7 APRIL 1984, page 20

One Hundred Years Ago

The Times correspondent at Khar- toum telegraphed on March 16 that General Gordon's attack on the in- surgent Sheikhs had been defeated, part- ly by the cowardice of the......

In The City

Country folk at play Jock Bruce-Gardyne O nce upon a time, 0 my best beloved, there was a village called Thecity. The villagers were God-fearing folk. Or to be more precise they......