17 JANUARY 1964, page 23

Figures Of Fub .

DEAR MR. FRAYN, 1 have just been reading two different collec- tions of pieces which you originally wrote for your Guardian column, 'Miscellany.' Since you seem to hate all the......

Double Vision

Witness to the Russian Revolution. Edited by Roger Pethybridge. (Allen and Unwin, 42s.) 'HE lies like an eye-witness' (I/ryot kak oche- videtsI), they used to say in Russia in......

The Secret War

IN the old days, you knew where you were with wars. International politics were a pastime for gentlemen, indulged in by those who had enough money to make a show at court. Small......