28 DECEMBER 1956, page 4

The Warsaw Coup

By J. E. M. ARDEN A T the height of Communism's postwar victories, George Orwell wrote flatly that its system 'will either democratise itself or it will perish.' He admitted......

Calculated Risk

I T ought to be a relief that the Government has at last felt able to deny foreknowledge of Israel's attack on Egypt. But the Prime Minister went on to say : `There was......

The Spectator 1957

Readers who used to take the Spectator before the war may remember the different format of those days. In our next issue we shall be going back to the larger size and, at the......