12 JANUARY 1985, page 5

Outside Our Parish

T he contention that Britain is now in- tensely parochial in its attitude to events abroad has been illustrated by Unita's capture of three more Britons in Angola. It has taken......

Not Safe

L ast week Nicholas Coleridge com- plained in his Diary about the new safety locks on London taxis, fitted after a campaign by Esther Rantzen to stop chil- dren and the disabled......

Notes

P rhe case of 'Baby Cotton' has aroused much public indignation, and much Public confusion about the causes of that indignation. The baby was born as a result of artificial......

Israel In Africa

T he Spectator, which has so often and so eloquently called for the destruction of closely-knit mining communities, and the dispersal of their inhabitants, can hardly object to......

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