14 AUGUST 1953, page 6

A Spectator's Notebook

T HE modest Bacchanalia held in the, four wine-growing departmend of Languedoc last week seems to have been enjoyed by all. As a protest against the French Govern- ment's......

News From Moscow

E VER since Stalin died the Western Powers have been waiting for the answer to two questions—one general and one particular. In general, does the new Russian Government want......

Spectral Housekeepers That Brighton Is The Most Haunted...

Sussex is asserted by a feature writer in Destiny, a magazine which covers all occult subjects including the Prince Regent. It seems this famous holiday resort is rife with......

Unwilling Queen Mary's Will, On Which The Press Has Been

speculating recently, makes me wonder whether there is any good reason, other than that it is pleasant to pry into other people's affairs, why the Wills and Bequests of the......

Peronitis The Model For The Memorial To Eva Perlin Which

is to be raised in the heart of Buenos Aires has just been shown to the public. Designed on lines suggested by the deceased, the monument proves that whatever other virtues she......

Fishing Story Presumably If A Man Saw An Advertisement For

a " polished dural screwed tapered butt cap; holders and collar, bored corks, porcelain butt and tip rings, rubber button, cement and whipping silk " he would at once know he......