30 OCTOBER 1982, page 11

More Than A Cardinal

Peter Nichols Rome hen cardinals die, not much remains W to be said, as a rule. They are of ' Pri ncely rank, they have the unique privi- lege of electing Popes (unless they are......

Mendes-france: An Enigma

Sam White Paris M Mendes-France held power for seven months and 17 days in the mid-Fifties and then faded into oblivion, his warnings unheeded, his advice ignored. Yet his death......