13 NOVEMBER 1959, page 4

The End Of An Old Song

S o Hugh Lane's pictures are at last to be seen where he wished them to be seen : in Dublin. The story of their appropriation by the Tate, and their retention there for nearly......

Package Deal

W FIAT the Americans fail to realise, Tan Gilmour points out in his article on Franco's Spain, is that when they accept Franco's argument that they must give him money or there......

Government By Euphemism

T Colonial Secretary has announced that he 1 proposes to take a calculated risk by ending the state of emergency in Kenya; and the Welen- skyite Central Alrimn Examiner is now......

Waters Of The Nile

A a, the same, the results of the Israeli election strike a mildly encouraging note and so does the news from next door. To reach agreement on the division of the Nile waters it......

Next Week

Chris:mas Number Articles and Reviews by - KINGSLEY Amts, A. J. AYER, JOHN BETJEMAN, D. W. BROGAN, PATRICK CAMPBELL, D. .1. ENRIGHT. Roy JENK INS, JAMES JOLL, PHILIP LARKIN. M......

Again Ben-gurion

T HE results of the general election in Israel were a little like ours. Mr. Ben-Gurion not only got in yet again, but with an increased share of votes and of scats—to the......