11 JULY 1970, page 12

Science

Toys for the boys PETER J. SMITH On 20 June 1968 Professor Brian Flowers, chairman of the Science Research Council, announced an important government decision. Britain was not,......

Table Talk

The royal jelly DENIS BROGAN After Mr Attlee's first year at Downing Street an observer (so the story runs) expressed his surprise at the effectively authoritative manner of the......

A Hundred Years Ago

From the 'Spectator', 9 July 1870 — There is nothing very odd, that we see, though there may be something very dangerous, in the re- ported selection of a Catholic Hohenzollern......