5 SEPTEMBER 1987, page 14

One Hundred Years Ago

THE murderer Pranzini was executed on Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock, in the public square in front of the prison of La Roquette. For nearly a week before, immense crowds had......

The Porn Queen Of Parliament

Ian Thomson meets Ilona Staller, the Italian MP and sex enthusiast ITALY has apparently surpassed Britain to become the fifth industrial power of the Western world: if sorpasso,......

Herr Strauss Waltzes Out

Anatol Lieven on the tensions among Christian politicians following the Pershing missile decision Bonn PRAISE, please, to West Germany where it is due. Chancellor Kohl's......