4 OCTOBER 1986, page 43

The Socialists Who Ruled France For Five Years Until Their

defeat in the parliamen- tary elections last March promised to transform French society. They have in- deed done so but not quite in the way they originally intended. Elected on......

Peasants

The end of the tunnel Elisabeth Luard T he view at the thick end of Madame T'acher's tunnel, due to debouch into the flat and fertile fields of Picardy some time towards the end......