19 APRIL 1940, page 3

It Is Announced That The Liberal Nationals Are To Hold

their annual conference next month and that they are to be addressed by Sir John Simon. There is, however, no men- tion of Mr. Hore-Belisha. Hamlet is to be produced, com- plete......

The Spiritual And The Material

In the brief address which the Prime Minister delivered to the Free Church Council on Tuesday, he sounded a note which Lord Halifax had already struck in his speech to the......

It Was Significant That Almost Every Speaker Who Took Part

in this discussion expressed extreme dissatisfaction. Irres- pective of party, there is a feeling that several Ministers have no conception of the magnitude of the effort that......

In Spite Of The Prevailing Preoccupation With Events In...

there was a really interesting debate on Tuesday on the organisation of man-power. Mr. D. 0. Evans, who led off for the Liberal Opposition, surveyed the whole field, but his......

The Government And The Arts

Next Tuesday the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts will meet to consider the programme now made possible by the Government's grant—£25,000 to balance the sum......

The Week In Parliament

Our Parliamentary correspondent writes : All this week Members of Parliament have possessed their souls in the most exemplary patience. Like the public outside they have been......

To "spectator" Readers

With the extension of the war to Scandinavia Great Britain's paper-supplies, already substan- tially reduced, are now severely restricted. All journals, daily and weekly ? will......