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High life

My drug-addict friend needs medical help, not a prison sentence

We all know unfortunates who succumbed to weakness and can only focus on their next fix. Eddie Somerset was one of them

22 February 2014

9:00 AM

22 February 2014

9:00 AM

 Gstaad

‘On ne touche pas une femme, même avec une fleur,’ says an old French dictum, one not always adhered to in the land of cheese, or anywhere else, for that matter. However hackneyed it may sound — don’t you hate it when a hack declares an interest in order to gain brownie points for honesty? — I nevertheless will declare one.

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