T he events of the past week in Lebanon have again raised the spectre of the final destruction of that country. Anti- government militias have conquered West Beirut, and the...

For the union dead Charles Moore I f you believe that it makes sense that people who work in jobs involving na- tional security should have different condi- tions of...

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F irst of all, an apology to Lieutenant- Colonel G. E. Beard and to any other readers who may feel as he does. Colonel Beard wrote to me as follows from his home in Wiltshire:...

Bashing Bill Boaks Auberon Waugh O nly the Observer so far has drawn attention to another little piece of nastiness proposed by Mr Leon Brittan, our unattractive 44-year-old...

Con Coughlin Beirut T he fate of Lebanon has once more been given into the hands of a motley collec - 6°11 of militiamen armed with Russian rifles and carrying pictures of...