7 JANUARY 1984, page 13

The Media

Orwellian overkill Paul Johnson uestion: what are the two most tedium- inducing syllables in the English lauguage today? Answer: 'Or-well'. As 1984 approached, and finally......

One Hundred Years Ago

Mr Gladstone's birthday must be a day of tribulation. The practice of ,pelting him with telegrams and letters of congratulation seems to us a very in- humane one, and not really......