18 FEBRUARY 1966, page 3

The Soviet Union Staged A Massive Nuclear Test...

doubtless wished it had been able to stage the trial of the writers Daniel and Sinyaysky underground, too : even the Communist parties 'of the west broke the habit of a lifetime......

--portrait Of Theweek-

WHICH ADMIRALS would resign? Which Ministers? Britain's growing habit of govern- me nt by cliff-hanger yielded a gripping new episode as the nation's defences were re- shaped in......

On St. Valentine's Day A Mating Between London's Panda...

and Moscow's An-An was arranged. Danny Kaye conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor appeared in Doctor Faustus at Oxford—launching a......

Disquiet In Whitehall

HE Government's decision to set up a 1 . committee to look into the structure, recruitment, training and management of the home civil services comes at an oppor- tune time. It......

Spectator

Friday February 18 1966......