2 OCTOBER 1982, page 11

A Fit And Proper Person?

Christopher Hitchens Washington rr he great American columnist Calvin 1 Trillin has what he calls a Golden rule of American political satire. The rule is named for Harry Golden,......

The Great Spectator Treasure Hunt

Next week sees the start of the Great Spectator Treasure Hunt. The first prize is an oil painting of a Moroccan interior, entitled `Habiba', by Sir John Lavery, valued at......

One Hundred Years Ago The Dispute About The Famine In

Iceland affords a remarkable example of the difficulty, not to say the impossibili- t y , of obtaining accurate facts about the c ondition of any place. It has been reported,......