T HE theme of Mr. Maudling's first Budget was 'expansion without inflation, expansion that can be sustained,' and he made an honest, if cautious, attempt to secure it. There...

MR. MAUDLIN() CONFOUNDED the pundits in his first Budget: no betting tax, no cuts in the in- come tax and no abolition of fuel oil tax. Never- theless, he provided sweeping tax...

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I T would be churlish to deny that the new Labour policy statement on social security moves in a direction which all political parties must follow. The proposals that the...

R EACTION to the Beeching Report has bcen 's friends' it But what has emerged most clearly is that e. surprising. Apart froM 'Labour the national press was almost enthusiastic....

T HE demand for Southern Rhodesian in- dependence, in retaliation for Mr. Butler's recognition of Northern Rhodesia's right to secede from the Central African Federation, has...

From MURRAY KEMPTON WASHINGTON i T was last week that the Defence Department had to issue a formal denial of a report that Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara had broken down...

From .1. JACKSON GENEVA ry HE classic British image of Switzerland as I the country which manages to be foreign without the indifference to cleanliness that foreignness so...

From KEITH BOTSFORD BRAZIL A FTER an eventful week in Brazilian__ American relations, during which the President was believed to have ordered the recall of his Finance...

From JOYCE EGGINTON UNITED NATIONS, NEW - YORK S 0 much has been said about the financial bankruptcy of the United Nations, and so much is being achieved despite the...

By LEOPOLD KOHR M ANY of the formerly imperialist countries must feel with Ovid that `it is annoying to be virtuous to no purpose.' Here they pour advice, funds, machinery,...

honour of having their notice printed twice in the same issue of a paper. But the Daily Mail on Wednesday saw fit to grant this accolade t° Bernard Levin's notice of the...

Since we are constantly reminded of the power wielded by the mass-communication media and their attendant satellites of public relations, it is good occasionally to be reminded...

I was naturally anxious to find out whether last week's walk-out meant modification of his well-known reasonableness and modera- tion. However, I was soon reassured. The gentle-...

Rhodesia. Like all Africans he is firmly opposed to the granting of independence to Southern Rhodesia under the present con- stitution. His influence over the territory is...

creator and mainstay, has resigned. I am not surprised that the magazine is reeling from the blow. Molony forecasts the possible disappearance of this 'struggling orphan' once...

week, Parliament's declining vitality needs drastic curing. If MPs are genuinely anxious to help their public image, one of the things they might do is revise the rules for the...

Kenneth Harris's interview with the Archbishop of Can- terbury on ITV—an experience which has left me more muddled than ever about just where modern churchmen stand in regard to...

badly needed new ideas might do worse than consult the German satirical monthly Pardon. Its March number, featuring President de Gaulle, shows once again (if it needed showing)...

By BRIAN BEHAN A s I walked up and down outside Farmer Brophy's gate I wondered how in hell 1 had got caught up in such lunacy. Brophy had evi- dently pondered the question...

By ERIC JACOBS I was ordered by Middle Eastern Command to M Y connection with the Iraqi Army began mysteriously in the summer of 1955, when remove myself from the grey comforts...

t, 11 , at the main function of the Royal Academy is 01°_e i nstruction of students in its schools (where of ve r 6 .500 artists have been trained without payment Pro portion...

SIR,—Those who read Mr. Jackson's interesting and informative article 'Enemies of Progress' in the Spectator may be tempted to throw up their hands in despair and conclude that...

Royal Academy 'Dilemma' Humphrey Brooke, John Bratby, ARA Enemies of Progress Herbert Broadley Elektra Leo Kersley Religious Broadcasting Alan Gibson Lawrence and the Critics...

who need such outlets for their energy-plethora, and often the proposed reforms are invalid, campaigned for with more violence than sense. The inclination or impulse to agitate...

broadcasting. It is certainly arguable Whether the almost exclusive rights of Christians t° t he use of this medium are justifiable. But leaving this apart, I wonder whether the...

first Headmaster of Stowe, is to be written by Mr. Noel Annan, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and I have undertaken to collect and sort the material for it. If any of...

SIA,—In Mr. Barnes' piece—I cannot call it criti- cisM—about Helpmann's Elektra he makes a series of insulting pronunciamentos de bout en bas about Robert Helpmann, Nadia...

SIR,—Mr. Seymour-Smith's assessment of T. E. Lawrence in his recent review of T. E. Lawrence to his Biographers is extremely misleading. Mr. Seymour-Smith admits that Lawrence...

Pressure of Kings By CLIFFORD HANLEY Tins truth I hold to be self- evident, that if we believe in the human race, we must try to push society in directions which will refute...

Cunning Artificers By BAMBER GASCOIGNE How to Succeed in Busi- ness without Really Trying. (Shaftesbury.) —Half a Sixpence. (Cambridge.) — Oh What a Lovely War. )JJ 17...

Aubade By CLIVE BARNES It has a recognisably English quality. The particular lime-green and white of Fedoroviteh's decor evoke a dappled Home Counties spring, and even if the...

By ISABEL QU1GLY Inside Hancock HANCOCK is one of the few comedians who transcend their material, whose meaning lies not in an individual joke or situation or even persona,...

Sins of Omission By DAVID CAIRNS DESPITE its high standing among musicians, Cosi fan tutte even now does not have the same status as the other works of Mozart's prime. This is...

By ED FISHER It is true that these things are still done, but they are no longer in style. Nowadays, people want to know what a fellow really thinks and they demand that he...

Benevolent Faun BY COLIN MacINNES L A ST summer at the Writers' Congress in Edinburgh, where we all made fools of our- selves to the delectation of the multitudes, Mr. Henry...

BY ROBERT CONQUEST O NE of the oddest of the many signs of degeneration in the left'-wing mind is the outburst of rage which greets any criticism of Bertrand Russell. He is...

Mad, Is He?: The Character and Achievement of James Wolfe. By Duncan Grinnell- Milne. (Bodley Head, 30s.) THIS is one of those books that are calculated to alarm a reviewer...

The Struggle of the Modern. By Stephen Spender. (Hamish Hamilton, 25s.) 'THE modern movement, in literature at any rate, looks today like past history.' Or a dead duck....

A FEATURE of much recent Australian wtit i " has been to establish and explore the connec- tion between the Australian landscape and th imaginative life of the characters...

The Pride of Parthenon (N.Y.). By Laurence Lafore. (Gollancz, 21s.) THE influence of Lucky Jim is still with us and Mr. Laurence Lafore's first novel is clearly Amis-inspired,...

Now that the Hayward-Hingley translation of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is about to be made available in Britain from the Pall Mall Press, we...

By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT So history is not going to be made by Mr. Maudling. Here was a grand opportunity for a Chancellor to appear be- fore the House and declare that the Budget...

By CUSTOS E QUITY shares gave an impressive pre- Budget performance. Having broken through the important 300 level with a rise to 306.8 on March 1, the Financial Times index...

By LOTHBURY M R. R. G. MILLS . , chairman of General In- vestors and Trustees, gives an informative review of the company's activities for the year to January 31, 1963, when...

By ANGELA MILNE I F my own "neighbourhood is anything to go by, we are in the grip of the greatest spring-clean and paint-up of all time; for which we can thank the winter, and...

By JOAN ERSKINE S oNtE women have a very uncommon approach to that market. For example, the Women's Consultative Council who, undaunted by the Brussels breakdown, decided at a...

Places to Eat By LESLIE ADRIAN MR. EGON RONAY is out tO give value for money with Far from it; I would insist that with this edition of his guide Mr. Ronay at last becomes a...