22 OCTOBER 1954, page 8

True Conservatism

BY HENRY FAIRLIE ESSIMISM, like misanthropy, is an essential part of the conservative mind, but Professor Michael Oakeshott's provocative article in the Spectator last week......

The Killing English Roads

By JOHNARLOTT T HREE thousand, nine hundred and ninety-three--one third of all the accidental deaths in England and Wales during 1950—were caused by road accidents. Foes all......