16 APRIL 1954, page 16

Sir,----my Wife And I Are Grateful To You And Mr.

John Betjeman for the article Selling Our Churches.' As members for many years of St. Peter's, Piccadilly, congregation, we are shocked and horrified to learn that an offer of......

Hilaire Belloc Sir,—the Literary Executors Of The Late...

have entrusted to me the task of writing his biography. I shall accordingly be grateful for any letters which his friends and acquaintances may be kind enough to let me see,......

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Vows For Initiates

SPECTATOR COMPETITION NO. 215 Report by Geoffrey Caston The mediaeval guilds were in the habit of demanding from initiates subscription to an oath setting out briefly the......

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To Admiration For Prebendary Clarence May, His Arresting...

addresses, his beautiful and dignified services and music, is now added deep sympathy for him in his— and our—irreparable loss.—Yours faithfully, S. ITORWELL Riverside Cottage,......

Abracadabra

SIR,—I hope you will allow me to thank the many correspondents who have hastened to correct my ignorance of the origin o f the Ballantyne nicknames. Some referred ine to......