11 MAY 1951, page 5

The Fact That Last Week I Said That Charles Wesley

died in 1688 (which would have been surprising, since it was a good many years before he was born) has not gone entirely unnoticed. How this singular statement emanated from my......

* * * * The Once Persistent Question. "are We

down-hearted?" seems to have dropped, temporarily at least, out of the English- man's vocabulary. But it has not necessarily become irrelevant. An observant and experienced......

A Spectator's Notebook I T Is A Pity That Mr. Churchill

has postponed—if not cancelled—his visit to the United States. The reason he has given, the precarious condition of the Government here and the possibility of its fall, is......

Mr. Morrison Seems To Have Been In A Singularly Peevish

mood on Wednesday. After he had answered a number of interroga- tions on Festival of Britain food prices, Mr. Eden's question whether some other Minister than the Foreign......

The Army Must Have Training-grounds Incontestably—bul...

it want a part of Dartmoor. The response is certain. Yes, of course, a training-ground is essen-' tial ; no one would question that ; but with the whole of the United Kingdom......

What Is The Most Entertaining Chapter In The Bible (not

that the Bible exists for entertainment)? There may be a stronger candidate than the seventh chapter of Proverbs, but if so I shall......

Pressure On China

HE Korean War is being prosecuted at Washington and Westminster, and in a less degree at Lake Success, as well as around the 38th Parallel. Around the Parallel, Indeed, there is......

The Short But Very Interesting Debate In The House Of

Lords last week on the Fraudulent Mediums Bill was reported in the Press as adequately as present conditions permit, which does not mean adequately in any normal - sense. The......