27 NOVEMBER 1993, page 12

Where Lot Lifted Up His Eyes

Tim Llewellyn meets Yasser Arafat's landlord, a man with a big investment in the Palestinian settlement Jericho THE Hisham Palace Hotel, advertised by a rusting plaque nailed up......

The Sicilian Health Service

Matt Frei sees the state of modern Italy exemplified by a hospital in the heart of Mafia territory Palermo PALERMO'S SPRAWLING Ospedale Civico is a surrealist's dream. Enter the......

One Hundred Years Ago

A TERRIBLE gale broke over the United Kingdom on Saturday, and last- ed till Tuesday, with scarcely diminished violence. From the Orkneys to the Isle of Wight, the wind blew......