27 MARCH 1964, page 9

Victory So, At Last, It Was Bannockburn. After Fourteen...

the Calcutta Cup is back in Scotland and we can look the Sassenachs in the face again. It was a noble game won by a Scottish pack filled again with the fire and devil that had......

Let's Keep It Out Of Party Politics

The Churches should make a special plea that this kind of issue should not become aggravated by the pressure of party politics.—Bishop of Chichester. The matter is too serious......

Tailpiece Just In Case Some Readers Think The Last Para-

graph a little prejudiced it is pleasant to be able to end on a note of applause for Mr. Wilson. At his Usher Hall meeting he described the 1922 Committee's lunch to the PM as......

Winning An Audience

Is the National Theatre so called because it is subsidised by the State or because it sets out to serve a reasonable cross-section of the nation? In his paper to the Royal......

The New Poor

Naturally, one doesn't blame the electricity workers for wanting more money in principle. On the other hand, they are hardly impoverished. But i imagine many readers of the......

Cuckoo In The Nest I Have Often Done Silly Things.

I have often realised that I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. But never have I seen anyone look so absurdly out of place as did the leader of the Opposition when,......

Canute And The Overspill

Many thousands of words commenting upon the proposals for coping with the South-East's Population explosion have been published in the P a st few days. I have read them with......

It Was Inevitable That The Troubles Of The Electricity Power

stations should set off a fresh burst of general election speculation. The political potential of this dispute is, indeed, fascinat- ing. Without subscribing to the view already......