28 FEBRUARY 1969, page 18

Valentin's Day

STUART HOOD The Grass of Oblivion Valentin Katayev (Mac- millan 45s) There are some cities one has the illusion of knowing without having been there. Odessa is one, with its......

Guessing Games

ELIZABETH WISKEMANN It is difficult to summarise Mr Windsor's closely argued conjectures about the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. He prefers to regard it as 'the outcome of......