16 SEPTEMBER 1955, page 7

Political Commentary

BY HENRY FAIRLIE I REFRAIN from describing Mr. Percy Cudlipp as Balaam's ass, but there is something almost miraculous about the way in which he acts as the mouthpiece of Mr.......

In A Foreword To The Director's Tv Supplement, Sir Robert

Fraser, the Director-General of the Independent Television Authority, says : 'I share the almost unanimous view that the prohibition of sponsorship will prove a source of......

A Spectator's Notebook

33EFORE I WRITE again, the changes in Sir Anthony Eden's Government , may have been announced. I am surprised to find that none of the 'informed' political correspondents......

Am Glad That Waiting For Godot Has Found A Home

where it can be publicly performed after its successful run at the Arts. But how did it get past the Lord Chamberlain? When a pro- duction was first contemplated, many months......

When An Aeroplane Crashes, The All-too-frequent Procedure...

the pilot. It is so much easier and safer than to blame 'an official or a Ministry. No more blatant case of this practice has come to my notice than the report of the court......