“If we’d followed regulations, we would never have gone near the reactor. But it was a moral obligation – our duty.”
Anatoli Zakharov, an employee at Fire Station No. 2, who fought the blaze at Chernobyl nuclear power station. Only 16 out of 28 men on his shift are still alive (The Observer, London, 26 March)
“Perhaps they worry the manuscript will sell for a higher price than they can afford. This is a rather unacceptable tactic.”
Julian Rupe, a spokesman for Bonhams auctioneers, which is selling a 17th-century manuscript by Robert Hooke. Bonhams says the Royal Society in the…
