5 MARCH 1994, page 23

Welcome To Chameleon County

Matthew Engel continues our series on England with an only slightly disenchanted look at Northamptonshire WHEN YOU come back, having been away a long, long time, you overhear......

One Hundred Years Ago

HOWLERS TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR" Sir,—The following extracts from exam- ination papers may be considered wor- thy of a place among the "howlers" which you have given.......