22 JANUARY 1965, page 33

Chess

By PHILIDOR 214. C. PROMISLO (Good Companions, 1921) BLACK (4 men) WHITE (5 men) WHITE to play and mate in two moves ; solution next week. Solution to No. 213 (KNuPpEaT): R—K Kt......

Consuming Interest

Many a Slip By LESLIE ADRIAN n1TY the poor parents who have to buy school r uniforms. These embellishments are one of the hidden costs of secondary education. Not en- tirely......

Amateur Status

By GILES PLAYFAIR I F, as some sour-minded critics have recently been suggesting, the BBC makes too profligate a use of amateur talent, that cannot be from miserly motives. The......