Startlingly close to the border, it is home to 11 million people, more than one-quarter of the country's population.It takes just half an hour to drive from the border fence to the outskirts of the city, past emergency yellow traffic barriers made by the Lucky Development Company and through an apparently endless series of vast concrete bridges, primed with explosives so that they could be brought crashing down in the paths of tanks.Military sources say that the North's troops could march to the city in two hours and, despite all South Korea's defences, could probably envelop Seoul - one of the largest cities in the world - within a week. The only answer must surely be to beef up the dress code and exclude time-wasters once and for all.But how can you sort the sightseer from the shopper? Patchouli oil is a dead giveaway, as are shaved heads and body-piercing. They rested on Poland making use of the climate of detente to borrow money from the West, awash with petrodollars, to transform its economy. In a way it was lucky I was not his type: he really only liked 'little creatures' People like me, he liked to talk to, be seen with. There was more: medieval stained glass in the window of the tower and fragments of rich cobalt blue gathered into a stunning little window behind the pulpit.Listening to the rain beating down, it was tempting to draw out indefinitely the business of reading the wall tombstones.

I don't want to disappoint them for this year, but certainly for next year Game Boys and whatever the latest electronic fad turns out to be are things that parents should provide, not me.My job, laid down over generations of children, by custom and practice, is to provide traditional, classic presents, starting with chocolate money, tangerines and nuts and working upwards through the odd cuddly toy, jigsaw, crayons, pens, paintboxes, colouring books, and on to things such as winter warmers - gloves, scarves, socks, bobbly hats.I quite like silly toys - spiders that slide down windows, toy guns that make an awful lot of noise, and rattles. It was released from its anchorage at Point au Pic, about 60 miles east of Quebec City, yesterday after payment of a bond by the Braer's Oslo-based insurers, Skuld.Michel Lessard, a coastguard spokesman in Quebec City, said yesterday that the Celtic - which, like the Braer, is 17 years old - experienced loss of power because ice from the river blocked water intakes in the hull, affecting the engine's cooling system.However, the engine was not disabled and the tanker was able to reach the Ultramar terminal. 'The only problem is that leaving a fiver lying around can look a bit obvious.' And if she doesn't bite, it would be pretty clear, were you to go on to confront her, what you had been up to. Ideas for the creative use of old keys should be sent to: Creativity, The Independent, 40 City Road, London EC1Y 2DB.. On the other hand, Clarke made a big success of open side for the Lions against Canterbury and was the blind-side in all three Tests.In between them Dean Richards will have to be the one to go down where it hurts.

'We've revolutionised the ferry industry in the last five years, creating an attractive product.'Certainly its newer vessels, such as the Pride of Dover and the Pride of Calais, are a far cry from the shabby, vomit-smelling, beer-soaked, cramped, crowded tubs that used to ply their trade across the Channel. I would not hesitate to use my powers under the 1944 Education Act to write to a school and direct it to follow the law.' The circular represents a victory for traditionalists. This has made it popular.'We've now held the No 1 position in the DOS market for five years,' Mr Trickett says. The Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni of the Northern League, has emerged from the burlesque as either a liar or a political incompetent after claiming that he was tricked by his government colleagues into signing the decree. With only seven top winners, it was obviously necessary to bring in the diamond suit. Look, say those who urge a fall in the pound, at what happened when sterling fell by 15 per cent between 1981 and 1984: inflation went on falling and output picked up. Geoff Arnold has also put in his twopence worth.'I don't think about who I'm bowling at now.

This America turned out to be New Orleans, and it was the subject of three misty-eyed documentaries. Previews from 22 Feb.9 Mad Riverside Studios, London W6 Performed by people with experience of mental illness.15 Chatsky Almeida, London N1 Anthony Burgess adapts a Russian play.18 Kindertransport Cockpit Theatre, London NW8 Play by Diane Samuels about a little Jewish girl who is evacuated from Nazi Germany. The book's pictures of British cities show that even as late as the Sixties children were playing in the streets. Tucking the tenner into her shoe, she says: 'And he's not getting it back either, even if we were interrupted.' Joanna was lucky.

Norman Tebbit, who personified the cruel, uncaring side of Thatcherism. Our strength is drawn from the Cross, the blood-stained Cross.' The burial yesterday of four of the 12 people who died in the massacre at St James's Church, Cape Town, on Sunday night provided the occasion for a show of force by the city's clerics, all determined in their different ways to help heal the wounds brought about by the worst outrage South Africans can remember.It is not a question of numbers. These are the women that obstetricians see, the ones they should be looking after, not those who are healthy As the report says, 'birth is not an illness'. Paul Donbovan, author of The Radio Companion, the expert guide to current and past programmes said: 'Why deny a new generation this type of radio?'.Children's Hour was dropped from BBC radio in 1962 and a key problem faced by Radio 5 is that there is no tradition of children listening to speech radio, as opposed to pop music.Ms Forgan said yesterday: 'The children's programmes are very good quality, but the question has to be asked: if the children are not listening, are we providing the right programmes for them?'She said she regretted the decision, but added: 'We have to be where our audiences want us and not where our own nostalgia might lead us.'She also pointed out that BBC children's television was putting pounds 57m a year into new programmes.Phil Harding, the BBC executive who conducted an extensive 120 page study when the Radio 4 longwave revolt forced a re-think, said that Radio 5's most popular children's programme, the 7.15pm story, only attracted an audience of 20,000 in its eight to 11-year-old target audience, seven in 1,000 children.He said the BBC was happy to serve minorities and gain only small audiences, but they had to be sure the programmes hit their target. I've played with him at youth, Under-21, Under-23 and B team level, and we've never been on the losing side together.'Defeat in Dublin had been greeted with knowing looks all round, and the suggestion that an ageing team was on the slide. But it was quickly appropriated by right-wing ministers who went charging off against single mothers, or announced, wildly, that all government regulations should be destroyed.