30 SEPTEMBER 1966, page 24

Wells--the Gloomy Dreamer

By MARTIN SEYMOUR-SMITH H G. WELLS is now, on the centenary of his birth, a persistently underrated, neglected and, above all, misunderstood writer; yet fifty years ago he was......

Some Lives

YOUNG John Reith wanted to make a mark on the world. He particularly wanted to wear spurs; to walk up the aisle of his father's church in Glasgow, wearing them. In Wearing Spurs......