At The Public Expense
SIR,—The recent question and answer in Parliament regarding the cost of hospitality and entertainment by Members of the Government prompts the query as to whether the Accountant......
Riposte From Torquay
Sta,—I read with interest Mr. Pope-Hennessy's record of his three days in Torquay, published in your issue of August 1st, but I cannot admire the querulous spirit in which he......
Infantile Paralysis
SIR,—According to the British Medical Journal for August 2nd, 1947, there were, in the " two particularly bad years " for infantile paralysis, 1926 and 1938, 1,160 and 1,462......
No More American Films ?
Sm,—Among the gloomy items of current news the announcement that America is to stop sending films to Britain shines as a good deed in a naughty world! As I recall the hours of......
Land Of Plenty
Snt,—Having just returned from a delightful three weeks in Switzerland I have read with the greatest pleasure Mr. Warren Postbridge's article and agree with every word of it.......
Inexact Opposites
Snt,—In the Spectator's Notebook last week I wrote: " When I hear people grizzling because they are afraid they will never get abroad again I cannot help remembering that a few......
Waste On The Farms
Snt,—In The Spectator for August 8th Mr. Caton asks us to sympathise with the farmers whose sheds are full of totting cabbages which they cannot sell. When I buy a cabbage I am......
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