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The Polls T' 111- IlYsteri-cal our burstt by NIr. Aidan C'ra'N Icy oil tile eve of pollinlg, ill hlie \\West I)erbshire by-election, inI which hle Said thalt puIlic o)pinion1...

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BEASTLY 1o 11THE GERMANS SmR,---lf Mr. James Mackinlay really believes that Synlagoguc-daubers are 'at least as representative of the "new" Germany as the Mayor of Berlin' hc...

(COVEIKN IRY CATI11)RAL Sli,-- l ?1ri at It colmlletc loss to tindileista"Id tle C;e(i1 of' thlC Wetl-nigh uliniii 11m1oiS lpr'aiSC pO'iCrd with pagall revercnce oiln tihe...

DO.N.'KEY FOR DINNIAt SIR. Y'otir urCveSp)o1lJcltI H-. (ioe is as IllthicI as the don kcy meat that hc chiams is secrved hei c. As a foire r mliIlh.' Aro the I ood colillnittee...

The Hinge of EuropC-2 Greece Ity ROBERT CONQU EST IF Inost of us stiller I rom l ipoverty of' Iimaginative and h istonrical Ceoltict NVIth Turkey, with Grecce exactly the...

r'c)rts of, llofitics il lilC lbIw)Snce ol gecntillc ISsIICs, i} CtIOlUlS di ri rd I 'leS tias Cole OVer1' Oreek polities. I1i Itirley at prCsent all the political incidents...

The Party Cycle UnItriI Karhamall lis caIlme to powVer' CGreece had got LIS( to . I at11Cr peCuliar cycle. T sam e politicians retmainted beftore the pu1 hi C eye. bItt lby...

Co-existing and Partly Co-existing Peaceful co-existence, if welcome, is not exactly the most digestible of subjects. So it was as well for at least one participant that the...

In Foreign Parts StarbUck having JccKkledl to visit his l)Id American 11haIntS. II' illace is being taken by QCLAQLllG

Those D- Notices About the Official Secrets Act and 1)-notices I am not so sure. I can imagine that British journalists would like to have that access to State documents...

Faier Co immient? I am all for Co0suLlmer research of the type so ably carried on by OWhich?, but I am not SO Sure that I likc Some of its later developments. My attention has...

Spectator's Notebook IRlAVE a good deal of sympathy with Mr. Cecii King's attack on the legal fetters in which the British press find itself. The present libel laws have grown...

USSR and EEC 1B y' A L E1 C N O'I V T.Sovicvit Uniol is igainst the Coiiammon T MI'ark.t, and ccrtainly regards with dis-' 1la~Vour the idea that Great Britain, or indedc any...

Britislh Bond I Was delighted (and I aull sLur-e tltht Alr'. iall flelmling was too) to see that James Bond 11as been denounced in the Soviet press. Of course, w\c k-newv that...

Flight into Fantasy The Lake Lovers. By Geoffrey Wagner. (Quad- riga Press, I5s.) As Near as I Can Get. By Iatul Ablenman. (Spear- man, 16s.) The Fourth of 3unc. By David...

Playing it Dirty Island in Revolt. By Charles Foley. (Lon-gmans, 25s.) 'IORITURE has always been an accepted tactic of warfare; so I suppose it is arrogant of the British to...

I-Portrait of the Week- I)M .\A)N NAIlT[ SAIl) (tatl it Ills govcrnminCt granted rlly ced its to the ast (Ciermalls, the BIeIin w1al Wolid~i have to Come downu niiianwhile yet...

FALSE ALTERNATIVES T111 .tgrccn .c n I reIChed.i ill 131BLSSCIs (1n i Tldusltvial imports from tlhe (oimmollwnclth and Mr. Mia:tcmnillan's visit to Priesidcide nt (dieelc scent...

11OW '11E LIGHTS WENT OUT SIR,-As a bookseller I can testify to the co1ntillued interest in the 1914-18 War bUt I do not think that Mr. Kee, in his very interest ing review of...

Siit,--- l-Hymln \Nri .ers work undcr the scverc limila- ;tions ImliposCd by shortcss of lines and findill rlylming woids to Clf tIlk seconud and u1ollrtli lilies and(...

HYMNS AS POETRY Sniz,-Two essential qLlllities for a good hymn are sili-II1 icity and clItity, if] both words a-ind music. A hylmnll will not st llnd Compielpiled scrutiny ats...

-S-tOC-ne is reminded by this correspondence of lie jUdiC cil commelit hat 'tile only thing that cvcr benhfited from Ira nslatioon is a bishop.' FIlafi 5, I(r,) ,rit-fu'ld...

s Ih- 1Thc editoi ol the Slunday Picl oril (ellics that the P'icimrial cncom aged 111,uiel1 to make his coufes',icll I)oCS N Mr. Pa ync seriously suggest that the sum ol...

