17 OCTOBER 1970, page 33

A Hundred Years Ago

From the 'Spectator,' 15 October 1870—Count Bismarck is evidently restless under the defence of Paris. Should the defence be protracted to the last, there would be danger of a......

Epilogue

CHRISTOPHER BOOKER If I was asked to name the most spectacular sight in London, I should without hesitation plump not for the Queen riding in state down the Mall, or St Paul's......

The Red Wines Of The Gironde Were Enjoyed By The

inhabitants of the British Isles even before the marriage of the heiress of Aqui- taine with the about-to-be-Henry II gave the region to the English crown for three cen- turies.......