On Becoming a Jew by Roger Owen One morning in the summer of 1978, and in the manner prescribed by Jewish law, I became a Jew. Such…
Writers and Politics-Essays & Criticism, by Conor Cruise O’Brien by Roger Owen Dr. Conor Cruise O'Brien is a disarmingly witty and perceptive writer, full of unpredictable quirks and movements.
Children of Violence, by Doris Lessing by Roger Owen Doris Lessing, who grew up in Southern Rhodesia between the two wars, has been a witness of the late glories…
The Morning After: A Study of Independence, by Brian Crozier by Roger Owen Pessimistic thoughts are prompted and confirmed by Mr. Crozier, a widely traveled journalist who works for "The Economist."
The Colonial Reckoning, by Margery Perham; and Africa for Beginners, by Melvin J. Lasky by Roger Owen Nobody could have predicted ten years ago the almost indecent rapidity with which the greater part of colonial Africa has…
The Welensky Story, by Garry Allighan by Roger Owen THIS NEW biography of Sir Roy Welensky was written "with every possible assistance" from its subject, the Prime Minister of…
Education & the Working Class, by Brian Jackson and Dennis Marsden by Roger Owen ANYONE LIVING IN England cannot fail to have noticed that, in the postwar period of increased social mobility, interest in…
