THE traditional conception of England among average Frenchmen is expressed in the words "perfidious Albion." Some years ago I made an effort to run down the source of the term. I failed. One meets it ...

Watching from a room off the Royal Mile, the supporters of For Women Scotland (FWS), the complainers in the case, cheered so loudly Hodge’s next words could not be heard. “We did it,” said FWS founder ...