1 SEPTEMBER 1967, page 9

A Hundred Years Ago

From the 'Spectator, 31 August 1867—The South- Eastern Railway is about to try a little experiment on the pockets of the public. It seems that gentle- men, even Members of......

What Kind Of Gap?

SCIENCE PETER J. SMITH This year we should properly be celebrating the centenary of the first technology gap— for contrary to what one might suppose, the first significant blow......

Silence Is All

THE PRESS RANDOLPH S. CHURCHILL Did you read in the gossip columns early last month about the dinner party given in a private room at the Dorchester Hotel by Mr Cecil Harmsworth......