10 MAY 2003, page 23

What A Shower!

Why do we put up with pathetic trickles when foreigners have power showers? Because we are mean and timid, says Nell Butler I 'm in a Swiss mountain village. I've spent the day......

Ancient & Modern

Two British commandos from the Special Boat Service (motto 'Not by force, but by guile') escaped capture in Iraq by trekking some 100 miles across mountainous terrain, by night,......