10 OCTOBER 1958, page 7

Blackpool Commentary

Tories on Top T HERE must be easier ways of earning a living. Harken to Mr. Mencken : . . . meals bolted suicidally or missed alto- gether, nights spent in pursuing elusive and......

The Research Budget Of A Single Illinois Hos- Pital (i

see from Miles Howard's article this week) is larger than the total government expenditure here on mental health. If this is so, it is a staggering indictment not only of the......

The Death Of Bishop George Bell Has Removed One Of

the best-known and respected of . all Anglican bishops. Churchmen in Europe— especially in Germany and in Scandinavia, where he had many friends—will mourn him, as well as the......

How Urgent The Need Is For More Intensive Re- Search

into mental illness can be seen from some of Mr. Robinson's statistics. Close on half the total number of hospital beds in the country are occupied by mental patients : there......

L< A Spectator's Notebook

NOBODY CAN FEEL satisfied at the way in which Treasury control of expen- diture is exercised; but I do not think that what Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick ad- mitted was his 'aggressive'......