An Eighteenth-century M.p.
SIR,—If the Librarian of the House of Commons had extended his researches a little further he would have found that, though a Mr. Anthony Henley was a Member of Parliament when......
Freedom Of Conscience
Snt,—A Press report on November 29th gave this notice, which had appeared on the union board of a large works in London on the previous day: " The management have been informed......
The Nelson Annuity
SIR,—Apropos of your remarks on the Nelson pension in The Spectator of December 6th, perhaps the following may be of interest. It is an extract from the reminiscences of the......
A Friend Of Trollope's
SIR,—I am sorry to see Mr. Bacon anxiously hovering again around that little mare's-nest of four years ago. I wish he would apply his gifts to the solution of some genuine......
The French In The Syrian Campaign
Sta,—Nobody suggests that General de Gaulle was in a position to give valid orders to launch the Free French troops against the Vichy. But as General Spears himself admits: " He......
Food From Germany
SIR,—When reading the News of the Week—usually so interesting and accurate—in The Spectator of November 29th, I came across a sentence which appears to me to be rather......
Sir,—although I Am Confident That Janus Has No Intention Of
mis-stating facts deliberately, in his anxiety to unearth every point which might sup- port his argument that the Nelson Annuity should be terminated, he has again laid himself......
The Roosevelt Memorial
SIR,—It was good to see Mr. Harold Nicolson's mild reproof in this week's Spectator. When will the authorities realise that the idea so beloved by the Victorians of a figure......
Words On Spain
SIR, May I, as a Spaniard who, in fighting Franco, thought that I had fought for those freedoms which Britain defended against Hitler and Mussolini, express my amazement at your......
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