19 NOVEMBER 1988, page 14

Robbed In Riga

Anthony Daniels experiences crime in the Soviet Union I LEFT my hotel in Riga one evening for a stroll in the city. I was in a mellow mood, one of deep satisfaction: I had just......

Why Sicily Needs Its Leopard

Simon Blow meets the survivors of the Sicilian aristocracy WHAT has happened to Sicily's aristocra- cy since Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa wrote his famous novel The Leopard? It......