9 SEPTEMBER 1972, page 13

John Vincent On A Nation Of Prefects

English history is an English-dominated field: as with Concorde, this supremacy is distinguished by the fact that no one else appears to seek it. Brute facts declare against it:......

On Editing A Manuscript

Auberon Waugh Silence James Kennaway (Cape £1.25) The Night I Caught the Santa Fe Chief Edward Thorpe (Michael Joseph £2.10) A Terminus Place Lee Story (Michael Joseph E2.15)......