11 JANUARY 1997, page 14

Dead Mistresses, Not Live Ministers

They're a better source of peers, says Conrad Russell. Though a Liberal Democrat, he defends the hereditaly principle ARISTOTLE once remarked that the lot is the most democratic......

Mind Your Language

NOW that we have had time to take our Christmas presents back to the shop and change them, perhaps we can settle down for a minute or two with a cup of lapsang souchong and......