28 MAY 1988, page 17

Murderous Charm

Geoffrey Wheatcroft explains why the intellectuals of Philby's generation admired Stalin so much 'CHARM is the great English blight. It does not exist outside these damp......

A Post-modern Decalogue

A. H. Clough's version of the Ten Commandments, written as a satire on Victorian morality, needs to be brought up to date. Have one God at the most: that's more Than many......

One Hundred Years Ago

AS we predicted, this Sikkim business is growing serious. The stubborn Tibetan Lamas are evidently determined not to give up their claim to the little State, and are collecting......