4 DECEMBER 1959, page 24

The Auk On Two Fronts

Auchinleck. By John Connell. (Cassell, 35s.) Tobruk. By Anthony Heckstall-Smith, D.S.C. (Blond, 21s.) MR. JOHN CONNELL'S extremely interesting though unsatisfying biography......

Leftover Colonies

MR. STRACHEY believes that empires are no longer necessary, and that with a little luck we have seen the last of them. A Socialist but, by now, a care- fully undogmatic......