Only six weeks ago a group of Quakers published a pamphlet “towards a Quaker view of sex” sharply challenging the validity of the traditional approach towards sex, whether heterosexual or homosexual, and marriage. Though they did not say anything other reformers had not said before, the publication was an event … Read More
The imprisonment of two “silent” reporters for refusing to disclose their sources of information has touched off a fierce debate on the concept of liberty in general and the role of the press in a democratic society in particular. The failure of the authorities to detect a spy in the … Read More
This has been exciting even if a little confusing fortnight. Two reporters went to jail because they placed their professional ethics and personal conscience above the interests of the State. They refused to disclose the source or sources of their information in connection with the Vassal espionage case. The BBC, … Read More
The news of the Syrian coup last week received a single column treatment on page one in the mid-day edition of a leading evening paper here. In the evening edition it was safely tucked away on an inside page. It was allotted the fourth place in the mid-day news bulletin … Read More
The controversial question regarding the desirability and feasibility of Britain’s independent nuclear role has dominated the debate over defence policy to such an extent and for so long that its other important aspects have tended to be pushed into the background. The relevance or irrelevance of the nuclear force relate … Read More
In the race for the limelight Britain’s angry young men are beginning to lose to satirists! John Osborne who rocketed to fame with the play Look Back In Anger and other writers of this generation are becoming back numbers as younger men and women move in and take over the … Read More
Apparently spurred by criticism at home, the Indian Information Service here has in recent weeks somewhat broadened the scope of its activities to include background material on China. One of these backgrounders recalls Mr Mao Tse-tung’s famous statement of 1949 in which he said that every nation must choose between … Read More
