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Notes to the user 2

People and personalities 6

1 Doodles 6

2 Money is the only home 10

3 Shielding Brooke 14

Food and drink 18

4 The good picnic guide 18

5 Down and Out in Paris and London 22

6 A family lunch in Beirut 26

Houses and safety at home 30

7 House for sale 30

8 Burgled seven times 36

9 Sissinghurst Castle 40

10 24 hours in the life of the City 44

Jobs and employment 44

11 How to write a winning résumé 48

12 All Greek to me 52

Shopping，consumer affairs，advertising 56

13 Shopping basket psychology 56

14 Mr Hornby's casebook 60

15 Commercial break 64

Travel 72

16 This way for suite dreams 72

17 Clearing customs 76

18 Getting China cracked 80

Wildlife and the environment 84

19 The capybara 84

20 Save the jungle-save the world 88

21 Beware the dirty seas 92

22 The sword that can heal 96

Medicine and physical condition 96

23 Howtoliveto be ahundred 100

24 How to help the hard of hearing 104

Transport 108

25 Sorry sir，sorry，sorry 108

26 Go steady on the gas! 114

27 The Trans.Siberian Express 120

The arts and leisure activities 124

28 On show 124

29 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 130

30 An awaywin 136

The media 140

31 Should the Press be human？ 140

32 Pregnant Di still wants divorce! 144

33 How do you feel？ 150

34 Childhood：pathways of discovery 154

Formal and informal education 154

35 Village voice 158

36 Boys are teachers'pets 162

Taste，fashion and design 166

37 Good taste.bad taste 166

38 Shotatdawn 172

39 Absolute musts 176

Legal systems，law enforcement，crime 182

40 Trials and errors 182

41 Arresting scenes in Bombay 188

42 Streetwise 194

Racism，ageism，right or wrong 200

43 When a sense of nationhood goes off the rails... 200

44 Lucy Rowan's mother 204

Acknowledgements 208