15 OCTOBER 1965, page 9

On Trust

The thanks offered to Lord Crawford, the re- tiring chairman, at the National Trust's annual meeting later this month, will be sincerely meant. For twenty years he has been the......

Spectator's Notebook

I HAVE been reading Dame Edith Sitwell's auto- biography. I like much of her poetry, and most of her criticism, although I find her relent- less dissection of words somewhat......

Banned

During his visit to London Mr. Tan Smith showed himself to be a curiously effective advo- cate on the television screen, and one must believe that his appearances have had a......

I Envied Mr. Wilson And Mr. Maudling Their Day At

Birkdale, although I expect I saw more of the play from my study. I suppose it was the triumph once more of hope over experience to expect us to win the Ryder Cup with our......

Cuban Mysteries It Is Very Hard To Tell What Fidel

Castro thinks he's doing in releasing so many of his country- men to the United States. It was a genuine enough move and the United States could hardly have declined to take......

Y O Unt; Shadows Spotting Future Classic Winners At The...

yearling sales is an agreeable pastime. So Is long-range political forecasting. It is this that a dds interest to Mr. Heath's promotions to the t r°11 t bench, and also adds......