28 JULY 1990, page 17

Politics Begins At Home

Damian Thompson asks whether Christian Aid can remain a charity 'HAS everyone got their pipe cleaners?' asked the man on the stage. 'Now you know what to do. Twist them into a......

If Symptoms Persist . . .

IT'S terrible to be ill, of course, but it's far worse to be a doctor. That's why so many anaesthetists end up sniffing their own gases; why pathologists choose the monastic......