19 MARCH 1977, page 14

The 'as If' Problem

Alan Watkins There is a problem about as if It concerns both the mood and the tense of the verb that follow s the phrase. This is often, though not always, the verb to be. Is or......

The Old Days

Jeffrey Bernard The review sections of both the Sunday Times' and the 'Observer' have been unable to print extracts of the 'Pre-War Diaries' of Jeffrey Bernard, but the......