16 JANUARY 1982, page 22

God's Kremlin

Peter Hebbleth waite Inside the Vatican George Bull (Hutchin- son pp. 293, £8.95) H ow important is the Vatican? News editors find it interesting when the Pope says something......

Flowering Cactus

Julian Jebb Vourteen years ago Barry Humphries starred alone in Just A Show at the For- tune, a small, almost miniature, theatre sited opposite the stage door of Drury Lane......