14 SEPTEMBER 1944, page 9

I Confess To A Childish Regret That Our Transition From

darkness to light is to be so gradual. I had looked forward to the night when all the windows of London would be suddenly uncurtained, and when one could gaze into the club......

I Look Back To That Friday Night Of September I,

1939, when the . lights went out in London. We had been told that the black-out had been decreed, but we had expected only some diminution of lighting ; it was with astonishment......

What I Like About Mr. Morrison Is That He Knows

that the British public have come to love their double summer-time, and that the moment when the extra hour is taken from them is a moment of gloom. Already he had granted us a......

The End Of Darkness, However Usual It May Seem To

us a week from now, does, in fact, symbolise a change of deep significance. There are those who will see in it the presage of an early peace ; I do not wish to chill their......

Marginal Comment

HAROLD NICOLSON O N Sunday next, the day after tomorrow, Mr. Herbert Morrison, with his magician's 'wand, will both diminish and increase our darkness. Mr. Morrison is a humane......