16 DECEMBER 1955, page 11

Friends Wide Apart

BY PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR T HE sudden irruption of the Turks into the Anglo-Greek deadlock gave matters an unexpected and ugly turn. Soon, for different reasons, the British and......

Beyond The Jordan

BY HUGH FRASER D OWN the Persian Gulf in late autumn blows the Shamal, a cold, ill wind from Russian Central Asia. People in Basra town search out their winter things. But in......