16 AUGUST 1986, page 13

The Gurkhas' Black Hole

Edward Peters examines the dismissal of 111 Gurkhas in the light of the Brigade's recent history IN the second world war, when the Allied forces were retreating down Malaya from......

The Scottish Klondike

Richard West on the sour awakening of Aberdeen from dreams of oil wealth THE Queen is coming this week to Aber- deen, the capital of the North Sea oil industry, the city that......