24 OCTOBER 1958, page 6

Prince Philip Has Upervied The Provision Of Wines And Cigars

for the president who is known for his connoisseur tastes. There are no exthe security precautions. . . . I understand that the Queen is particularly anxious for the visit a......

The German Newspapers Have Been A Little Put Out By

the coolness of our welcome to their President. But Londoners do not usually cheer their heads off at the sight of elderly ma le foreigners driving in state to the City, and t1......

I Am Glad To See That The Nuffield Foundation, Which

in the past has often distributed its grants on what appeared to me to be excessively con- ventional lines, is now helping an unusual and interesting piece of research into......

The Principal Of St. Clare's Hall, Oxford (whic H Is Not

part of the University) has asked me 1 0 make it clear that the `letter' which I printed last week purporting to come from an organisation of high-minded young ladies called the......

Iraq's Political Maze

E GYPT is a national island, bounded by the sea in the north, two deserts to right and . left, and in the south the cataracts of Sudan. To the Egyptian, the Nile Valley, mist.,......

A Spectator's Notebook The Row Over The Blackpool Affair Has

been befogged by side-issues. The right to heckle, for instance, seems to me to have nothing to do with it. The League of Empire Loyalists do not heckle. Presumably because they......

The Gossip Columns In The Popular Papers Today Read Like

some endless serial in a woman's maga- zine. Inset with huge pictures, burdened by im- mense headlines, their prose throbs continually on the verge of some scandalous revelation......

The War Between The Bbc And Itv Is Rapidly Degenerating

into a no-holds-barred affair. The other night on the BBC a voice announced that the Steve Allen show was coming 'live' from Hollywood, which no doubt it was when it was......

There Seemed To Be Less Publicity Than Usual This Year

for reports of the annual defence exercise 'Sunbeam,' in which Fighter Command aircraft try to intercept 'enemy' bombers; but what little I saw was rich in nonsense.......