25 JULY 1970, page 15

Off Centre

MAX BELOFF The Vital Center Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr (Andre Deutsch 45s) Professor Schlesinger's defence of the liberal middle way in politics was first published twenty years......

Guessing Games

ROBERT SKIDELSKY I lie Diplomatic Diaries of Oliver Harvey 937-1940 edited by John Harvey (Collins 1s) I remember talking to a senior and distin- guished civil servant soon......