21 JULY 1973, page 7

The American Scene

Sick at heart Al Capp 1 am always sorry to leave London, but, heretofore I have always been glad to get back to the US. Today, I return to no leadership, not in the White House,......

Religion

The Cathars of Languedoc Ian Meadows When the last Cathar stronghold of Montsegur finally yielded, in 1244, it seemed that Catharism had been stricken a mortal blow by its......