THE F o u n d e d in 1840 18 May 1991 £ 1 .1 0

TABLET Riding the Soviet tiger

Anatol Lieven assesses Gorbachev’s chances Colonels and cricketers

Charles Glass puts his hope in the latter The care of the soul Paul Gismondi on psychotherapy and religion

Political imperatives Roy Shaw urges the laity to get moving Dialogue in the Abbey Monica Furlong feels hope and excitement EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT Rennie McOwan reports from Scotland

Lucy Beckett pleads for English Annabel Miller on learning for living Judith Rice hears the cathedral choirs