17 SEPTEMBER 1983, page 15

The Vanity Of Mr Scargill

Peter Paterson T hroughout last week's Trades Union 1 Congress the cameras and the reporters of the media circus were in pursuit of miners' president Arthur Scargill who was......

A Typical Englishman

Roy Kerridge 'M y dear fellow, you should always begin a story with a fragment of con- versation. That's the advice I always give to young writers.' This story begins in the......