He was in a military band at school and joined up as a junior bandsman at 17

He was in a military band at school and joined up as a junior bandsman at 17. By going along with it Mr Major's policy was 'really based on defeatism. Bolchover does not always write easily, and his narrative density suggests that he has not distanced himself sufficiently from his research. The play is not so much a postcard as a 40-page letter from the edge; at its best, it's a transfixing study of a man who longs tormentedly for what he's doomed to repel or destroy: love. The fact that the Lyttelton revival is directed by a woman, Di Trevis, has attracted much amused press comment, as though putting a feminist in charge of an Osborne play is roughly the equivalent of hiring a Nazi to revive The Sound of Music. The word is that Heseltine and conference may not meet in the same way again. Now they risk being sent back to where they started.There has been no official eviction notice yet but Moscow's Mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, a zealous ally of Mr Yeltsin, has let it be known that he wants to take over the Korolyov Street flats, along with those in Rubolovskoye Chaussee. A constable on duty at Hammersmith police station in west London the night an Irish labourer was murdered in his cell admitted yesterday in the Old Bailey that for some years he had suffered from 'a short fuse', and three years ago sought medical and psychiatric counselling to help curb his temper.

THE RECOVERY in the world art market helped boost profits at Christies International, the auctioneer, from pounds 6.7m to pounds 18.9m before tax in 1993. 'That will take care of it.'Martin Steele, another of the strongest British contenders here, could not match Strang.The second fastest 800m runner in the world last season and apparently in splendid form this year, he was knocked out of the semi-final. Each year, officials visit some 1,500 patients out of a total of 14,000 who do not live in a hospital or institution or do not have their affairs managed by a local authority.For the trust office, the visit is the only face-to-face contact with the patient and the only way of assessing his or her well-being. Metalcholica packs a powerful punch, but never capitalises on its instrinsic excitement and daring to become more than the sum of its parts.

Drive-by shootings were common, even once against a patrol of the South African Defence Force which has been enforcing the state of emergency declared by President F W de Klerk on 31 March.Voter-education workers and anyone distributing material to promote the first all-race elections were potential targets for assassins. .''Five steps,' corrected Amanda, bringing Jake down from his sleep to play in the living-room. True to type, those adorned by No 10 shirts are experiencing a medley of emotions. The new line is expected to break even in 1993.Skincare products are second only to scent in the international beauty products market.They account for 30 per cent of beauty product sales in France and as much as 50 per cent in Japan.The first contribution from the new line pushed up sales in the perfume division by 8.2 per cent to Fr1.1bn.Luxury goods houses in Paris are placing increasing emphasis on beauty products to compensate for stagnant sales of clothing. A penalty by Chalmers put them into a winning position, but a late try by the Italian lock Carlo Checchinato gave the scoreline a juster look.SCOTLAND A: G Hastings, (Watsonians, capt); D Stark (Boroughmuir), G Townsend (Gala), S Hastings (Watsonians), M Appleson (London Scottish); C Chalmers (Melrose), G Armstrong (Jed-Forest); P Jones (Gloucester), I Corcoran (Gala), P Burnell, D Cronin (both London Scottish), G Weir, C Hogg (both Melrose), S Reid (Boroughmuir), I Smith (Gloucester).ITALY: L Troiani (L'Aquila); P Vaccari (Calvisano), S Barba (Milano), I Francescato (Treviso), Marcello Cuttitta; D Dominguez (both Milano), U Casellato (Treviso); Massimo Cuttitta (Milano), C Orlandi (Piacenza), G Grespan, C Checchinato, P Reale (all Rovigo), S Rigo (Treviso), J Gardner (Rovigo), M Giovanelli (Milano).Referee: R McDowell (Ireland).Scorers: Chalmers (pen, 5 min, 3-0); Chalmers (pen, 16 min, 6-0); Dominguez (pen, 18 min, 6-3); Chalmers (pen, 29 min, 9-3); Dominguez (pen, 37 min, 9-6); Dominguez (pen, 42 min, 9-9); Dominguez (drop-goal, 44 min, 9-12); S Hastings (try, 63 min, 14-12); Townsend (try, 72 min, 19- 12); Chalmers (pen, 80 min, 22-12); Checchinato (try, 83 min, 22-17).. Despite asset sales, debts are still expected to be pounds 900m..

They have scored 20 goals in five games: on Sunday Milton Melgar and Marco Etcheverry each hit two with William Ramallo, Erwin Sanchez and Marco Sandy adding one apiece.Brazil, happier now that they have completed their away programme, moved in to second place with a 2-0 win over Ecuador in Sao Paulo. 'The Alexandrian Library', a spirited gloss on bibliomania, mixes the terminal grot of a Peter Reading with Larkin's train ride and the Muldoonian tall story. Oftel, however, says that it is up to the network operators though it will support their efforts. And if the rest of the package does its job in improving teaching quality, there should be no need for one..