12 JUNE 1971, page 10

Medicine

Weightlifters JOHN ROWAN WILSON I believe it was Mark Twain who said he found no difficulty in giving up smoking: he'd done it a dozen times. It's rather the same with losing......

Diary Of The Year

Wednesday 2 June: Delegates , from the Com- monwealth sugar-producing countries were pre- pared to support Mr Rippon's sugar agreement with the EEC. Gold reserves were at their......

Mr Heath And The Conservative Party

A SENIOR CONSERVATIVE `1 will not be a Peel to split the Conser- vative party', said Arthur Balfour, and Bald- win repeated his words years later, with equal point. They both......