18 FEBRUARY 1984, page 38

Portrait Of The Week

K onstantin Chernenko, 72, emerged as the new leader of the Soviet Union five days after the death of Yuri Andropov, who had reigned for only fifteen months unseen in public for......

Books Wanted

DANIELE VARE: 'The Maker of Heavenly Trousers' and 'The Temple of Costly Ex- perience' (Methuen). Mrs Parsons, I Dealtry Rd, Putney, London Sw15, MONEYPENNY AND BUCKLE 'The Life......