7 JUNE 1969, page 12

Heart Strain

THE PRESS BILL GRUNDY My heart's in the Highlands, I'm glad to say, and I have absolutely no intention of re- vealing its exact whereabouts to anybody, and least of all to that......

Telling The News

TELEVISION STUART HOOD A crucial moment in the history of television news in this country was the escape from the conventions of radio. Not surprisingly it was ITN, which had no......

A Hundred Years Ago

From the 'Spectator.' 5 June /869—Lord Elcho took up his true position as a Tory,—though he persists in calling himself independent,—in seconding the motion to reject the Irish......

Lip Service

CONSUMING INTEREST LESLIE ADRIAN The wild flowers of the Wienerwald, blue and pink and purple, already cried out to be picked if not to be picnicked among, and the car parks at......