25 SEPTEMBER 1959, page 11

The Rewards Of Stupidity

By MARK BONHAM CARTER T HIS, it can be argued, is the age of the second best. No Shakespeare, no Bach, no Mozart, no Cezanne. In no sphere does the second-best do better than in......

Besetting Dishonesty

By ROY JENKINS M osT -electioneering is destrtictive. : But the participants' often' have a slightly bad con- science about this fact, and many articles (or speeches), which......