1 JUNE 1951, page 5

New Pattern For Oil

m. R. MORRISON had little fresh light to shed on the Persian situation when he spoke in the House of Commons on Tuesday. He repeated the Government's desire to settle the......

How Little History And Less Geography Most Of Us Know.

I doubt whether 1 per cent. of the readers of this column is familiar with the facts I am privileged to reveal regarding the Principality of Thomond and the Most Honourable......

When Talking With A Bishop Recently I Congratulated Him On

the calibre of his voice. He conceded that it was the sort of voice that was good for such things as hawking fish and other commodities. Actually it is good for more than that,......

A Spectator's Notebook

I F the Railway Executive decided to co-opt me into their com- pany, which they show no sign at all of doing, I should submit to them that passenger revenue might be increased......

Men Of Eighty—i Speak With Less Certainty Of Women—are. Of

course, about in the prime of life nowadays. Here is Lord Samuel, born in 1870, being given a dinner this week in belated honour of his eightieth birthday. Here is Mr. Seebohm......

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Bellows' French Dictionary possesses two unique features. It prints French-English and English-French not in two separate sections but on the same page, French in the top half......