22 MARCH 1963, page 8

Tovarich Non Grata

I don't find it surprising that M. Michel Tatu, the correspondent of Le Monde in Moscow and widely considered one df the best-informed re- porters of the Russian scene, should......

Ex Cathedra

An agreeable story of the present mood of pro-Wilson propaganda in the Labour Party has just reached me. I believe that Mr. Richard Crossman, MP, has been entertaining a number......

Lit Crit

I'm sick of novels About hovels, And fumbling with whores On North Country moors. I'm tired of abortion, And 'T' Owd Man' who's a 'Caution,' And words of four letters From......

The Penguin Chase If And When Sir Allen Lane, The

creator and controller of Penguin Books, decides to retire, who will succeed him? He is a mere sixty, and full of vigour, but for a long time has been given to wishful thoughts......

Big Rory's Cell

The first of the admirable series of folk con- certs which Mr. Rory McEwen is presenting at Cecil Sharp House was, through lack of pub- licity, a wash-out. So Mr. McEwen stirred......

Marie Bonheur

The Taurus Group is a serious but little-sung company of French, Hungarian, American , Canadian, and native artists' who have banded together for four years past at the Chiltern......

Away From It

Mr. Kenneth Tynan's appointment as literary manager of the National Theatre is an imagin - ative one, and I much look forward to seeing the results of his large talent for all......

Spectator's Notebook

M R. GEORGE BROwN will be arriving in Washington only a few days after Mr. Harold Wilson's first encounter with President Kennedy. This is no doubt a mere quirk of co-......