17 AUGUST 2002, page 16

Ancient & Modern

TOM STOPPARD has written a trilogy, The Coast of Utopia, and the critics are reeling with amazement that the National can put on a nine-hour marathon, lasting all day, involving......

Mr Pooter Goes To Europe

Leo Mainstry reports on the ludicrous, pompous and self-regarding press releases of Britain's Euro MPs THE languid Edwardian prime minister A.J. Balfour once warned a Tory......