5 AUGUST 1978, page 12

The Weakness Of Democracy

Christopher Booker `Tyranny develops out of no other constitution than democracy — from the height of liberty . . . the fiercest extreme of servitude'. — Plato, The Republic......

From Small Beginnings

Colin Brewer The successful delivery of Mrs Lesley Brown's much-publicised test-tube baby has set a number of interesting ethical cats among the theological pigeons. Some of......