29 AUGUST 1958, page 7

The Futility Of Force

By MICHAEL IONIDES T HERE is a detente in the Middle East, owing to the initiative of the ten Arab States in tabling a resolution which has been passed unani- mously by the UN......

Both Sir Ian Jacob, Of The Bbc, And Sir Robert

Fraser, of the ITA, discussing the possibility of a third TV network in the Observer, were careful to deny that (in Sir Robert's words) there is currently 'some sort of......

Neither Sir Ian Nor Sir Robert Referred To The Possibility

of 'Pay-as-you-view' television. The BBC's reticence is understandable : if we are going to pay for programmes of our own choice, we are going to resent even more paying licence......

Very Different Feelings Were Roused In Me By The Tide

of cant which has flowed steadily (with one or two notable exceptions) since Strydom died on Sunday. Why no newspaper has come flat out and said that the man was a Nazi, and a......