16 JULY 1994, page 15

Looking Bagk I ;m•1:1-4e

HORROR OF THE PAST Ian Buruma visited Dresden, and was shocked by the act of perversity which smashed the accumulated beauty of centuries THE QUEEN MOTHER has always stood by......

Jimmy Carter Finished Him Off

Anthony Daniels on the misunderstandings surrounding the recently departed dictator of North Korea HAS THERE been a dictator in the 20th century so odious that some useful idiot......

Mind Your Language

'THE man's mad,' my husband said, tossing the book across the breakfast table. 'Don't do that, dear, you'll get mar- malade on it. Anyway he says specifical- ly on page 21 that......