27 DECEMBER 1940, Page 5

Oxford lost one of its three O.M.s through the death

of Dr. H. A. L. Fisher, but I understand (not, let me hasten to add, from the person most concerned) that the gap will be filled in the coming New Year's Honours by an award that will give universal satisfaction—not least to readers of The Spectator, when they see the distinguished letters attached to a name that has appeared not infrequently over articles con- tributed to its columns.

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