Political Commentary

Talk and Table Talk By ALAN WATKINS A s far as I can discover, the phrase 'public ,,,,relations' was first used in this country by Mr. C. R. Attlee. The time was 1931, and the......

The Macheide Comelh

I know little about how to play chess, but I read chess books. I find the technique, perhaps character is a better word, of the new world champion Tigran Petrosian a source of......

No Bonn In The Event, Mr. Wilson Cannot Be Unhappy

that he has had to postpone his visit to Bonn. It might give him time to think. Anything he might have had to say has been clearly pre-empted by General de Gaulle and the German......

Spectator's Notebook

Liss - r Friday, Christopher Booker started his first ar- ticle on 'The Press' with a piece on what he called 'the fastest-fading myth in Fleet Street'—the Daily Express. On......

William Hill

I have no idea if William Hill (the bookmakers) employ a public relations officer, but if they do he does an excellent job. It has almost be- come a weekly routine now for there......

Handouts

The handout is a (necessary) curse of modern political life. It shackles the speaker and bores his audience, but it delights tf.1 reporter who doesn't have to sit through a......