15 JUNE 1962, page 7

Spectator's Notebook

T HE present fuss about courts-martial in the British Army of the Rhine seems to me to raise two issues which would be better discussed apart. The first, that of publicity, is......

Fiala Francese I Was Amused To See That The Times

Literary Supplement has been coming in for some whole- hearted attacks in the French press. With a truly English perfidy its number devoted to criticising French literature......

The Rainmakers Since I Spent Whitsun Weekend At Home, I

am only marginally one of those who are now yelling for the blood of the Meteorological Office and its inmates. And, strongly though I sym- pathise with holidaymakers who were......

. . They Frighten Mel' However, Perhaps We Ought To

take a more robust view of these incidents. I imagine that they would have seemed pretty mild stuff to the Duke of Wellington, and a slight reading of Kipling shows just how......

Holding Open The Door

From JOHN LAMBERT long-awaited move into Europe—both the economic Communities and the future Political Union—but the background to their welcome is a varied one. 'Benelux' is a......

The Urban Line Looking At The Human Cloud, By Maurice

A. Ash (Town and Country Planning Association, 3s. 6d.), and taking in its terrifying calculations as to the likely spread of the London conurbation over the next twenty......