The Asian Sphinx
E VEN when the feet of the Sphinx were littered with the bones of men she had. destroyed new candidates con- tinued to come forward to guess the riddle. Perhaps the most......
A Spectator 's Notebook
N --- 0 one, certainly, will grudge Sir Robert Watson- Watt and the other scientists. who helped in the discovery of radar the sums which the Royal Commission on Awards to......
Many Readers Of The Spectator Must Have Noted With Regret
the death of Cleland Scott, who has contributed so many articles to its columns on aspects of Central Africa. The Times spoke of him as " one of the most colourful residents in......
For Reasons Entirely Explicable But Not To Be Explained...
I am a little behindhand in saluting the new Whitaker. For that matter Whitaker itself is a little beforehand, in producing its: 1952 edition before Christmas, a prematurity......
Two Items In Adjacent. Columns Of The Times On Monday
give some food for thought. One was headed " Creeds as Barriers to Christianity," the other ",Six Candlesticks on Altar Allowed "—allowed by a Consistory Court, after con-......
Communist Methods Should Not Be Entirely Disregarded. Nor...
defenders in this country be allowed to gloss over their blatant dishonesty. The Times correspohdent in Berlin has done well to focus attention- on the action of the Communist.......
The Headmaster Of Bristol Grammar School, Mr. John...
name is no stranger to these pages) has been making something of a stir with his insistence that boys shall eat what they are given to eat, refrain from losing their own, or......
It Is Sad For All Souls To Have To Elect
a new Warden before the one last elected has even been formally installed, and great sympathy is due to Sir Hubert Henderson, whose breakdown in health has made his resignation......
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