13 DECEMBER 1986, page 26

Killing With Kindness

Dr Thomas Stuttaford examines the fatal treatment of George V and its implications today A FEW years ago the wife of a well-known author tried to enlist my support for her view......

Paper Money Over Cracks

Nicholas Budgen finds a new and inflationary mood in the Tory Party IN HIS evidence before the Treasury Select Committee the Chancellor demons- trated the inconsistencies of the......

One Hundred Years Ago

IRISH beggars are still eminently com- plimentary . . . . A most assuming vag- rant of this type is Micheal L—, whose witty sayings, which rise incessantly and spontaneously to......