11 FEBRUARY 2006, page 12

Mind Your Language

Small earthquakes of rage rumble from drawing-rooms and studies all over the land whenever the word epicentre is misused, as it usually is. Its meaning is perfectly simple: ‘The......

Arctic Arms Race

Global warming may open up the Northwest Passage, says Paul Robinson , and that could provoke an armed stand off between Canada and the US I n 1981 a Vancouver couple, worried......