In recent years seldom, if over, has an American emissary received such a chilly welcome here as the Attorney General, Mr Robert Kennedy, last week. Though there was sympathy for him personally, he has visibly aged since the assassination of President Kennedy, the press was generally critical and Whitehall resentful … Read More
On Monday last opened the trial of “Fanny Hill,” a woman of pleasure, under the Obscene Publications Act. On the same day the Oxford University Students’ Council published a report which said “although a man’s sexual behaviour may be a matter for college responsibility, it is not a matter for … Read More
It is only natural that one unthinking reaction to the coup in Zanzibar and the mutiny in Tanganyika here should have been that the Union Jack had been hauled down in too many places far too quickly. Old ladies, some of them no doubt with personal experience of the grandeur … Read More
Shortly after my arrival here two years ago I read a fascinating report in “The Times” on the snob evaluation of Scotch whisky as a drink in Germany. To be “with it” the Germans at diplomatic parties asked for Scotch and water. Many of them only carried the drink till … Read More
It was almost a year ago on January 14 that President de Gaulle vetoed Britain’s entry into the European Economic Community. The dust raised by the veto and the controversy preceding it has not settled even after a year. Only earlier this week the opposition leader, Mr Harold Wilson, sought … Read More
The New Year has opened on an ominous note for Britain. On New Year’s day itself 600 more British troops were flown to Cyprus to police an uneasy truce between the embattled Greek and Turkish communities there. On the spot in Nicosia, the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Mr … Read More
It has been the same story as last year or the year before, only on a bigger scale. The Bank of England issued figures to say that never before during the Christmas season was there so much currency in circulation as this year – an average of £55 for every … Read More
This has truly been a fantastic year in Britain, so fantastic in fact that it is difficult to pick the event of the year. President de Gaulle barred Britain’s entry into the Common Market. This was the biggest diplomatic rebuff Britain has suffered since the end of the war. Mr … Read More
Peace and prosperity are not slogans whose popularity is limited to the Christmas season. As in most countries these slogans can be an electoral asset in Britain. The Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, and the Foreign Secretary, Mr R. A. Butler, know it only too well and are naturally anxious … Read More
It is an interesting phenomenon that while the popular papers hardly give any coverage to India, allegedly on account of lack of popular interest, it is doubtful if ever before so many books were published on our country here as now. To this enormous list was added last week George … Read More
