Subsequent Discussion, Although It Did Not Dim My Admira-...
for Coventry, did suggest to me that national service was not as simple as it seemed. It would appear that the problem is not so much the conscientious objectors (whom we all......
Early This Week I Was Sent To Coventry For The
purpose of attending a National Service rally. I was much im- pressed. The proceedings opened with a procession of volunteers. True it is that the majority of the citizens of......
The Truth Is That The Ordinary Englishman Simply Detests...
effort or spiritual discomfort ; not only does he refuse to think with lucidity, but he winces away from all thoughts which are either unpleasant in themselves or which (and......
This Tendency To Escape From Reality Is Fortified And, To
their minds justified, by the wave of optimism which is being created, somewhat artificially, by the party organisa- tions and those who are concerned with stocks and shares. If......
People And Things
By HAROLD NICOLSON O F Parliamentary boroughs, Coventry is one of the most interesting and attractive. I have myself always disbelieved in the legend of Godgyfu or Godiva, -......
Appropriate Music Was Dispensed By Two Bands, A Police Band,
and the town band. The Mayor took the salute, and thereafter we all gathered in the Hippodrome for the National Service rally. Much to my surprise there were two thousand five......
I Did Not Find, At Coventry At Least, That The
bogeys of compulsion, conscription or fascism were very effective. On the contrary, there are countless men and women who realise that conscription has great social value and......
Although This Silly And Salacious Legend Still Hangs...
streets of Coventry, the borough itself appears as a microcosm of all that is most sane in English life. The steeple of St. Michael's raises its rose-coloured finger high above......
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