31 OCTOBER 1970, page 35

Peter Quince

There is no garden luxury I would rather have if I were rich, than a walk of pleached limes. It belongs ith such affluent pleasures as ancient cedars set in spreading lawns. or......

An Ally For Enoch

To those in business to whom the appalling problems of the economy and roaring in- flation seem paramount, Enoch Powell's skilful piece in last week's SPECFATOR attack- ing the......

Solon For Now

Politicians accepting Mr Powell's argu- ments, whose legitimacy is most easily chal- lenged, develop the strongest impulse to convert. If it is right that a movement is......

Skin Flint's City Diary .

hat latterday chain letter, the holding com- pany, changes its name to conglomerate and now in turn to investment trust or even banker. Without a theme, like Sir Winston......

Everybody's Busybody

The danger to the parsons, widows, orphans and long suffering unit holders is that the trust becomes locked into relatively large holdings in small preyed-upon com- panies whose......

Carbon Copy Swindle

Some poor man I see has been sentenced for stealing from his employers because he alleged he was being blackmailed by fraudu- lent carbon paper salesmen. The carbon paper......