12 MAY 1984, page 18

In The City

Rough times for clearers Jock Bruce-Gardyne O ne day last summer, not long after Nigel Lawson had returned to Great George Street as the man in charge, I found myself lunching......

One Hundred Years Ago

In such a universe as this it is a great gain to lay hold of some one thing that has permanence — something that we can confidently count upon seeing reap- pear as the years......