18 FEBRUARY 1984, page 11

A Question Of Coronets

William Deedes B ehind some of the comments, however . warm and friendly, about Harold Mac- m illan's earldom on his 90th birthday there has lurked the idea that he was cynical......

A Miserable Country

Richard West W hen told that Ethiopia had no oil, Albert Schweitzer exclaimed to a visitor from that country: 'Wonderful. Congratulations. You might be left in peace for a......