31 JULY 1947, page 5

A Spectator 's Notebook

A FILM STAR'S fan mail (about which I have the second best reason for knowing something) strikes me as a social phenome- non which would give the owlish sleuths of Mass......

A Friend Of Mine, A Senior Executive In A Recently

nationalised colliery, was ordered by the National Coal Board to complete a certain form (call it XYZ/ tot) in respect of all personnel employed by the colliery. The form, a......

Labour's Crisis

T HE first Labour Government ever to command a clear majority in Parliament is ending the second year of its life in an atmosphere of crisis. It is Britain's crisis. There can......

" And Of Course It Gives The People Something To

look forward to," said somebody, speaking without much originality of the Royal Wedding. This moved someone else to ask, as a matter of interest, what other things the British......

In A Recent Debate It Emerged That Anyone Arriving By

air in this country is required to fill up a form with a number of personal details including his age ; the information is needed—and pretty desperately needed, I should......