6 AUGUST 1988, page 24

Distinction And Class

John Martin Robinson celebrates James Lees-Milne, 80 this week JAMES Lees-Milne, who is 80 on 6 Au- gust, played an important role in the National Trust Country House Scheme......

One Hundred Years Ago

SLEEPLESSNESS TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR' SIR,—A more effectual method of cur- ing this evil than that suggested by your correspondent, `F.T.C.', I discovered some years......