16 JUNE 1967, page 28

Afterthought

JOHN WELLS When the smoke of the press conferences on the Middle Eastern war has finally cleared, the deafening glug-glug of the whisky bottles in the newsroom and the erratic......

Literacy Begins At Home

Sir: Brian Alderson is right to draw attention to Britain's 'ailing bookshops,' to the prevalence of more profitable sales lines in many of these, mid to the lack of such......

Crosswordno.1278

Across 1 Puss gets the mint, at a pinch (6) 4 Tortoiseshell (8) 9 Show off a parry (6) 10 Where to be centre in Birmingham (4, 4) 12 When they meet there are limits (8) 13 The......

Solution Next Week

Solution to Crossword no. 1277. Acres'. 1 Three 4 Atlantic 9 Ulster 10 Elevator 12 Meanly 13 Scurvy 15 Dote 16 Amphitryon 19 Underlines 20 Flip 23 Croaks 23 Edidons 2 7 Entitled......