31 AUGUST 1962, page 7

Literature And Long Knives The Conference Of Writers In...

about which Simon Raven writes on another page, seems to have contained a high proportion of those bizarre incidents that make such gatherings good value. The only example of......

A Bow At A Venture

The news that Mr. James Lemkin, an ex-chair- man of the Bow group, has joined the Liberal Party will not, I imagine, flutter too many dove- cotes, but I do find a little curious......

Propagation Of The Faith

From MURRAY KEMPTON NLW YORK HE American Institute of Management, an ex- pression of the national religion, has pub- lished the latest of its periodic audits of the efficiency......

The Chance To Vote I Had Rather Expected A Number

of replies to my paragraph the other day on the decline of CND. Of course, it is quite natural that members of the movement should dispute my estimate of its present situation —......

Spectator's Notebook

I DON'T know why there should be all this fuss 'about Mr. Macmillan's letter to Dr. Aden- auer and the 'rebuff' he has received from him. In fact, during the Brussels......

Zoological Improvements There Are Few Pleasanter Spots In...

a fine Saturday afternoon than the Zoo. At any time it has always been a favourite haunt of mine, but I had not been there for some months before last weekend, and so had missed......