30 MAY 1958, page 24

The Ancient University

By ROBERT TAUBMAN fin HE four Scottish universities are not so old 1 as Oxford and Cambridge, but they have behind them a longer tradition—certainly a stricter and less......

The Ancient Kingdom

By D. W. BROGAN T HE South British reader, confronted with a phrase like 'Mrs. McLumpha's Mortification,' might recoil in horror, dreading exposure to Caledonian pawky comedy.......