27 JANUARY 1956, page 14

Spectator Travel, 1956

LUSITANIAN LIQUORS Kingsley Amis SEALED TRAIN Muriel Grindod ON TOUR Ivor Brien ABROAD ON THE CHEAP Wendy Hall INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT T. G. Usborne LARGER THAN LIFE Toni Adrian......

On Tour

BY IVOR BRIEN FEW days ago a quality newspaper carried a pageful of travel advertisements, most of which were offering con• ducted tours. How odd to think that as late as 1939......