27 JULY 1956, page 11

Ambassadorial Intelligence

SIR ROGER MAKINS'S successor in Washington, Sir Harold Caccia, is a contrasting figure. Whereas Makins has served much of his career in Washington and has an American wife (the......

City And Suburban

BY JOHN BETJEMAN I MAGINE a pylon 136 feet high, only ten feet lower than the Nelson column, in your village. It will make the church tower (the average height of a three-stage......

Drink And Road • Accidents

BY DR. SOMERVILLE HASTINGS, MP M ANY more road accidents are due to drink than is generally supposed. A committee appointed by the British Medical Association reported in 1954......