Contents 2 March 1986 
14 Playing with fire At the Met's public order training centre 
22 On the wings of a dilemma Mervyn Peake's novel 'Mr Pye' has been adapted for television. Sarah Howell went to Sark to watch the filming 
30 Cutting a dash through history Percy Savage reports on France's first national fashion museum. 
36 4 Land and liberty Photographs of the Mexican revolution: a unique record of the turbulent times from 1900 to 1940
45 Trade winds Richard North on the extraordinary Walker Wingsail 
55 THE LIVING PAGES . Down on the health farm and home on the range - hi-tech hydros ... convenience haute cuisine ... hair sculpture.
64 Young Observer Actor Nicholas Rowe/Expedition to Antarctica 
68 A room of my own Ricci Burns
Cover photograph by Alain Le Garsmeur.

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