24 MAY 1968, page 11

By Design

• CONSUMING INTEREST LESLIE ADRIAN Two years ago, the annual report by the Council of Industrial Design opened with a restrained display of national flag flapping. There was a......

All The King's Men

THE PRESS BILL GRUNDY It is, I imagine, easy to get bored with Mr Cecil Harmsworth King, particularly if you are not him; and over the last week or so I reckon I've had my fill.......

The Lion Of The Latin Quarter

TABLE TALK DENIS BROGAN Many years ago I found among my father's books a two-volume, lavishly illustrated history of the Franco-Prussian War. The author's name I have long......