13 DECEMBER 1969, page 8

Defence

Britannia rules the coastal waters DESMOND WETTERN Time and again, in recent months, Govern- ment spokesmen have sought to counter critics of the present defence policy by......

Spectator's Notebook

W. M. THOMPSON This year's Reith Lectures don't seem to have attracted much attention. Perhaps in this rather austere formula one has to talk provocative tosh, as Dr Edmund......