15 FEBRUARY 1963, page 8

Roy Thomson Mr. Roy Thomson, Who Is As Shrewd As

they come, came back from Moscow convinced that his visit heralded a thaw in Anglo-Soviet re- lations. 'They were used to dealing on a cold basis from government to government.......

King - Sized Attacks Mr. Cecil King Is Still Getting...

his outspoken complaints about hidden press censorship. The latest praise comes from Mr. Peter Benenson in the International Press In- stitute's bulletin. As a libertarian in......

Another Version ?

In any case, those best qualified to judge seem pretty well agreed that the Hayward-Hingley ver- sion. is the better. Gollancz have issued a mani- festo countering this by......

Spectator's Notebook

N Ew complications continually arise in the contused row about the English translations of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, the Soviet labour camp novel. Manifesto......

Praeger And Parker A Week Or Two Ago The Dutton

and Praeger versions appeared simultaneously in New York (in Britain only the 'official' one is available). At the same time Praeger issued an attack on the official translator,......

Dominican Democrat I Had A Talk The Other Day With

Dr. Juan Bosch, who is to take up the presidency of the Dominican Republic in a fortnight's time. He is a quiet man, undemonstrative and scholarly—not at all like the popular......

Americana A Correspondent This Week Calls For An Inquiry...

the amount of American material put out by BBC television. I have a feeling that its find- ings would be rather less dramatic than his own. Where he gives an average of 18 per......

New Homes For None We Hear A Great Deal These

days about the de- termination of town-planners to create living communities that have a genuine continuity of - family life. To some of the London County Council 'out-county'......