30 DECEMBER 1972, page 14

Shirley Robin Letwin On The Masks Of Politics

"That insidious and crafty animal, vulgarly called a statesman or politician,'' said Adam Smith in passing, and no one contradicted him. For everyone knows that the politician......

Tears, Idle Tears

Auberon Waugh A Transatlantic Tunnel Hurrah! Harry Harrison (Faber £1.90) Having no interest in science and very little curiosity about the future I have never supposed there......