23 NOVEMBER 1962, page 32

What Goes Down

By ANDREW ROBERTSON N his memoirs Lord Chandos recalls two 1Guards officers who, before luncheon, 'were unapproachable. Their intimidating silences, when the most that, could be......

Let Auld Acquaintance

By DENZIL BATCHELOR T is a comforting, Christmassy thought that I next to sport and religion, both pledged to re- establish the Human Brotherhood, nothing leads to lifelong......

Food, Festival, Fecundity

By AIDAN PHILIP T HE last harems of the free world flowered and died without producing a Mrs. Becton. In consequence we are left with no authoritative `Manual on Anderun......