23 OCTOBER 1982, page 17

Television Goes Nuclear

Peter Ackroyd 'W e are far from confident that we can accurately foresee future develop- ments ... Cable television is in many ways a leap into the dark.' (Report of the Inquiry......

Chez Madame Verdurin: The View From Chester Square

Gore Vidal V ladimir Nabokov affected a perfect indifference when his novels were ?raised or dispraised; but attack his learn- i ng, 'and I reach for my dictionary'. In this at......