12 NOVEMBER 1954, page 6

, Room For Improvement 'she Plays Golf And Loves Tapestry'

. . . . 'The hospitality was wonderful,' he told The Isis, ' and so were the natives— although of course they were cannibals' . . . . 'Despite her position as a star comedienne,......

Sailor Of Fortune

It may be because he was a Scot by birth that we do not remember Paul Jones, whose tomb at Annapolis the Queen Mother visited the other day, as a successful invader of these......

Easy Money ?

'If this chain is not broken you will receive £3,125.' Th is heartening statement, contained in a typewritten letter received by a friend of mine, would seem to be......

A Spectator's Notebook

I SHOULD have thought that there was everything to be said for the Lord Chief Justice's suggestion that juries should be able to return a majority verdict in criminal as well as......

Local Boy

The urban council of Eastwood in Nottinghamshire hav 1 according to The Times, drawn up plans for the erection o a memorial to D. H. Lawrence; this will take the form of......

New Paths In The Middle East

ILITARY operations against the rebel outbreak in Algeria have been aCcompanied by the dissolution of Messali Hadj's Movement for the Triumph of bemocratic Liberties. In Egypt......