20 AUGUST 1983, page 7

Mr Jumblatt's Challenge

David Lord Beirut There can be few countries in which a Saturday night's spectator sport con- sists of an artillery duel. But week by week, while the middle classes in Beirut......

The Pope In Lourdes

Patrick Marnham T here was some pathos in the fact that visit to Lourdes this week should have been P laced by a group of French anarchists in- 'lamed with anti-clericalism. For......

One Hundred Years Ago

The Benefit Penny Bank, 17 Blooms- . bury Street, which was alleged to have a guarantee fund of £20,000, fully sub- scribed, and exclusively applicable for the protection of......