21 JANUARY 1966, page 3

As The British Government Was Preparing Tougher Sanctions...

Sir Hugh Beadle, the Rhodesian Chief Justice, arrived unexpectedly to see Mr. Wilson. Mr. Ian Smith claimed some oil was beating the embargo, but few were impressed. A new......

—portrait Of The Week

SEVEN DAYS of toil and trouble for politicians: some were shot and others disappeared in an army coup in Nigeria, in India there was a fight for the succession to Mr. Shastri......

There Were The, Usual Complaints About Im- Proprieties On...

television, and one com- mercial TV company banned all but the mild- est swear words. Snow and ice chilled the British Isles, bus and tube fares went up in London, gas and......

Mr. Heath And His Critics

E DWARD HEATH became leader of the Conservative party at a singularly diffi- cult time, both for him and for the party. The abrupt departure of Sir Alec Douglas- Home had left a......

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