29 APRIL 1989, page 24

Coming Down To Land

WALKING a precarious tightrope while preserving an open mouth is not the obvious way to achieve a soft landing. Nigel Lawson's tightrope is a metaphor supplied by his......

Abbey Shows The Way

I WONDER if the Abbey National has had the necessary good idea which has so long eluded the makers of a share-owning democracy. For them the good news is that Britain now has......

City And Suburban

Queen's Awards the City is out for a duck, hit wicket CHRISTOPHER FILDES h e message from the City of London is: Happy birthday, Dick Whittington's cat. From every lamp-post......

Escape From Glumso

LLOYD'S of London's eyes are every- where, even in Glumso. From this dis- couraging dateline, which turns out to be a wayside railway station in Denmark, Lloyd's agents report......