30 JANUARY 1982, page 12

Tropical Nights

Richard West he renowned orientalist Auberon I Waugh has contributed to the Daily Mail (16 January) an inspiring article on the spiritual and to some extent the physical......

Faithful Suslov

Bohdan Nahaylo T he death on Monday of Mikhail Suslov removes from the Soviet political scene the most powerful figure in the Kremlin after President Leonid Brezhnev. Regarded......

One Hundred Years Ago M. De Merejkowski, In A Recent

lecture delivered in Paris, reported by Wednes- day's Times, appears to have shown that the crustaceans care for light as light, much as we do, but do not show more preference......