18 APRIL 1952, page 4

The Philosophical Society Of England, Which Has Been...

some attention in the correspondence columns of the Spectator, has also, I see, been receiving some attention in the House of Commons. To a question by Mr. TOm Driberg, who......

A Spectator's Notebook

T HE House of Commons reassembles next week, and the public will have the opportunity of observing how far the organised obstruction which disfigured discussion on the Finance......

It Has Been Pointed Out To Me By A Number

of solicitous and well-intentioned mentors that there was a reference in this column last week to the equipment of horses in the royal carriages with bearing-reigns. Now I......

The B.b.c.'s Survey On Television Is A Highly Interesting...

document. Everyone travelling into London (or other great cites) by rail or road must have been struck by the fact that it is predominantly on small houses occupied to all......

It Was Suggested In A Daily Paper That One Of

the purposes of Lord Alexander's visit to General Eisenhower on Tuesday was to press on him the claims of Lord Montgomery to succession as Commander-in-Chief of the Allied......

"the Power Of Fear Is Illustrated By An Eastern Legend. • A

pilgrim met the Plague, and asked: 'Where are you going ? ' The Plague replied: 'I am going to Bagdad to kill five thou- sand people.' A few days later the pilgrim met the......

Dr. Adenauer's Choice

T WO psychological moves of considerable interest and potential importance have been made in the past week. One is the assembly of an economic conference in Moscow, the other......