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Sir Lewis Namier

• S IR LEWIS NAMIER was the greatest British historian that the twentieth century has yet produced. That he was not recognised as such by the public was his own fault. He never......

Tightening The Gag

T E Government of Ceylon has shown itself to be unusually, far-sighted. Normall■ 3 administration. which is backing towards at to• cracy waits. until the newspapers begin to r......

The Great Wash

By BERNARD LEVIN AM sure,' said President Eisen- hower between rounds, 'Powers has not been brainwashed.' And Captain Powers's father took one look at his son's demeanour in the......