15 AUGUST 1970, page 11

Consuming Interest

A touch of the sun LESLIE ADRIAN In May and June the sun shines, and the children take their exams. In July it rains, and the schools break up. In August every- one goes on......

The Environment

To conserve—or to plan? LIONEL BRETT It has become conventional for the boom- ing conservation movement to take on board the preservation of old buildings, even though the......

A Hundred Years Ago From The 'spectator,' 13 August...

many stands at the head of the world. The "policy of magnificent audacity" which for the past four weeks we have predicted to unwilling ears has been pursued, and has so far......