11 JUNE 1983, page 16

The Spy Who Lost Me

Murray Sayle Tokyo C omparatively few of the journalists 1 i know are spies, but the reverse, alas, is far from true. In mediaeval times, assassins took jobs as court barbers,......

One Hundred Years Ago

A curious story comes from Pesth of a society of six lads, between sixteen and eighteen years of age, who agreed together to throw all their spare money into a common fund and......