THE ORIGINS of Mensa, the society for those proving high IQ by means of psychological test, are rather shrouded in mystery and subject to some debate, but it is undeniable that Lancelot Ware was a important player in its foundation. Mensa began in...

A very plausible explanation for the intensity of media attacks on Republican vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle last month has been offered up by Newsweek. The "boomers," the magazine speculates, were "settling old scores and revisiting the sins of a decade {the 1960s}." When...

Tatler--arguably the world's greatest magazine--in a while. In the November issue, we find the stunning story of Cindy Bilton, who lives at a "Palladian mansion" called Croome Court, in Worcestershire. (Its walled garden was the first to be designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown. Ms. Bilton's...

Singer and actor Robert Goulet is heavily sedated and breathing through a respirator in a Los Angeles hospital while he awaits a lung transplant, his wife Vera told The Associated Press."He can hear me but he can't respond," Vera Goulet said Tuesday.Vera Goulet, speaking by...

Essay shows how Lancelot's strong sense of guilt ultimately brings him failure and causes his ruin.

The third installment of The Once and Future King, by T. H. White, is almost exclusively centered upon Sir Lancelot Dulac, and at this time period, the best knight in the world. Physically, Sir Lancelot is an ugly man. His ugliness affects him greatly through life, making him feel unworthy and inadequate. Lancelot possesses many conflicting characteristics.