24 FEBRUARY 1996, page 16

Thucydides On The Toon

Newcastle is famous both for its classics department and its football team; Peter Jones shows the connection `YOU'RE a c—, man, a f—ing One really has better ways of spending a......

Mind Your Language

VERONICA had picked up something at school — a prejudice against zoos. `It's so cruel to the animals,' she said. This looked like putting something of a damper on the half-term......