3 JANUARY 1958, page 19

I Have Had A Letter From Professor Schoeck, Of Emory

University, Georgia, saying that he has read the correspondence following Henry Fairlie's article 'An Anatomy of Hysteria' with increasing amusement.' The Professor ridicules......

Peace Has A Better Chance When Divided People Have Found

out that the people on the other side of the gulf are—just like themselves—fathers and mothers and children. Mr. Kruschev has said, Communism can give the world a better and......

The Last Newspaper Casualty Of 1957, Truth, Went Out With

its final issue containing a forlorn para- graph of announcements about the contents of its next. The paper appeared on Friday, as usual; on Saturday the editor, Mr. George......

Arising From A Complaint By Professor Trevor- Roper Of A

rather snooty review of his book of historical essays, a debate has been taking place in the leader and correspondence columns of The Times Literary Supplement about the merits......

I Am Glad To See That Sir John Charles, The

Chief Medical, Officer to the Ministry of Health, has warned doctors about the dangers of 'tranquil lisers.' Some, of these drugs—as a recent investiga- tion has proved—give no......

I Find It Difficult To Follow Discussion On Foreign Policy

these days. Two Sundays ago there was A. J. P. Taylor in the Sunday Express saying that, though Hungary had been a poor show, we had better forget about past grievances as we......

A Spectator's Notebook

THE NEW YEAR HONOURS provided the best and least embarrassing list for many years; still, it is hard to scan it without coming to the con- clusion that if it went the way of......

I Have Been Amused By The Signs Of A Growing

parental revolt against that little horror 'Noddy' —culminating in a powerful broadside from Mr. Colin Welch in this month's Encounter, in which Noddy is even accused of being......