21 MARCH 1987, page 9

The Budget

DAMN RELAXES; BLESS BRACES Ferdinand Mount praises the wonderful dulness of the Chancellor IT WAS a scratchy March day, the sort that snaps tempers and splits hair-ends. There......

One Hundred Years Ago

THE Russian Government, after a mo- ment's hesitation, admits that a desper- ate attempt was made on Sunday last to assassinate the Czar, and there is no sound reason to doubt......