20 APRIL 1956, page 14

The Prince Of Limbo

I N the Army, demonstrations of tactics or of drill are some- times preceded by a sort of curtain-raiser in which everything is ,done amiss, the idea being to engage' the......

Upon The Irish Shore

BY BRIAN INGLIS `B LACKGUARD, bully, drunkard, liar,' Bernard Shaw wrote fifty-odd years ago, 'foulmouth, flatterer, beggar, backbiter, venal functionary, corrupt judge, envious......