28 AUGUST 1971, page 12

Ernest Gellner On The Belief Machine

This collection of essays* falls into two groups, those which had previously appeared in literary/political journals, and those which had graced the philosophers' trade press.......

Kenneth Morgan On Lloyd George

Lloyd George: A Diary Frances Stevenson edited by A. J. P. Taylor (Hutchinson £4.00). The British Liberal party has long appeared to be a classic case of life after death, a......