The haunted suite

Stephen Burns tells of the curious happenings in the ICIS suite this morning ...

Believe it or not...a mysterious sequence of events put a spooky chill through the ICIS suite mid-morning on Sunday.

Visitors and staff alike were startled when someone - suspected to be a smoker! - opened the door onto the terrace, unleasing a gust of wind that knocked display stands down with a crash and launched loose papers through the air.

Minutes later, a gesticulating managing editor accidentally sent a keyboard flying, putting another jolt into the crowd.

To complete the hat-trick, minutes later a waiter loudly knocked over several bottles, including a full one that was smashed to a thousand pieces.

"We're getting out while we can," a nervous subscriber was heard to remark on the way out...