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