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NICARAGUAN AID
The SpectatorNICARAGUAN AID T1 IF Observer o0 12 Mlay came upr with a shock-horror replort based ol at purloined FC() document: 'Britain working in secret to block aid to Nicaragua.' We...
GEORGE-BROWN
The SpectatorGEORGE-BROWN IT WAS splcndid of the Times to treat Lord George-Brown's death differently to d1Ny other paper, but it was also rather silly. I'll spienidour lay in the...
[The Government is playing a deep...]
The Spectator_____ T H E S P E C TA - ____ OBSTRUCTING MR POWELL T Iht (Governmienit is playing a deep gP'lle with Enoch lPowell's 13ill to prevent itl 1l iro tertilisation except for t...
CHEAP PENSION?
The SpectatorCHEAP PENSION'? IF I I-FF insurancc companies offer lower premiunls to non-smokers, teetotallers, etc, as theyv do what will happeni oncC Sc rps is aiholislhcd and everyone...
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THE SIKUS IN 'GENOCIDE WEEK'
The SpectatorTHE SIKUS IN 'GENOCIDE WEEK' Dhiren Bhagat on Rajiv Gandhi's precarious strategy Jor dealing with Sikh terrorism LATE last June, soo0 alter the army had fought the battle of...
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BEFORE AND AFTER THE DELUGE
The SpectatorBEFORE AND AFTER THE DELUGE George Galloway on the cyclone in Bangladesh, whose victims were already officially non-existent TALL, elegantly moustachioed, Lieutenant General...
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ENGLISHMEN ABROAD
The SpectatorENGLISHMEN ABROAD Charles Glass I on an English tradition of butchering foreigners Its lTolfnlln this, an' Toimny that, an' '( 'huck 'im out, the brute!' But it's '.Saviour...
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Finger-lickin' bids
The SpectatorFinger-lickin' bids GOOD heavens, what now --- the Winston-Salem Oliver'? TFhe most hid-for biscuit, on the move yet again, is passing into common ownership with Kentucky Fried...
Palumbo in brodo
The SpectatorPalumbo in brodo I I 1AVE been in Tuscany, that well-known branch office of Doughty Street, investigating reports of a plan for clearing a large area of Florence to erect a...
Derby winner
The SpectatorDerby winner ASQUITH should have thought of it. If you want to keep the backwoodsmen away from the crucial poll, try holding it on Derby Day. The cool and guileful Sir Nicholas...
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Critique
The SpectatorCritique Sir: Your television critique is a disgrace to your paper. Surely from a TV columnist one expects informed criticism presented with wit and flair'? Richard Ingrams was...
Jekyll's snobbery
The SpectatorJekyll's snobbery Sir: I enjoyed Ferdinand Mount's appreciatilon of Gcrtrude Jekyll 'is a courageous WOmflaI .1and gardener extraordinary (Books, 25 May), but he carries...
I was at Pangbourne
The SpectatorI was at Pangbourne Sir: I don't know if your readers are allowed to complain about Jeffrey Bernard, or whether 'low life' is beyond criticism, but if we are, I have a...
Israel and guilt
The SpectatorLE TTER S Israel and guilt Sir: Worsthorre proudly calls himself a pro-serlite (Diary. 11 May): but with pro-semites like him, anti-sernites may be rather redundant. I Ms...
Music's golden age
The SpectatorMusic's golden age Sir: It is interesting to note that Noel Malcolm's remark in his radio review (25 May) that 'What is popularly thought of as the stone age of recording was...
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CENTREPIECE
The Spectator_- CNTRCE P_ __I____ Let knights not pilgrims go to Rome COLIN WELCH Told of an underground passage which supposedly ran from Campion Hall to Keble, the great Spooner mildly...
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THE PERFECT STRANGER by P. J. Kavanagh
The SpectatorThe blast of romantic love Peter Levi THE PERFECT STRANGER by P. J. Kavanagh Fontanalb, f2.50) I do not understand how I missed TAe Perject Stranger when it camie out in...
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CONFESSIONS OF AN OPTIMIST by Woodrow Wyatt WESTMINISTER BLUES by Julian Critchlev
The SpectatorThe love life of Sir Woodrow Ferdinand Mount C2ONFESSIO)NS OF AN OPTIMIST by Woodrow Wyatt (ollins, 11.95 WES"I'MINS'lTER BLUES hv.Julian Critchlev Elmn I'rec, 17. 95...
Frozen Poem
The SpectatorFrozen Poem Out of the silence a sound somewhere between the white sky and white ground. Wind in the telephone wires rising and falling? A suffering hinge'? Or truck tyres...
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THE NOONDAY SUN by Valerie Pakenham
The SpectatorA very middle-class empire Max Hastings THE NOONDAY SUN by Valerie Pakenham Methuen, f12.50 \/4ost of the British travelling in tile tropics today are notably better behaved...
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A GLIMPSE OF SION'S GLORY by Isabel Colegate
The SpectatorA cousin in Tuscany Francis King A (GIAMPSI OF SION'S GLORY by Isabel Colegate litilifish Hamilton, IS.95 ThC I'l-St, III quality as iII precedence, of the th-ec skilfully...
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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Adrian Ryan Jessica Gwynne
The SpectatorAR t S Exhibitions Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (RA till 25 August) Adrian Ryan (Redfurn till 13 June) ,Jessica Gwynnc (ILuinicy ('Cazalet till 14 June) The RA's thin...
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The Dance of Death (Riverside Studios) The Glass Menagerie (Greenwich)
The SpectatorTheatre _ I The IDwace of I)eathi ( RivecisidC Studios) Tlhe Glass Mena gerie (( irclciwich) The bond of hatred Kathy O'Shaughnessy S trliudebrg's O(cul I)iDuarY showsa...
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The Mastersingers of Nuremburg La cenerentola
The SpectatorOpera I It he 4lastersingers {ltNurenihurg (W()pcrai North I e(es) L - a cncnreintola I-~ ~ ~ ~- - - " --- - . . . . ........ I- ~(( iI yn(leIho)u let) Forewarned is...
Gardens
The SpectatorGardens On show in Chelsea Ursula Buchan Tlic Great Spring Show of the Royal Horticultural Socicty, or Che-^lsea its it il universally known, was once one of the carly...
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Points of view
The SpectatorTelevision Points of view Alexander Chancellor M rs Thatcher gave us the lead. We were not to blame the Italians, the Belgians or anybody else for the massacre at the...
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Low life
The SpectatorLow life Busman's holiday Jeffrey Bernard Y et another silly week in what secns to he like a farce that has been running for 53 years. On Monday Norman revealed that he...
High life
The SpectatorHigh life A woman scorned Taki Providence, Rhode Island Ti he more I think about it the more convince(I I amn that the name of Alexandra Isles will one day replace the...
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Home life
The Spectator- Hone life In the field Alice lhomas Ellis Si,,,, sp'raIvdying h1ecallic less prevalc nt tile N' ilJ ilowVcrs have returni ed iII a tluldtilke' and it is nm longer e nough...
Postscript
The SpectatorPostscript More Ks along the Severn 1'. J. Kavaniagh It be.gan Witllh atcr, and Cndcd willi Steamll. It Volt press J) a hll oni telegraplh pole at Hlamuptoni l(a(lc a shvy...
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FOOD
The SpectatorI Kind hearts and crabs I HAVE been trying to give you this recipe since St Valentine's Day but to no avail as it always overran my allotted space, which I am unable to...
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RESTAURANT
The SpectatorC I Hilaire THI S week's column conies from, the writing wounded. I went a couple of days ago to a Chincse restaurant in West London, only to be somewhat frustrated in my...