14 MAY 1948, page 5

What, I Have Often Wondered, Is The Matter With Wiltshire

that so few people have written books about it? The question is prompted by the announcement that the Victoria County History, which has hitherto eschewed Wiltshire altogether,......

A Spectato R's Notebook I Imagine The Australian...

look back on few more agreeable experiences during their tour (apart from winning a Test Match or two) than the dinner given them by Sir Stanley Holmes, M.P., at the House of......

On The Occasion Of A Bad Railway Accident Several Years

ago it was suggested by The Spectator that when a train is stopped at night unexpectedly the guard should run back over the line not with a quite inadequate red lamp, but with a......

The Lecture Sir Richard Livingstoni Gave To The National...

League this year makes a welcome appearance in the form of a half-crown booklet published by the Cambridge University Press. Its subject is University education and its attitude......

The Hague And Lake Success

I T was probably chance, but a very fortunate chance, which ordained that the American Secretary of State should have been making a strong defence of the United Nations before a......

I Hope The Publishers Of Mr. Churchill's Latest Memoirs Have

been piling up a stock of paper for the last year or two in pre- paration for the appearance of his first volume in September. By all accounts demand will exceed supply......

The Dispute Between British Railways And Its Dining-car...

the zo per cent. surcharge on meals raises interesting and not unimportant questions. The to per cent. was originally in lieu of tips, a satisfactory arrangement for which there......

Both Hcuses Of Parliament Fortunately Have Their Lighter...

the House of Lords on Tuesday Viscount Simon, referring to a clatise in the British Nationality Bill referring to " every person born in the United Kingdom and the Colonies,"......