17 MAY 1940, page 13

What Was The Meaning Of This Demonstration? The Whole House

would have joined in a reverent and respectful requiem in honour of a man who has borne great sorrows, made tre- mendous mistakes, but carried himself throughout with high moral......

Often Have I Sought To Discover The Essential Quality Of

this most remarkable man. Is it his abundant energy, his Flinbethan zest of life, his almost fifteenth-century virtil? Is it his versatility and the rapid variety of his many......

Mr. Chamberlain Has Never Been A Good Mixer. On The

one or two occasions when he has visited the smoking-room a hush of awkward awe has descended upon that gay tap-room as when the headmaster, with unconvincing conviviality,......

The Prime Minister Himself Appeared Totally Unaware Of...

of feeling. There is a certain naiveté about Mr. Churchill as about all truly great men. He sat there, hunched like a surly bulldog, with Mr. Attlee peeping out behind his left......

I Returned To My Rooms, And As A Distraction From

my bitterness I read some of the speeches which Winston Churchill has delivered since 1932. Again and again did he warn us that Germany was aiming at the mastery of the air, and......

Yet For Him, At That Moment, There Must Have Been

one thought which recurred in a spasm of unutterable regret. Since even if he were able to summon around him the whole choir of angels and archangels, he could not at once......

People And Things

By HAROLD NICOLSON 0 NE of the strangest incidents in Monday's memorable debate in the House of Commons was the reception accorded to Mr. Neville Chamberlain. Mr. Churchill, on......

The True Nature Of The Devotion Which He Inspires In

so many of his followers is something which ought to be analysed and examined by those who are interested in the condition and future of the Conservative Party. It is not the......