18 NOVEMBER 1995, page 18

How Commonwealth Bolsters Monarchy

French nuclear tests, Nigerian hangings: Frank Prochaska explains why Queen and Prime Minister differ on the Commonwealth MR JOHN Major's impatience with the Commonwealth over......

Fifty Years Ago

SIGNS THAT our native red squirrel is multiplying (as indicated in last week's notes) should be correlated with its past history. Just fifty years ago the species suffered from......

'tis In Ourselves That We Are Heiero Or Homo

David Starkey, as both a homosexual and a Conservative, says that jeans tell us more about our sexuality than genes `DO YOU know the name of the gay gene?' the joke runs. Back......