15 OCTOBER 1932, page 6

Was It A Coincidence Or Not, By The Way, That

Mr. Lloyd George should have been making an important speech on disarmament to the Peace Society (not normally the most commanding of platforms) just three hours before the time......

" President-lincoln Said ' Yqu Cannot Indict A Nation,' 7 '

states a letter-writer in The Times. And it must have been Burke (or was it Hare ?) who told the electors of Bristol or somewhere that " You can't fool- all the......

A Spectator's Notebook

W E are likely, I understand, to hear very shortly of important housing developments. The Govern- ment seems more concerned at the moment with economy than with what many people......

Mr. Lloyd George's Letter On The Retiring Liberal...

precisely the sort of letter Mr. Lloyd George might be expected to write. So far as it shows traces of, malice there is some provocation, for I understand L. G. was invited to......

• A Relatively Short Run For A Shaw Play Is

not unprecedented ; but happening nowadays, when Mr. Shaw is old and in the enjoyment of a renown so extraordinary, it is a disturbing event. Most people do not realize the......

Mr. Priestley Comes Better Than The B.b.c. Out Of The

affair of the lost manuscript and the consequently cancelled talk, but even Mr. Priestley, I should have thought, would have taken the precaution of going to the studio with a......

France, I See, Is Claiming That French Motorists Are More

careful or more skilful than British, as proved by the fact that in the six years 1926-31 almost exactly twice as many people were killed on English roads as on French. The......