7 NOVEMBER 1970, page 23

Hero Of France

DOUGLAS JOHNSON Marshal Main Richard Griffiths (Constable £4) It has often been said that what most bewil- dered Winston Churchill in the catastrophe of 1940 was his inability......

The Day Thou Gayest

PETER HAWKES Last Things C. P. Snow (Macmillan 55s) When we came in. I found an urgent message from St Peter: 'G. would like a word with St Lewis as soon as possible'. I handed......