THE GREAT VOTE-AND AFTER Slit,-M r. Martin Lindsay has given us in yodr colunins a most interesting account of the change of government in this country in 1940. But he makes...

THE GOLDEN NAZI Siim,--ln reading a review entitled 'Cinena,' I consider that I Call expect to get some rational discussion of what is at the moment to be seen on the London...

ST. GEORGE'S DAY Siim,-If your correspondent Mr. John Dean will send a trifling donation to The Secretary, The John Groomn's Cripplegate, of 37 Sekforde Street, London, ECI, in...

IF' NEHRU GOES SIR,--In your issue of May 2 you erroneously staiO that in 1953 Mr. Rafi Ahmcd Kidwai was the HorMl Minister of the Government of India. That portfolio was then...

OUT-PATIENTS SIR,--As a consultant physician I should like to comment on two of the points raised by Leslie Adrian (April 18). First, waiting by out-patients: a consultant's...

BOO K S A Patrician BY D. W. BROGAN O N. of my close friends has the invaluable gift of being able to utter a platitude naturally, inoffensively and usefully. His candour and...

Tell ing Secrets kli-.Ak: The Secret of Easter Island. By Thor I , . . . - . "lCyCrdahl. (Allen and Unwin, 2 Is.) 1 UOl tin tile Pacific which is Easter Island has C-liea...

The Great Sir Joshua Sir Joshiuat Reynolds: A Personal Study. With Rcy(fl Cdts Journey froim London to Brentford iCW first p-ublished. By Derek I- ILuIson1. (B3les, 35s.) SIt...

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I WAS (GLAI) to see Sir Ian Jacob's criticisill this wcek about excessive adulationi of viewing figures as a criterion of programme merit. 'Enthusiastic support of the keenly...

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Letters to the Editor Chance of a Lifetime Rober't Neild Sudanese Education O). /1. JiI'hcri Out-Platients D)r. 1. MIe). G. Stewart St. George's )ay Mlajor U. G Ravmndo Morgani...

SUDANESE EDUCAI IJIO Sin,--- I read Mr. Charles Lister's article in your issui of' March 14 about his expcriences as a teacher in the Sudan and, though I could appreciatc thc...

INVESTMENT NOTES It y Li s I O S N.ii it sell goOil shares because of a strike. it t dSIMily paVys to ICLq uII-e itreilh if thile mar-ket is very deplrcssed]. That is old...

I---Portrait of the Week N ° omnibuises in London, no Government in ''llaris, no ideas in Copenhagen and no tomatoes under 7s. a pouLnd in the shops. None ol these shortages...

THE BEST CLUB 'W p arc not prepared to go backwards,' Mr. Frank ('OlSinS told a Birmingham audience just before the bus strike was duc to begin, 'at the behest or instrIuction...

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Misty Retrospect The Mist Procession. By Lord Vansittart. (I-Iutchinson, 35s.) T'Irs is a strangely unsatisfying book, which bears a close resemblance to its title. Perhaps it...

The Shock of Innovation It y C. R A 1-1 A M H UTTON (ONOMISI'S know little of whallt imakes a nation or aln era dynamic or static: what makes it pr oliferate or stifle...

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