17 JANUARY 1941, page 5

I Find, From Information Reaching Me From Outside The...

that I was unwittingly unjust in attributing to the Religious Director of the B.B.C., and his advisory committee, responsi- bility for " banning " various well-known preachers......

A Spectator's Notebook

R EPORTS that opinion in Italy is moving so fast. that there is even a majority on the Fascist Grand Council in favour of a peace move fall so agreeably on our ears that it is......

The Aliens Problem Once More. On The Notorious Camp At

Huyton, near Liverpool, a good deal has been written at one time and another, but too little has been said about the com- bination of cruelty and folly involved in interning a......

For A Great Many People Black-out Evenings Mean A Good

deal more reading than usual, some of it cursory, some of it thought-out. There is something to be said for either method, but perhaps more for the latter. A little guidance is......

The Uniform Failure Of The Italian Land, Sea And Air

forces, by the way, obviously involves in the general humiliation the Minister responsible for the administration of each of the three services concerned. It is reported that......

Sir John Lavery Was A Very Distinctive Figure, And His

death will leave a gap in other milieux than the Royal Academy. He never allowed himself to paint really distinguished pictures, and did nothing to encourage real distinction in......

The Cabinet And War-aims

T HE Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Econo- mic Warfare confirmed in a public speech on Monday the general belief that the Cabinet would shortly issue a statement of......