1 JANUARY 1965, page 26

The West's Awakening

By MARY HOLLAND The cream cracker centenary is only the first of the national anniversaries to loom on the Irish horizon. This year there is also the cen- tenary of the birth of......

Labour-saving Babies

By. ANGELA LAMB ERT. THERE is no more gullible market than the parents of a first baby—unless it be the grandparents—and so a huge variety of gadgets pours into the nursery.......

Chess

By PHILIDOR 211. J. MIKAN (Czech Tourney, 1962) BLACK (4 men) WHITE (5 men) WHITE to play and mate in three moves ; solution next week. Solution to No. 210 (Tura) : Q—B 2,......