A Stickler Lot Convention ,
Some people I know employ a chauffeur who discovered, on the eve of his holiday, that a mistake' had been made and the seaside lodgings which he thought he had booked were not......
'time Marches On Readers Of Mr. Wolf Mankowitz's A Kid
for Two Farthings will remember that thp kid in question had one horn and was believed by the East End urchin who acquired it to be unicorn. A film of the story is now being......
Colonial Skeletons
N OW that a ' relaxation of tension ' prevails, for the moment, in the cold war, colonial skeletons come jangling out into the open to keep the West on the hop. Here the......
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
I am going away for the next three weeks. During two of them these notes will be written by Mr. John Betjeman, the well-known speleologist and man-about-town. Next week they......
Versatile
The Whitgiftiatz records that the following Old Whitgiftians have burst into print during the past year: K. H. Jacksbn (1920-28), Professor of Celtic Languages and Literature at......
Old Girls
I do not know how many alumnae of Smith College, in Massachusetts, there are altogether, but I believe it is the .world's largest college for women, so there must be a fair few.......
A Spectator's Notebook
I F SEATO, in one form or another, comes into being, its military forces will presumably be placed under a Supreme Commander, who will—again presumably—be either American or......
Glimpse Of An Ego
A small, round, rather prim man sat next to me at the snack counter; when he had finished his steak and kidney pie he asked for some biscuits and butter. Certainly, sir,' said......
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