18 AUGUST 1984, page 5

Pointless Exercise

T he g allant failure of the Russians and their allies to destroy the Olympic Games is g reatly to be deplored. Now that the Olympic movement has survived three successive......

Irish Market

T he collapsin g Irish economy, on which Richard West reported last week, seems to be involvin g the Irish press in its ruin. Independent Newspapers Ltd, whose publications......

Notes

ince the past few days have marked the ■ 315th anniversary of the arrival of Brit- ish troops in Northern Ireland and the 13th of the be g innin g of internment, it was to be......

Bambi

A story of the triumph of lust over sentimentality, set in Vienna, and culminatin g in an unusual crime passion- nel, has not received the attention it deserves. Herr Franz......

Heath's Loss

O ne feels sorry for anyone bur g led, and particularly sorry for Mr Edward Heath, who has just lost a wide variety of personal mementoes. The bur g lary seems particularly......

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