14 MAY 1983, page 15

The Sandmen Of Knutsford

Roy Kerridge A day of unending dreariness, grey clouds and shuttered shops, the new May Bank Holiday seemed to stretched into eternity. Some London parks held People's Festivals......

One Hundred Years Ago

The French are furious under an idea that the British Government is favouring the construction of a British Canal through the Isthmus of Suez. They think the credit of their......