10 JANUARY 1969, page 5

A New York Diary

AMERICA WILLIAM JANEWAY Last week Sir Denis Brogan confessed himself able to identify only one event of 'any general interest' which made news in Britain during the past year:......

Life With Rumor

ITALY ELIZABETH WISKEMANN Rome—The political situation in Italy is mar- vellously unstable. A government of the Centro-Sittistra or centre-left has just been re- instated with......