25 OCTOBER 1969, page 12

Medicine

Invalid power JOHN ROWAN WILSON It is astonishing how we assume that people in high political offices are free from the ordinary weaknesses of mortality. Who, for instance,......

The Press

Polls apart BILL GRUNDY It was that wild old man, the Sage of Ecclefechan, who once asked 'How can I believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance?' To be sure,......

Consuming Interest

'Vintage volumes LESLIE ADRIAN In 1912 the Wine Trade Club's dranb:, society put on a charity show at the Rol Court in Sloane Square. One of the pl:":1 was a little farce called......