27 JULY 1956, page 6

Portrait Of The Week

I NTERNATIONAL interest this week has been concen- trated in two main areas—the Middle East and Germany. ■ The announcement that Britain and America did not intend to finance......

Political Commentary

BY CHARLES CURRAN T HE BMC strike is the first big strike of the Welfare State. It raises for the first time—though certainly not for the last—the question that will dominate......

Wedding Intelligence

MARILYN MONROE has been invited to Barbara Lyon's wedding this afternoon. . . . Said father Ben, who discovered Marilyn : have no idea whether she is coming.' —Daily Express,......