25 JUNE 2005, page 10

How African Leaders Spend Our Money

Bob Geldof has urged us not to dwell on ‘the corruption thing’ — but, says Aidan Hartley , corrupt African leaders are using Western aid to buy fleets of Mercedes-Benz cars ‘O h......

Mind Your Language

‘How do you spell carcase ?’ asked my husband, mistaking me for an animated dictionary. I wasn’t feeling animated at that moment, being up to my elbows in the feathery......