fellow actors and a now dead drama critic on the Sunday Express, who had become very excited at discovering references to cricket in a Shakespeare play and had subsequently written a book called Our Batsman Bard, which no one had bought.Yours etcIf any other reader has vivid memories of Sir John Gielgud, could they please keep them to themselves..

But there are others that are, such as the guards' ritual dance, Richard's blazing hand, and a reliance on the excitements of fire which soon becomes routine. But things like the Grand National still do.'On Sportsnight, the load is possibly lighter, the only thing likely to break down being relations between the football panellists, the England coach Terry Venables and the arch moralist Jimmy Hill. The British say that Mr Seehofer is either paranoid, or electioneering, or both Mr Seehofer insists he is merely being careful.. The Chelsea Bar, Chelsea Hotel, 17 Sloane Street, SW1 (071-235 4377) (Photograph omitted). Known as racing's 'ambassador' for his clean image, the jockey also showed the political nous of a diplomat in bringing with him fellow jockeys Pat Eddery and Michael Roberts, as well as Daru's trainer, John Gosden.

It began with a bequest from James Smithson, an Englishman, who sent half a million dollars in gold sovereigns to bestow an institution in his memory.The heart of the Smithsonian is the Castle, a slightly ludicrous stronghold that dispenses information on the gems scattered around. And that, by any yardstick, Mr Bush failed to do.The debate marathon of course has barely begun Tonight Al Gore and Dan Quayle go head to head in Atlanta. .237 Did not bat: Rashid Latif, Mushtaq Ahmed, Aqib Javed.Fall: 1-24 2-46 3-130 4-132 5-133 6-204.Bowling: McDermott 9-3-27-1; Dodemaide 8-2-30-2; Reiffel 10-0-53-0; S R Waugh 5-0-26-0; Matthews 10-0-54-2; Border 8-0-40-1. Norman Lamont tried to stop a sharp fall in sterling with a strong signal yesterday that the Government did not intend to cut interest rates again until next month's Budget at the earliest. The arrival of a senior US politician mandated to solve the issue, or bring peace, would be a farcical expression of navety and overoptimism, in a land that rewards neither. THOMAS COOK and the travel agency's German owners are thought to be planning a tender offer for Owners Abroad to block the pounds 267m takeover offer that Owners faces from Airtours, the fast-expanding holiday company.

Just at this point, worried by the budget deficit, the German government is raising taxes and trying to restrain expenditure in the west. Douglas Cook writes from Embleton in Cumbria to commend the Friday market at Cockermouth, where you can buy bedding and vegetable plants, alpines and many unusual species.. 'There are a lot of contributory factors to what makes a show worth supporting,' he says. I went ahead with this appeal because of the weight of opinion for us and despite what's happened I would do the same thing again.'Akehurst's deposition also included the unlikely contention that George Duffield, the rider of Rose Alto, had broken the rules, by taking the ground of two other horses during the Goodwood race.David Pipe, the Jockey Club's spokesman, said Akehurst's suggestions of an unfair hearing were groundless. The only way CrossRail could then go ahead is if Mr MacGregor lays an order before Parliament, which would then be followed by a public inquiry in each of the local authorities through which the line would pass - a process that would be avoided if the Bill were successful.CrossRail estimates that each inquiry could last five years, and although many would be concurrent, the whole process could take a decade.Stephen O'Brien, chief executive of London First, the association of businesses promoting the capital, said any delay would choke off the prospect of private funding for CrossRail. Smokers aged 46 to 60 are 80 per cent more likely to die than non-smokers.The old principle of insurance covering a mass of people, who share the costs of caring for the few who fall, breaks down pretty quickly when an easily identifiable group seems to be making more than its fair share of the claims.Medical tests are moving apace. He also directed plays (including works by Caryl Churchill), but in 1986 he took what seemed a peculiarly sideways (even downwards) step, not only turning to dance but taking over direction of the small and distinctly unhip Place Theatre. This was not an obvious venue from which to exert much influence.