27 MAY 2000, page 21

An Officer And A Politician

Peter °borne reviews the strategic thinking of Sir Charles Guthrie, who is about to step down as CDS WHEN General Sir Charles Guthrie steps down as Chief of the Defence Staff......

Mind Your Language

I PROMISE not to mention the Amises after this, but the footnotes to the new volume of letters have become some- thing of a family joke in our household. Even my husband, who......