16 FEBRUARY 2008, page 64

Great Inspirations

Charles Spencer ‘I think continually of those who were truly great,’ wrote Stephen Spender, which must have been awkward when he was trying to read a map, cook the lunch, or......

Beware The Hun

Simon Hoggart I n the past, television battle scenes consisted of half a dozen men in armour knocking seven bells out of each other. Then the camera angle switched and the same......