27 AUGUST 1994, page 18

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow

Hard though it is to believe, many Germans Berlin `MY BROTHER in Moscow needed some spare parts for his car.' The young Russian lieutenant grins. Behind him half a dozen of his......

Mind Your Language

IT IS NO doubt a sign of age to object to slang. 'He was too old to listen to the banter of the assistant-surgeon and the slang of the youngsters,' says Thackeray in Vanity Fair......