24 OCTOBER 1981, page 12

Spitting Blood

Richard West Bangkok Back in 1973, I was accused of 'writing about Vietnam as though the war was still going on'. That was during some of the fiercest battles between the north......

Racism: What's In A Word?

Xan Smiley What does it mean? In common parlance it sounds very nasty. Judging by the tone of the word, 'racist' is something even Enoch Powell or the Boers do not wish to be......