22 JANUARY 1983, page 17

It Passeth All Understanding

Peter Mullen D adio Four told us about a Baptist 1.Xminister who lay on a bed of nails for six days. On the seventh day he rested. I can beat that: I have served as a parson in......

The Press

Yuri the Pope-killer Paul Johnson Th e really big news story of 1983, I be- lieve, is going to be the involvement of Yuri Andropov, the Soviet boss, in the at- tempted......