12 APRIL 1986, page 5

The Spectator

THATCHER'S IRISH FOLLY 0 ne of the complacent English myths about Northern Ireland is that the situation there is immensely complicated and unpre- dictable. (The myth arises......

Deaf To Sir John

A NOVELIST who described a nation which launched its latest frigate at dead of night would not be thought to have attemp- ted a realistic work. He would be thought to be......

Free From Sin

SOMETHING of the qualified nature of the Vatican's latest criticism of liberation theology may be gathered from press reactions to it. 'Vatican urges passive resistance,' said......