16 OCTOBER 1964, page 25

The Golden Waste

Edwardian England, 1901-1914. Edited by Simon Nowell-Smith. (0.U.P., 75s.) t THIS is the book for grandfather: as a boy he Will have had a taste of it all. England in the world......

Bug-infested

IN twenty years it will be 1984. If Mr. Packard is to be believed it is already 1984 in the United States, with Big Brother, transistorised and micro- miniaturised, watching you......