30 APRIL 1994, page 12

If Symptoms Persist. . .

SOMETIMES I feel I should like to become a hermit in the desert, to avoid all contact with humans. Even the honey and locusts might be an improvement on National Health Service......

Cousin Cynthia Told Me First

Two American writers explain how the late Richard Nixon shaped their lives. Anne Applebaum blames him for her cynicism AFTER THE moon landing, which I recall very dimly indeed,......

I Stuffed Nixon's Envelopes

Charles Glass argues that it was a tragedy for America when Kennedy beat Nixon A YEAR after I was born, the junior sena- tor from my home state, California, Richard Milhous......