Robert Kirby CHANNELVISION If it proves anything other than the fact that even drivel can be very gaudily wrapped, M-Net’s Cosmo Show has secondary merits. Anything which displays the incomparable Jane Raphaely touch, however remotely bestowed, is always good for a snigger. Cosmopolitan magazine is run by Raphaely’s daughter, Vanessa, and along with the television […]

Peter Robinson cricket It’s not a question likely to have kept Shaun Pollock or Graham Ford awake at night, but there will have been times during the past few weeks when the South African captain and coach have wondered how well their team has been playing. Well enough to take care of most Test-playing nations? […]

Nigel Williams The Constant Gardener by John le Carr (Hodder & Stoughton) John le Carr’s novels may go on the shelves next to Tom Clancy (and sell as many copies) but if his popularity is due to a belief that he adheres to the Boy Scout code of fiction, then his public are reading him […]

A panel of judges sitting at the appeal court in London ruled in favour of an appeal brought by <em>The Sun</em> newspaper.