23 OCTOBER 1959, page 4

The Young Don't Care

From SARAH GAINHAM BONN I T is rather sad thnt Beethoven's place of birth should hay e the odd distinction of providing some of the .\\ orst performances of his works it has......

Good Loser

MHE country's radical mood, the Spectator sug- WHAT REALLY HAPPENED? Researching for his book on the Middle East (to be published next year by Hutchin- sons), Erskine B.......