2 AUGUST 1968, page 20

Singapore : The Battle That Changed The World James Leasor

(Hodder and Stoughton 45s) Cautionary tale C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON This is the third volume in a series entitled `The Crossroads of World History,' and the author lays stress,......

Doing It In Style Leslie Sellers (pergamon Press 45s)

Exgreatheight CHRISTOPHER FILDES Ashton-under-Lyne is the Mecca of tripe- eaters, but you mustn't say so in the columns of the Guardian: the style-book specifically forbids it.......

The New French Revolution John Ardagh (seeker And Warburg...

Caught short JOCK BRUCE-GARDYNE The end of the fourth French Republic was entirely predictable and widely predicted. The combination of insolvency and a bloody and unsuccessful......