31 MAY 1968, page 4

A Mid-term Manifesto

POLITICAL COMMENTARY AUBERON WAUGII Mr Anthony Wedgwood Benn, the vacuum- packed philosopher who believes that we are 'still stuck with a communications system that has scarcely......

A Hundred Years Ago

From the 'Spectator', 30 May 1868—M. Boutet, a French engineer, has laid a plan for bridging the Channel before the Emperor of the French, and the Times seems to believe that a......

If The Crash Comes . . .

GOVERNMENT NIGEL LAWSON On Friday 10 May, on the eve of the opening battle between the Paris students and police, the price of gold on the London free market closed at $39.60 an......