7 FEBRUARY 1958, page 4

A New Arabian Nights

I T is not by accident that The Arabian Nights take place in the Middle East. In this region the fantastic is a natural denizen, and the proclamation of the United Arab Repub-......

No Future In The Air

By OLIVER STEWART S o aeroplanes are no, longer to be individual expressions of engineering knowledge and experience; they are to become part of the furni- ture of politics and......

The Upward Trend

T HE recovery of the £ sterling gathers speed. In January $131 million in gold and dollars was added to the reserves, the best genuine rise for four years—an excellent result.......

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A Free Economy without Inflation W. W. ROBSON on William Faulkner......

Uneasy Truce

ANYONE would have' thought, hearing the praise bestowed by even the Tories on Mr. Frank Cousins for his skill in keeping the London busmen on the arbitration leash, that he had......