19 AUGUST 1978, page 8

Funeral In A Dead City

Shiva Naipaul Rome Of grief, there was little outward sign. True, the wall-posters (many already defaced) w ere Up — this is a form of communication the Italians seem to share......

Stoop To Conquer

William Purdy Rome We are mercifully far from the days when a Pope's body could be dug up, dressed in pontificals and put on trial; and it is a tribute to the inner vitality of......