25 AUGUST 1984, page 9

The Hard Stuff

Stan Gebler Davies Kinsale, Co. Cork T he barmen were to go on strike in Dublin, and there was panic. An agency of the state let slip the interesting fact that We do after all......

Aphrodite's Airport

Christopher Hitchens Paphos ach country affects headline and cap- tion writers in a different but similar way. If the subject is some crisis in French diplomacy, then you can......

One Hundred Years Ago

Probably the most important piece of news in the week — at least, admitting that it is in every respect authentic — is the account of the successful steering at Meudon, near......