19 NOVEMBER 2005, page 11

Mind Your Language

In Michael Wharton’s novel Sheldrake , the hero, Major Sheldrake, finds himself in the northern town of Borewich where he is given unsought information about the local speech.......

Tsunami Of Cash

Too much money was given for tsunami relief, says Ross Clark , and the aid agencies are prevented from spending it on other disasters W hen, last Christmas, I whipped out my......