6 SEPTEMBER 1986, page 5

The Spectator

KINNOCK'S 'CONSENSUS' L ast year, Mr Neil Kinnock deemed it prudent not to attend the TUC Confer- ence. This year he went, and was warmly received when he addressed the......

Soviet News

IT WAS amusing to hear the LBC Tuesday morning news babbling gaily on about how Mr Gorbachev's 'new policy of openness' is reflected in Soviet reporting of the sinking of a......

Sea Change

THE magical television pictures of the Titanic on the floor of the ocean go to confirm that nature imitates art. The wreck appeared as Hardy imagined it at the time in his poem......

The Audit Bureau Of Circulation Figures For The First Six

months of this year show that the Spectator sold an average of 29,949 copies per week, making an annual in- crease of 29 per cent. As far as we know, this marks the first time......