13 OCTOBER 1990, page 17

On The High Wire

Noel Malcolm talks to the last dissident in Rumania's government, Andrei Plesu NO ONE could look less like a tightrope- walker than Andrei Plesu. A short but heavily built man,......

One Hundred Years Ago

ANIMALS' TOILETTES. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.] Sir, — In the interesting paper on this subject which appeared in your columns on September 27th, it is well shown that,......