7 OCTOBER 2000, page 20

Dangerously Mercurial

Justin Marozzi finds the Muslim country of Uzbekistan on the brink of social and economic collapse Tashkent THE man in front of me was emphatic. I was to contact The Book of......

Mind Your Language

`ANYTHING interesting in the post?' asked my husband, while dropping the reply envelope for the telephone bill carelessly into the marmalade. `Mwuh?' I said, distractedly. 'Oh,......