5 JUNE 1947, page 20

Books Of The Day

"The Fleet That Ran Away GODFREY WINN'S new book is in memory of his friends who died on the "Russian run," on the arctic route where the British and American navies and......

Spanish Colonies

THERE was a late Latin poet, Rutilius, who, when the Empire was falling away and the legions being withdrawn from Britain, wrote a noble poem to the City of Rome. It is strange......