Miin Chinese pressure on Indian forces con- tinues in Ladakh and the North-East Frontier Agency. Mr. Shastri, the Indian Home Minister, has stated that strong Chinese forces...

the popular press, the Opposition began a full-scale attack on the possible implications of the conduct of present and late members of the Government. In the light of new...

TT is not easy for the British press to give sympathetic and at the same time truthfu l coverage of African affairs. Two separate attacks were delivered this week by persons as...

I T is good news that an independent tribunal is to be set up to look into the whole Vassall affair. Lord Radcliffe and his colleagues will have to sift a mass of rumour and...

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I N spite of widespread criticism in this country .and opposition in Aden itself, the Federation of South-West Arabia goes ahead. The reason for the haste is still undeclared;...

D. W. BROGAN, JEREMY BROOKS, RONALD BRYDEN, DAVID CAIRNS, ROBER CONQUEST, NICHOLAS DAVENPORT, ELIZA- BETH DAVID, GERARD FAY, MICHAEL FLANDERS, PETER FLEMING, SARAH G AIN- HAM,...

From MURRAY KEMPTON NEW YORK 'Just think what you are going to he missing. You won't hare Nixon to kick around any longer!--Richard Nixon. M R. NIXON'S defeat in California has...

By T. R. M. CREIGHTON A soon as the people of Nyasaland were allowed a free vote for the first time in their history under the Macleod Constitution last year they elected the...

By RICHARD BAILEY T arc no direct flights from Helsinki to Brussels, and the majority of Finns appear to see no reason for changing this situation at present. This does not...

The people of Highgate, having made their Point unanimously and forcefully about the M inistry of Transport's scheme to turn Highgate Hill into a one-way endurance test for...

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SUPPOSE that the British Government's decision to explode a nuclear device under- ground in the Nevada desert might be called bad Public relations. It will certainly bring the...

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whole trouble with the ColD is its close tie-up with manu- facturers and retailers.' It would have been much more to the point had he written that these close tic- ups are the...

critic, Mr. Charles Osborne, accuses me of using cliches—and himself, in one short notice, uses the following cliches: 'Flinging oaths' 'with some semblance of `makes me blush ....

will take place on Christmas Eve this year. Young people, from eighteen to fifty. will visit public houses all over London and the suburbs and also in Bristol, Blackpool and...

SIR, — Recent reports on thalidomide babies, wrong patient operations and tests on patients underline the need for an association to represent the interests of patients. A group...

the sludge of his own verbosity, he might be more explicit about the howls of disappointment arising in Leicestershire over the appointment of a Director to the National...

SIR, — Allow me to thank you most warmly for your recent leading articles on the Cuban situation : such a welcome contrast to the . disgraceful quibbling and cowardice of some...

SIR, — I was astonished to find anybody querying my statement that motor insurance is unprofitable. Is Mr. Malbert the sort of man who queries whether Northerners do work harder...

you write: '. . . the inadequacy of Indian troops put Mr. Krishna Menon into the political Wilderness.' As this presumably does not refer to the numerical numbers of Indian...

Sm,— Congratulations to Leslie Adrian on his ex- c ellent article in your issue of October 26. It is un- doubtedly true that the many reputable organisations in the field of...

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tasking in the Bay at the Back of the Ocean lay one black stone the sun could not unglisten; a round, wet seal, which neither pulling motion o f wind nor wave could make appear...

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the Ma st applauded—who seem less concerned with ri l k e latest boundary of consciousness than Wi tt ' ground already covered. In one sense the novel must always move forward...

'In this place dwelt Horatio Nelson. You who tread his footprints, remember his glory.' The sea, heavy with jellyfish, jointed With sharks, is completely present here. It would...

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By LESLIE ADRIAN The first thing to be said about the opening pro- gramme is that its editor and producer have taken this criticism to heart. In the first half of the programme...