10 MAY 1986, page 14

No More Place For Joking

Edward Theberton finds that Ethiopia under Marxist rule is like a prison Addis Ababa AS a student I had an Ethiopian contem- porary whose personal achievements by far surpassed......

A Sudden Evacuee

Samuel Phipps, caught in Minsk when Chernobyl exploded, describes his experience Minsk 'YOU'LL be national heroes when you get back to England,' said one of our Russian friends......

One Hundred Years Ago

On Tuesday the Queen opened the Exhibition of all Colonial and Indian products at the Albert Hall. One strophe of 'God save the Queen' was sung in Sanscrit as the representative......