30 MARCH 1991, page 10

Well Educated Heads In The Sand . . .

James Buchan uncovers the error-strewn history of British diplomacy in the Arab world I FIRST wondered about British Arabists in 1978, when I went to take up a job in Jeddah,......

One Hundred Years Ago

WE published recently some terrible instances of the cowardice of English crowds, and it is pleasant to notice how bravely men of the same race behave if they have but a little......