11 MAY 1996, page 19

It's Mature Optimism, Not Pessimism

Simon Sebag Montefiore replies to Simon Blow who, in last week's issue, complained that the British always complain THE BRITISH have always believed that bumptious optimism......

Race Towards Censorship

Anti-racism is often just an excuse FOR a supposed debate about the nature of intelligence, the current row over the Edinburgh University don Chris Brand is singularly witless.......