27 FEBRUARY 1959, page 28

Conservative Cooking

THE British people like to kid themselves that they are 'conservative' in their eating habits. Nothing could be further from the truth : they will eat almost anything that has......

Missionary Skill

IN 1594, as France endured civil wars which Many attributed to Jesuit machinations, a Parisian lawyer noted the widely expressed wish that the whole Society of Jesus was 'in the......