The Government's Rhodesian dilemma is embarrassingly obvious; and to make matters worse, it is also one which confronts Sir Alec Douglas-Home very directly. It is no secret that...

Self-examination Dennis Hackett The press has been benefiting for some time from advertising revenue generated by some of the conflicts in the technological society. There are...

Michael Bentley The Politics of Reform, 1884 Andrew Jones (CUP £6.40) Some educated palates, which ought to have been better trained, will sense that the chalk in Dr Jones's...

Eric Ashby Only One Earth; The Care and Maintenance of a Small Planet Barbara Ward and Rene Dubos ( Deutsch £2.95; Pen g uin 45p ) Witt g enstein ends his g reat Tractatus with...

?ears Cecil Beaton (Weidenfeld 41e uoson e2.25) of Years, the third and most viO opit:lcil B eaton ' s Diaries, is really k i ttl e that ' 1 22 o ne, and it is perhaps regret...

Published by Sidgwick and Jackson, The Professionals, lain Scarlet's study of prostitution, is a perfectly respecable book, recently reviewed in the Spectator book pages by Reg...

Sir Ascher Joel is a dapper Australian PR man who has already handled the Pope (when the Holy Father visited Sydney) and Captain Cook (on the bi-centenary of his Australian...

Bulging pockets of inflation Nicholas Davenport rally and the significant drop L4lerriployrnent pulled the bull ,,utit of its lethargy and pushed the 41 rty. . 5 44. index up...

50p on an aristo ‘'q 4 tIzzi Writ e two-year-old in the e to d away from the chilly ' 4 'it4 lt it re.,211nny Salisbury and a rather_ 44 — on. Falling into conver r reitart...

London Weekend Television is still not paying a dividend but now that the £1 shares are changing hands for £2 there is an indication of better conditions ahead. London...

Bullish Laird John Bull I quote from the statement of Laird Group's chairman, Sir Maurice Banks in the 1971 annual report: "As far as 1972 is concerned it is premature to make...

Phew Wilde scit` ti ll If Id , 4 I related the sad tale of Aunt kil . h eueParture to happier pastures and r mu nificence she bequeathed me r elevant late st . 'clevant, in...

Dear friends with a house in the country— You've asked me down for the day "to get some fresh air into my lungs." Despite the fact that, in the course of getting to your...

Bargave another exhibition of that , temper which she has brought 13e , e ch and parliamentary interh5 made in her new shadow days Labour social services Were adept at...

„Id Smith For all the changes in Britain's social services over the last half-century, it is difficult to link many of them to specific advances in knowledge. The child care...