30 JANUARY 1959, page 7

Of Edipus Rex And 'tis Pity 'she's A Whore And

Pericles and The Cenci. None of these pre- sumably would have reached the printer if he had been our arbiter. As for ballyhoo, it is Mr. Woodruff's friends who are whipping up......

Roads To Nowhere

By IAN NAIRN T HE Preston motorway closed a week ago after a 47-day open season, with neither a bang nor a whimper but a bubbling. Water got in under the carriageway and froze,......

When I Saw The Letter Urging Lolita's Unmolested...

The Times last week signed by a selection of distinguished writers, I wondered who would be the first to riposte on behalf of the Ban-Lolita-ln-Advance brigade. (Will the con-......

Lord Hailshavs Interim Solution Of The Dispute In...

Association—the `primary' election to decide whether Mr. Nigel Nicolson should be readopted—is a reasonable one. Mr. Nicolson has said that he will leave quietly if the vote......