6 AUGUST 1965, page 25

Afterthought

By ALAN BRIEN WHAT antidotes are there to the thought of death? One of the most effective I discovered last week by accident. I wrote down my fears and purged myself. True, I......

Imp And The Impossible

By LESLIE ADRIAN IN an outburst of imitation which the two pioneers, Citroen (since 1932) and BMC (since 1959), must find uncomfortably flatter- ing, their rivals all over the......

Chess

By PHILIDOR 242. Z. E. RUJA (1st Prize, Observer, 1963) BLACK (9 men) (15 men) vilurE to play and mate in three moves ; solution next week. Solution to No. 241 (Ellerman) : B—R......