SIT ING D()WN IN MNOSCOW Slits,-- TPCviOLS M oSCOW-Sp)OIdSOl peaCe ConlgieCSSCS have mcriited the kind of commentI that 'SpectaCitor's Notchook' miakes a bout the imlelllillLng...

AMRIC('AN SYMPI'IIONIIKS S i,- Mr. J ohn lRosscl i has rightly cal le(I our attention to 'thi bcst SCetLiLCnCC Of' pla.CCe nam1leS I knI(W heCIrC in Pennsylvania. . . . The...

Olympian Games The History of the Derby Stakes. By Roger Mortimer. (Cassell, 5 gns.) Amui jellied eels and Pearly Kings Olympian? Palmerston thought so, I do not. I prefer...

Planner Marie Stopes. By Keith Briant. (Hogarth, 25s.) WHEN I met Marie Stopes shortly before her death, she had become a garrulous egocentric, convinced that in opposing her...

Americanisations I Robert Lowell: The First Twenty Years. BY | __ -Robert B. Staples. (Faber, 21s.) I Imitations. By Robert Lowell. (Faber, 21s.) LN the last few years...

To Kill or Not to Kill F r o in 1) A It S I F C I 1. L I F V'ARIS T l ~liISCNc)\'erl' bl the SL preme N1iii afy COLrt (tiow def ulnct) t hat. I hcr* eree hterL aIiuge...

Middlesbrough By 1) A I 11) A It Q U A N I) T in West MiddlcsbroOLgh resuIlt is, by ally sItliladrIds. a shAttering blow to thc GovernImnit-- in rcal political terms, the most...

The Centre 'I lie ( clillC ; Is Li-ly VI'iC.glt. CO.flhillttiol. Bt es.cilliallIy it divides' into 1\wo sections. Papan)1 odreoui, t he leai d cr of' I lhe partyv an rd hl is...

The Zacliariades Case 'I he (,r:ck t 0111n1,;IStS, too, uVC jISi SUlIffered 1rom it (6rcck-siyle 'accideniaIl' cLnI. Hi recenLt JLuss abOLIu BUI gCSS and Maclelan palles in...

The Inquest From N ILRRA,:VY KEAIPTON NI\V YORKI MR. LOUIS NZiiE is clearly America's rirost M .conspicuous trial attorney, but his very flash has obscured his true...

More Moderate It is dlifficult to foresee the outcom1c of the Centre's current line. Mr. Sophocles Venizelos Seems to be taking a mote moderate line than Mr. Papandreou. In...

THIE MONARCHY SIR,-It is proper that while the appearance of Kingslcy Martin's book on the monarchy elicits, in the paiges of' Britain's most reactionary weekly, backha1nde 1...

CONFESSIONS EXCLUSIVE SIR.----I feel I mult.st reply to several of your correspon- denits who attacked my letter on the FIl1Cme case. Firstly, I amn impressed by the aCCUracy...

s '.AWe noticed with interest the letter written on behljFjl' tf' SiX institLtion0S concerned with educational television in which they deprecated the formation of an...

Witches and Stepmothers | Mosi people \vho can bear IeaCdlilng allu at 111 enjoy lolk stories. So there is no need for the collectol to make conIceSsionIS to tilhe alt l , ill...

Day of Reckoning lBloody Suda.iy. By James Glceson. (Peter Davies, 21s.) FOURI iEFN mnel-C were shot thart morning, November 21, 1920, many o[ themn in their beds; men Who...

Magi and Spellings The Blyzantines. By David Tarlbot Riec. The P'inenicians. By Donald Ha arden. Writing. By David Diringer. (ThameCs and HLUdSOI, 30s. each.) DR. GLYN...

CHILDREN'S BOOKS The Age for Little Eva By R OSA 1.1 P IACK A RI) V ICIORIANS \\ere so horrible to their children. V CrimI1es inInuI.merable were perpetrated Under the...

The Self-Made Child I'Cs amai.ing how soon children take delight in scorning us for the deficiencies in our knowlcdge and skill; a natural retribution, I supposC, for the years...

BO OKIS Living Dolls LB RON AL) BRYD1DN I KNOW it's exceSSiVC to seiie (In tile CoinlIcidence which brings lorth in one week new works by Iris NIMurdoch and .I. i). Salinger...

Bare Legs andi Buttercups Awrm'i] RANSOMNlS Sal//ow's and Amazo nna s is tile prototype and archetype of' the Holioday AdvecntUre story. Ihe types have been prodLLuCeL...

Nursery Shelf WHERE to begin? This is a question which every toddler's parent has to settle the moment ragbooks are discarded and the recurrent plea at walk-time, meal-time,...