27 MAY 1995, page 20

One Hundred Years Ago

FLORENCE was greatly alarmed by an earthquake at 9 p.m. on May 18th, which, though it did not throw down buildings in the city, destroyed many in the neighbouring villages. In......

Do We Really Want Opium Dens?

Ross Clark says that the new right-wing campaign for legalisation of drugs is ignorant of historical precedent A DECADE AGO, to call for the whole- sale legalisation of drugs......