7 JUNE 1957, page 12

Faith Healing

By BRIAN INGLIS AN old parlour trick of amateur hypnotists is to touch a subject with an unlighted cigarette, tell- ing him that the cigarette is lit; he may squeal with pain......

City And Suburban

By JOHN BETJEMAN O NE of the greatest evils in Britain today is the secrecy of local government. So far as `amenity' is concerned, local government is con- cerned with housing,......