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Sir John Reith Has Succeeded In Explaining The B.b.c.'s Faux

pas on New Year's Eve to the satisfaction of the Polish Ambassador. But that should not be the last word on the matter. "The real error," says Lord Sclsdon (who, as Sir William......

I Am Surprised To Find The Times, Commenting On Mr.

Harcourt Gold's powerful advocacy of the " old style " as against the " new style " in rowing, lightly asserts that " style is by no means the most important thing in rowing."......

A Spectator's Notebook

I T is not improbable, I think, that I can claim to be the only London journalist to have enjoyed a long con- versation with Mr. Howard Scott, who has leapt into the news with......

I Get The Gloomiest Impression From A Friend Who Has

just been in touch with official circles in France. Quite apart from the financial situation, which seems inevitably to betoken the downfall of the Boncour Government, with......

The Scandal Of The Slums

ti Ow far has the country solved the housing problem LI which, in 1919, was exceptionally acute owing to the cessation of building during the War years ? What is the precise......

Mr. John Buchan's Attack On The League Of Nations Union

is a little odd in view of his close friendship with Lord Cecil, who is one of the two Presidents of the Union. But Lord Cecil was, in fact, excepted from the condemnation. The......

Canon Baity's Verdict That Religion Makes More Appeal To Men

than women at Oxford is interesting, and I think on the whole just. That there is a new vitality in religion generally at Oxford is certain. A few months ago a preacher at the......