6 AUGUST 1954, page 6

The West In The Middle East

W HAT is happening to the position of the Western Powers in the Middle East ? Some people describe the process as ' the opening of a new chapter in our relations with the Arab......

Patronage At Piers Court Mr. Evelyn Waugh, Who Lately...

in The Times correspondence about the difficulties confronting young artists with the suggestion that patrons still had a part to play in this context, has set an example which......

A Spectator's Notebook

A SOLDIER who understands the sea and sailors is on paper the right man for Malta, and General Bob Laycock is in practice the right man for any job requiring determination,......

A Galaxy Of Open Minds Television Is, In Intention At

any rate, a form of entertain. ment, and entertainment is a highly specialised business. I doubt if it would have occurred to anyone except the British to place the Independent......

If You Look Out Of The Window,' My Colleague Said,

you will see that there are a certain number of children in your car.' I looked out of the window and saw a large crowd of old women, young women and children (but no babies)......

Salt In Our Wounds As I Drove Along, A Solitary,

unidentified and obviously eccentric small insect flattened itself on my windscreen. In an ordinary summer one's windscreen is speckled or even blurred with entomological......