18 DECEMBER 1964, page 8

Raising The Tone

The status of the colleges of technology tnu%t be enhanced so that they were not considered con- tinuation schools. Let them have blazers and badges. —Lord Balerno in the House......

Who's Your Agent?

I see that the Congolese Government has arrested the 'literary agent' of the former `Foreign Minister' of the Stanleyville regime, Mr•. Kanza, for his part in the events that......

Spectator's Notebook

It was because the hon. Gentleman made exactly that type of speech when he was recently on the Continent that our difficulties have been greater than they should have been.' A......

Political Commentary

What Future for the Left? By ALAN WATKINS For, year after year, the same people seem to be there on the National Executive. Mr. Jack Jones may come, and Mr. Fred Mulley may go,......

The Language Of Priorities I Am Often Baffled By The

way the people who run television ignore their real opportunities. Last weekend provided a ludicrous example. After a spate of preliminary press and television pub- licity, the......

Arkle

Everyone hates seeing a great horse beaten, but it is perhaps as well for steeplechasing that Arkle didn't win the Massey-Ferguson Gold Cup at Cheltenham. Arkle and Mill House......

Uncle Fred Lord Woolton Joined The Tory Party In 1945

in the hour of its defeat, and he did more perhaps even than Rab to steer it to victory. He ranks with Joe Chamberlain as the greatest party boss that this country has seen. He......