(The training for this article involved two basic types of preparation. One was the gathering of information by talking to people so that I could radically improve my state of knowledge about pre- Munich preparations. This is technically called Research. The other was to go out running in Hyde Park in order to gain first-hand experience of the challenge. We call this Light Relief.)
The Olympics are coming
Shaping up for Munich
…And the Shape of Olympics to Come
HEATH adds some new events for everyone to take part in
On the Buses
Fare increases here, experiments with free bus travel in Rome. London Transport took ALAN BRIEN for a ride
Sing a song of sixpence
par Alan Coren
ALAN COREN and HEWISON, just back from gloom-soaked Malta, report
English Voodoo or Just Fun?
Gilbert and Sullivan began their collaboration a hundred years ago. We asked GEORGE MIKES to discover why they have worn so well
Bundles from Britain
par Mahood
The Japanese are not the on/y ones sending food parcels to America. MAHOOD reports on our own aid programme
My Man for The White House
par George Axelrod
This is Presidential Election year in America. Richard Nixon is hot favourite - but are there no outsiders? Punch has asked severa/ American writers to nominate their own candidates for The White House. First, GEORGE AXELROD
Zank ’Eaven for Leetle Accents
par Vincent Mulchrone
VINCENT MULCHRONE polishes his pronunciation