28 SEPTEMBER 1962, page 6

Ilandudno

I notice that Mr. lain Macleod will be depart- ing from precedent when, at the Llandudno Con- ference as Chairman of the Conservative Party, he replies to the debate on......

Mr. Gaitskell's Fatal Words

By HENR FAIRLIE I Etl;11,11NED from a Communist country at the end of last week to find the Labour Party concerned with which of its members is on which newspaper's payroll. For......

Look Them In The Eye

After four hours spent in the Hotel du Com- merce we emerged to track down the Italian Consul in Modane in his lair in the local cak. He was amiable and produced the visa with......

Your Papers Arc Not In Order. . . .

I have often wondered what it would feel like to hear for oneself that phrase which plays such a part in traditional spy fiction: 'Your papers are not in order.' Returned from a......

Fireworks

I hear that a party to celebrate Or. C0001” Cruise O'Brien's To Katanga and Back is being given on. November 5. In the crypt of the your of Commons. no doubt? QuEr( 1 -" Ea......

Spectator's Notebook

N OT being acquainted with the inside story of Mr. Geoffrey McDermott's retirement from his position of British Minister in Berlin, I cannot offer any judgment on the rights and......

Impending Apology?

The editor of the monthly journal of NATSOPA (the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants) has honoured the Spectator by the production of a special supple - ment......