18 MAY 1985, page 16

Paying For A Strong America

Christopher Hitchens reports the first major defeat to be inflicted on Reagan's defence budget Washington IT'S BEEN quite a while since any presi- dent had the luxury of......

What Crisis In The Arts?

Simon Jenkins urges an alternative to the present system of public subsidy IGNORE the letters to the Times. Forget the subsidised graffiti on GLC walls. There is no crisis in......