12 JANUARY 1962, page 21

The Pause And Bank Rate

By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT As Mr. Lloyd's `pay' neurosis gets worse the symptoms of it will be seen in greater de- grees of irrational behaviour. Here is the latest example. The pay......

A Chinese Superstition

One mirror was left bare. He glimpsed himself in passing; Gravity drew him down. A face he saw the face you'd said You loved. Not the face he used to shave. Easy to save himself......

Men At Arms

The Arm of Flesh. By James Salter. (Cassell, 13s. 6d.) The Siege of Battersea. By Robert Holies. (Michael Joseph, 15s.) A Place Like Home. By Thomas Hinde. (Hodder and......