16 JUNE 1979, page 14

California Dreaming

Peter Ackroyd Los Angeles The screen-writer, one of 'the fifteen best in 1-1 °IlYwood', was getting nervous. We were l unching in La Dome, a Hollywood restaurant apparently......

A Hundred Years Ago

Mr Chamberlain nearly carried on Wednesday a very important Bill. He believes that the working voters often cannot vote till evening without losing a day's wages, and proposed......