27 JANUARY 2001, page 22

The Art Of Darkness

Aidan Hartley on the murder of Laurent Kabila and the wicked farce of Central African politics The Congolese President Laurent-Desire Kabila fantasised that he would fall victim......

Mind Your Language

MIND the doors! The consensus is that early doors (13 January) derives from theatrical use, although one reader suggested it came from the practice of the `knocker-up' (or......