13 JANUARY 1956, page 7

Political Commentary By Henry Fairlie A , I Tried To Suggest

last week, the English political genius is a genius for conflict, a genius for preserving the dialectic and then extracting a synthesis from it. For this reason it is vitally......

'ttle Attack Was Commenced By Dropping A Truss Of Hay

upon his head as he passed through one of the lower rooms; after which, grain and missiles of every kind that came to hand were freely bestowed upon him. The men next struck his......

Marshal Haynau Had Been Severely Punished, But His...

not yet over. Breaking free from the crowd he ran franti- cally along Bankside as far as the George public house, the doors of which were wide open. 'He rushed in and proceeded......

A Spectator's Notebook I Have No Doubt That The People

of London are no less lovers of liberty and loathers of oppression than ever they were. But it is as well for the bearded Marshal Bulganin, who is coming to visit us this year......

Fairness To Newspapers Like The People, Says Its Managing...

in a letter published in our correspondence columns, is something that the Spectator's readers can hardly expect. I don't see why he should think that criticism of his paper,......