5 MAY 1979, page 10

A Frost In Berlin

Edward Marston Berlin In a particularly unbuttoned strophe, the exiled East German singer Wolf Biermann — now living in the Federal Republic — describes Germany as the 'world's......

The Struggle For Iran's Soul

Edward Mortimer Ever since the Iranian revolution triumphed on 11 February a desperate struggle for its soul has been going on. That was foreseeable, and generally foreseen. But......