11 AUGUST 1961, page 20

Dead Dog

One day I found a lost dog in the street. The hairs about its grin were spiked with blood, And it lay still as stone. It must have been A little dog, for though I only stood......

Bearding Europa

I WONDER what is the most satisfactory way to write about foreign affairs? On the one hand, there are the forbiddingly 'balanced' publications of Chatham House, which often......

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