10 JULY 1964, page 11

My Fire—and My Press

• By GILES PLAYFAIR R EcENTLY, I suffered a minor calamity. I have a five-year-old son and a two-year- old daughter who are both persistent and noisy early risers. My son,......

Mr. Crossman's Catfish Scientists

By ARNOLD BEICHMAN S OME months before the 1960 Democratic national convention, Senator John F. Ken- nedy was in Detroit barnstorming for delegates. As he and some of his......

Alfred Duggan

By EVELYN WAUGH T HE death of Alfred Duggan in April of this year brought an abrupt end to a literary career which was in many respects unique. In recent years we have become so......