24 JANUARY 1969, page 2

The Union-castle Line

One of the gravest sins of omission during the Conservatives' thirteen years of office was their failure to grasp the nettle of trade union reform. So it has fallen to a Labour......

A Modest Presidency

Sixty years ago Lord Bryce, that acute obser- ver of the American Commonwealth, re- marked of the Presidency that 'when the choice lies between a safe man and a brilliant man,......

Portrait Of The Week

Jan Palach, a Czech student, burned himself to death in Wenceslas Square, Prague, in protest against the Russian occupation. Tension rose as another volunteer attempted......