25 JANUARY 1997, page 28

Vientiane

Entranced by communism Michael Sheridan T he sceptical traveller can become weary of miracles. For those fleeing the capitals of the Asian miracle — all exhaust fumes,......

Battlefields

We will remember them Stuart Campbell T aking part in battle puts a man into a very special category. He sheds his mantle of the humdrum and civilised life as he takes up......