He was particularly damning about former politicians who wrote their memoirs. There is no suggestion that those giving the lessons should know enough to answer all the questions. The Royal Family and their palaces were a vital part of the national heritage, attracting large numbers of foreign tourists whose spending in hotels, restaurants, shops and on travel generated jobs and tax revenue.But Andrew MacKinlay, MP for Thurrock, drew support from his Labour colleagues, when he argued that, in a modern democracy, the cost of only one palace or home for the head of state should be met from the public purse. But from Mr Clark, she accepted the gesture: it was the act of a gentleman - if one who happens also to be a notorious ladies' man Gentlemen have many qualities They are unafraid, and Mr Clark was certainly that.

Strands of this policy are supported by all three main political parties. How everyone just loved every single aspect of gayness, and wasn't it all just perfectly OK and wonderful? A panellist brought up the problem of self-loathing that both gay men and women experience, that this may be one of many things that bind them together, but he was shouted down for being too complex. A Barings executive said they allowed Swiss bond funds to gain exposure to the UK equity market.Together with its unused bank facilities, yesterday's transactions give Witan more than pounds 100m 'to enliven the growth prospects of the portfolio'. The first kind comes out of the schools and they have all the pyrotechnics So? So? I think you need a little effort A cry Pain. The chairman of Keidanren, Gaishi Hiraiwa, has said he favours continuing exclusive support to the LDP, which amounts to Y13bn a year.Other business lobbies threatened to revolt, and Keidanren had to exercise its considerable clout to stop a split in the business community A meeting was called on Thursday, and a consensus reached. Yesterday he returned as a witness, called by the prosecution in connection with the case against Markus Wolf, the former head of the East German espionage service, on charges of treason, espionage and bribery.Although at 66, he is four years younger than his dapper former boss, Mr Guillaume, who last year suffered a heart attack, exuded an air of fatigue. He is convinced, however, that contacting a support group such as Aspda is the important first step.'Most parents have to spend a period grieving for the healthy baby they have not had, and that can take months.

One can't complain, then, that David O Selznick, the biography, is an epic, weighing in at 792 pages. He first shouted at them to stop, then when they ignored him, he gave them 'three of the best' on the bottom with his belt, and forgot the incident.Within 24 hours a PE teacher at the boys' school spotted their bruised bottoms and told his headmaster, who told the local social services, who in turn called the police.The father, a security guard, was arrested and charged with assault causing actual bodily harm. When it swings late, it requires no little technique and concentration to keep it out. It's just one of those things.'Much of the delay arises from the time taken by the Committee of Lloyd's and then the Department of Trade and Industry to investigate events that in some cases happened more than 20 years ago. Such a body would stem similar abuses by issuing licences for all social workers, including residential care staff, and would provide an independent avenue of complaint.A formal proposal for a general social services council was made to the Department of Health last month by social services, local authority and trade union representatives.

OK, it's an object, and on one level it's quite banal, but there must be other ways of getting into it, of finding out what other languages it speaks. NIGEL MANSELL was left nursing stiffness and a slight concussion as Al Unser Jr claimed his second Indianapolis 500 victory here yesterday. More important, it calls into question even the most straightforward assertions in the book As if the truth weren't strange enough.. But,after Tommy Martyn had added the conversion and a drop goal, Saints lost their way.Martyn was partly to blame, missing a string of penalties and drop-goal attempts. Obviously, this should produce a net position of zero, as indeed it did in 1992.