27 MARCH 1964, page 14

A Duchess And Her Descendants

SIR,—I have been commissioned to write a book on duchesses who for one reason or another were of interest in the life of the nation, amongst whom is to be included the Dowager......

House Be Upstanding

By JOHN SWANEY* ONE of the first impres- sions that strikes most Americans visiting Britain is that the differences be- tween the two countries are often exaggerated. Such is......

The Future Of The Aged

SIR, — Bertrand de Jouvenel in his article on 'The Future of the Aged' deals rather curiously with the economic aspect of the problem. He states that retirement means an......

Sir,—your Contributor Bertrand Dc Jouvenel Is To Be...

his very splendid article on 'The Future of the Aged.' My generation—that is, the over sixty-fives—have indeed been 'toppled to a position of excessive in- feriority and......