14 SEPTEMBER 1962, page 7

Castrologers

'Guns not butter' Was the slogan of an earlier dictatorship. Castro has managed to eliminate the butter all right, but he can still only get the guns on tick from his masters.......

Royal Flush During The War I Met In Edinburgh A

velvet- clad youth who claimed with sobriety and elegance to be the rightful ruler of the United Kingdom and all lands thereto appertaining. Such an encounter was by no means......

Spectator's Notebook

T HE Commonwealth club may not be quite what it Was, but the new clubhouse is cer- tainly a big improvement on the old one. From a practical point of view Lancaster House was......

Arms And The Airman

By OLIVER STEWART rr o strike a note of optimism about the future I of the British aircraft industry would be unfashionable. Yet last week's Farnborough dis- play was a reminder......