The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix were excused all manner of muso behaviour by their interesting personalities and fascinating drug habits. So it goes.'If I say they are unemployable, I mean it only in the sense that they would have difficulty with a 9 to 5 job, being told what to do by someone probably less intelligent than them That's true about a lot of middle-class children today. 143 D Clarke 74 69; S Field 69 74; H Clark 71 72; J Parnevik (Swe) 72 71; J Van de Velde (Fr) 73 70; S McAllister 69 74. The ceremony consisted of a small number of speeches and the ritual visit to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Sir James McKinnon, the director- general of Ofgas, has told the Monopolies and Mergers Commission that, without such a break-up, competition in the gas supply market will never flourish.In a new low in his relationship with British Gas, Sir James casts serious doubt on the company's ability to treat fairly other gas supply firms, including North Sea producers, that want to use the company's pipes.He warned: 'There will be a major conflict between access by competitors to the transportation and storage system on fair terms and British Gas's main aim of retaining its dominant position as a supplier in the gas market.' Sir James was commenting on his evidence to the MMC, which is investigating the gas business in the UK. RELATIVES of the Lockerbie victims last night welcomed an American jury's finding of 'wilful misconduct' by Pan Am as a major step forward in their fight for adequate compensation. Roger Bratchell, marketing manager of Waterstone's book chain, points out that Jeanette Winterson is now published by Jonathan Cape and Helen Zahavi by Macmillan.Virago Modern Classics, which revived out-of-print women authors and is now credited with resuscitating the reputations of Edith Wharton, Willa Cather and Rosamond Lehmann, among others, was doomed by its nature to produce diminishing returns.At times recently it has seemed almost to be scraping the barrel, resurrecting authors who perhaps deserved to remain hidden.At Virago, Lennie Goodings, the publisher, insists the problem is not a group losing its way or a cultural shift away from feminism in the reading population.

And we considered it quintessentially British to allow everyone and anyone, high or low, politician or pundit, to state his opinion on any topic candidly, without fear of persecution, even if that opinion flew like an arrow to the very heart of our national life.But something's changed. Adults must take responsibility for the children in their midst.'Dr Sue Bailey, a psychiatrist who has studied juvenile offenders including 20 child murderers and 200 adolescent sex offenders, said: 'There have always been adolescents who have killed. Some 30 people had arrived from all over the country, Ulundi included, to be trained in how to teach the black rural population how to vote. The hosts almost had their thunder stolen here by a West Indian side short on fitness but long, believe it or not, on spin.Set a modest target of 121, England were feeling distinctly queasy after tea as Desiree Luke's off-breaks and the left-armers of Cherry-Anne Singh claimed 5 for 36 in 13 overs. It has hurried on the demise of power dressing and the arrival of a wave of 'grunge'- type looks. I was sitting round a table with Britain's major clients and I would like to see our major markets doing better. Gannon, who was also involved in an incident which led to the dismissal of Stoke's Carl Beeston last May, left the ground with a large bruise under his left eye.Macari claimed that the South African-born Stein had been provoked by a comment, and said that his own intention was to get his players off the pitch before the situation deteriorated.

FOUNDER member of one of the most significant groups in the history of jazz; godfather to World and New Age music; and Neneh Cherry's step-dad to boot, Don Cherry in performance remains an enigma. .1THE old giant may be in fitful hibernation, but he is still dangerous when roused, and he stirred himself in the second half at Highbury yesterday to punch another large hole in Arsenal's championship aspirations.The early-season favourites still think they can win the League, or so Tony Adams tells us, but 13 points is a lot of leeway to make up, and if the leaders, Norwich City, are peering apprehensively behind them it will be towards the North- west rather than North London.Liverpool arrived without a win in seven games, and looked like making that eight in a mundane first half which served only to remind us how the mighty are fallen.It had to get better, and mercifully it did, the second half producing John Barnes's decisive penalty, another by Paul Merson which David James saved, the dismissal of Nigel Winterburn and two straightforward chances which the Ian Rush of old would have accepted with his eyes shut.This is not the Rush of old, of course, no more than it is the Liverpool of old, and he, and they, made hard work of what should have been a comfortable 3-0 win.They were full of vim and vigour after two weeks without a game, and none more vigorous than Paul Stewart, who was lucky to emerge with nothing more serious than a booking for three early assaults, one of which saw David Hillier limp off, lame.Arsenal did themselves no favours with the substitution, introducing David O'Leary in Hillier's central position, where he was a stranger in a strange land. His wonderfully considered readings in this cycle - so far, of symphonies 1, 3, 5 and 6, all well played by the LSO - smooth their craggy textures and illuminate their bleakness far too throroughly. Her pedigree - she was the half-sister of the Duke of Portland - gave her access to the wealthiest and most influential people in London and it was her happy idea to ask them to dinner on Thursdays, as potential patrons to the young and struggling artists she invited to meet them later in the evening. Guys who are not going to win are attacking, and every day it's flat out from the gun.'Bernard Hinault commanded respect, especially with his five victories in the Tour.

DEAN SAUNDERS finally became an Aston Villa player yesterday after the club agreed a record fee of pounds 2.3m to prise the Welsh striker from Liverpool. 'We'd be better off moving on without divisive inquiries, which have no justification, as all Australians want to get on with the job of organising our teams and the 2000 Olympics,' he said.The feud follows another embarrassment for the Sydney Olympics organisers who have been unable to attract anyone so far to fill the key job of running the Games as chief executive of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. His village neighbour, Alison Woollatt, thought the place was wonderful. With millions out of work, it was easy to recruit part-time sales staff. He accepted that as worded this idea seemed 'madness' but thought that perhaps it had an 'educational' purpose.This confusing mixture of good sense, exaggeration and diatribe seems characteristic of these groups. The lesson for both clubs is clear: to survive, they have to recruit on a fairly far-reaching scale.There is not doubting the resolve of West's ambitions.

At St John's, he and his room-mate Duncan Foster, now an Essex computer expert, produced and acted in satirical revues that parodied contemporary television programmes. With my girlfriend out of the picture, comments (accompanied by copious winking) like, 'if only Miranda would sod off somewhere' or, more directly, 'how many birds have you shagged so far Bob?' have become the dominant conversational gambit.But things aren't as easy as my testosterone-charged friends envisage. Adam does, saying, 'I stabbed him.' Then he asks for a glass of water.Jay Bass staggers from the Ford He says he feels weak Three quarters of his blood is gone. There is, however, one interview she didn't conduct: the one with the well-connected fraudster, Darius Guppy, for a reputed fee of pounds 75,000, which last week attracted an unprecedented reprimand from the Press Complaints Commission.