29 JUNE 1985, page 5

Stop Of The Pops

THE news that 'Pop', the senior group of prefects at Eton, is to be deprived of its independence, is extremely sad. Pop is self-electing, a survival from the better age of......

The Spectator

EEC SPENDING GROWTH: HOWE, BUT WHY? I f the Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, is to be believed, Britain entered a new era in its relations with the EEC on Tuesday night.......

The Other Eec

WHATEVER the shortcomings of the EEC they are as nothing compared with those of Eastern Europe's 'economic com- munity', Comecon, which also holds a summit meeting this week.......

We Offer Our Congratulations To Raymond Keene, The...

correspon- dent, on being awarded the OBE in the Birthday Honours List. The award is for his services to chess, rather than to the Spectator, but he deserves one for both.......