FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE

APRIL 29, 1947 THE ‘talking pieces’ at this year’s Royal Academy will be two landscapes by Winston Churchill, sent in under the name of ‘Mr Winter’. They are the first of his works to be exhibited at Burlington House. APRIL 29, 1966 THE KGB is developing a mini-radio transmitter to keep a check on Western tourists travelling in the Soviet Union. It can be attached inconspicuously to a car during border customs inspections. Police will know if the car deviates from its prescribed route.