Good cop, bad cop, very bad cop TV show The Wire portrays police, politicians and lawyers working on the wrong side of the law. It's a break from the norm, says dramatist GF Newman, whose own attempt at showing all sides of the story in 1970s

Well, it depends. Suppose there are two universities in my city. One has a very high reputation, the best teachers, the hardest classes, and is very famous. The other does not have a very good reputation. Someone asks me "Which university did

Areff typed thus: I know the US well enough to be able to say that they weren't significantly atypical. My observation is based on two groups of about 50 from the North East - similar numbers to the other nationalities I mentioned - who were

of slavers. How many? Was it more than 100? More than 1000? Was it really a large enough number to saddle

Well, I've long thought it interesting how fiercely Americans have ... believe a person could get beaten up for sounding la-di-dah. Your take on Americans seems strange to me. I haven't noticed "fierc(e)" resistance, "heavy

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