20 MARCH 1959, page 23

A Trying Night

'Affection may affect indifference'? On this we dined, mislaid a smile, half smart, And shared the candle's grief to the last wince, A trying night : all weeping tears.apart.......

Books

Lord Randolph Churchill By ROBERT BLAKE T HE 1880s are surely one of the most fascinat- ing decades in recent British political history. Think of its events—the invasion of......

After The Arguments Of The Night

After the arguments of the night ; Had filled the trays up thick with ash I thought of a soft particular gaze In the remainder of the night In the still, remaining hours The......