From the Editor

The Palace Hotel, Gstaad

I was staying in Taki’s favorite hotel two years ago, helping Mrs. Thatcher to polish her memoirs, when Vice President Ganic of Bosnia arrived to brief her on Serbia’s war against Bosnia, then in its early stages. He had flown directly from besieged Sarajevo to this serene Swiss village, and Mrs. Thatcher, guessing his privations, laid out sandwiches and cakes for him.