18 SEPTEMBER 1964, page 10

For Some Consumers In Leslie Adrian's Absence On Holiday I

thought I would contribute a short note on a matter of consuming interest. Strictly, I imagine, for infor- mation only. A few days ago I was dining with Drew Middleton, who,......

Who Is For Affluence?

It has long been one of the legends of politics that Mr. Macmillan fought the 1959 general election on the slogan : 'You've never had it so good.' In fact, he used a different......

Spectator's Notebook

Sir Glyn Jones, the Governor-General, is probably using his influence to bring the auto- cratic leader back to the dissident and able Ministers who still proclaim their loyalty......

The Last Victorian

Playwright, novelist, critic, journalist, broad- caster, and sometimes prophet of doom—John Boynton Priestley has been all these things and many more. I'm glad to see that on......

Operation Face-saving

From LEO S. BARON BULAWAYO T does not require any close reading of the Ijoint communiqué issued by the British and Southern Rhodesian Prime Ministers to observe that Britain has......

To Follow David About Now, I Suppose, The Traditional...

of resignation from the United States• Ambassa- dors start winging their way to Washington. In due course the new President appoints his new choices. It will be sad if we lose......

Tailpiece

There are many ways of announcing that the general election campaign has opened. The Tory Central Office have one pleasant and traditional guide. From the .date of the......

Oh Captain! My Captain!

I expect I'm just a middle-aged grouch, but if there is an airline whose hostesses don't tell me the captain's name when we start, and say that they 'hope to have the pleasure......