3 FEBRUARY 1996, page 13

Mind Your Language

JUST AS prehistoric flies are preserved in amber, so language fossilises words and leaves them with a meaning that has no direct reference to the so-called real world. Thus we......

Wanted: The Next Sir Humphrey

Sue Cameron reviews the jockeying in Whitehall for the post of Cabinet Secretary LAYING BETS as to who will succeed Sir Robin Butler as Cabinet Secretary Britain's most powerful......