The day after Mr Macmillan had read Lord Denning’s 50,000-word report on the Profumo affair and discussed it with his senior Cabinet colleagues, newspapers carried pictures of the Prime Minister with a broad smile on his face. The smile looked a little forced but it was a pleasant contrast with … Read More
Britain has been going through a period of masochistic introspection when the people are anxious to believe the worst about themselves. Every institution of which they used to be proud not so long ago is being held up to ridicule. Ridicule of the class system and its companion, the education … Read More
The dramatic, though not altogether unexpected, deterioration in Britain’s relations with Indonesia has once again brought into sharp locus questions relating to future military strategy. In view of Britain’s firm military commitment to the Malaysian Federation and the continuing threat to India, there is a general acceptance of the need … Read More
I am told on good authority that at the Socialist International Congress in Amsterdam this week several European delegates proposed the adoption of a resolution recommending specifically the imposition of economic sanctions against South Africa. The British Labour party delegation headed by Mr Harold Wilson himself strenuously opposed the move. … Read More
Thanks to the unceasing efforts of Yehudi Menuhin over the past decade discerning music lovers in this country were not altogether strangers to Indian music even before the Edinburgh Festival. Ravi Shankar had been here before and had held successful concerts. So had Ali Akbar Khan. But it is only … Read More
As the story goes, not long before his last illness Mr Aneurin Bevan got hold of a group of trade union leaders for a meeting of the Labour party national executive and angrily said to them: “You people no longer have the power to win us a general election. But … Read More
