3 JANUARY 1970, page 26

Consuming Interest

Bear up LESLIE ADRIAN At the turn of a year, still more of a decade, prophecy is in the air. The young Russian historian who foretold the break-up of his country's empire as the......

Table Talk

Fathers and sons DENIS BROGAN A year ago, all over the us, the 'in' poem was Yeats's dark, prophetic 'The Second Coming'. It was quoted in leaders and in Congress, by preachers......

Medicine

Sign of cancer JOHN ROWAN WILSON When I was a young surgeon we all knew how to treat breast cancer. While it wasn't exactly easy, it was at least straightforward. You did an......