20 JANUARY 1961, page 4

Island Paradise

T HE affair of the Bahraini prisoners has taken a turn for the better, and another for the worse. For the worse are the statements made by Mr. Edward Heath and Mr. George Brown......

Timothy Evans

V IERY few people—even in the Home Office V or Scotland Yard—still seriously believe that 'Timothy Evans was guilty of murder. But the authorities have so far refused to admit......

Ike

` Dumas good intention, which is as easily dis- P covered at the first view as fraud is surely detected at the last, is, let me say, no mean force in the Government of mankind.'......

Situation Vacant

Monica Furlong writes : Scarcely had Dr. Fisher's announcement to Convocation of his forthcoming resignation been made than most of the newspapers, some of which have attacked......