A Spectator's Notebook
EVERYONE, I think, whatever his political persuasion, is going to regret the announcement that Lord Samuel is ceasing to lead the Liberals in the House of Lords. Lord Samuel is......
A Young National Service Man Of My Acquaintance Was Telling
me a curious story regarding an Army exercise in which he took part. The Army still holds 'initiative tests' which Closely resemble the tredsure hunts we all took part in at......
It Is Risky, Perhaps, To Take A Young Man Who
has been a Member of Parliament for only three days and tip him as a future Minister. But I am prepared to take that risk with Mr. Geoffrey Rippon, who held Norwich South with a......
Marx Said That Religion Was The Opium Of The People.
I see that a writer in Tribune seems to agree with him. He points out that while there has been an increased interest in religion there has been a decline of interest in......
The Inclusion Of A New Weekly Chess Column By The
redoubt- able Philidor has necessitated some alteration in the order of the Spectator; 'Country Life' will be found alongside it on......
Speaking Of Hydrogen-bomb Tests, Mr. John Maynard Smith,....
geneticist from London University, said, 'The effects of what we are doing today will not become apparent for some hundred years, and it will be about five thousand years before......
One Of The Questions Which The British Tourists In Russia
(if there are any takers at £135 per round trip) might ask concerns the health of the former Ambassador, M. Maisky. He appears to have gone into retirement since he left this......
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