20 JANUARY 1956, page 7

Now That The Correspondence About The Casement Diary Has...

closed I must confess that I am not much wiser than I was when the controversy began. My suspicion is that Admiral Sir William James has the stronger case when he argues the......

On Their Release Two Of The Men Were Given £300

and one was given £400 as ex gratia payments. Even such a mythical figure as an admirer of the Home Office would not say that foresight was one of its more noticeable qualities.......

In The World Of English Literature Today, The Worst Thing

to be is an established writer. If you are dead and sufficiently obscure or once famous and now neglected,i you can look forward from the next world to a revival, However dull......

When I Was A Boy I Was Once Told That

no gentleman wears a kilt south of Perth. So I suppose that judged by the simple test of latitude Herr Werner Sczepanek, a postal sorter of Ham- burg, would commit no solecism......

The Pulpit Of St. Paul's Cathedral. In The Course Of

a sermon Canon Collins identified some of the bodies which he regards as members of the Establishment (a comprehensive list, but why on earth the poor British Council of......

A Friend Of Mine Who Has A Friend Who Has

some connection With the Territorial Army has sent me a form which contains definitions to be applied to 'War.' This is a harmless enough document which reveals that 'limited......

Boni Canon Collins (in Our Correspondence Columns) And...

(in Tribune) have replied to my comments on the sermon in which Canon Collins asked : 'How can any Christian, be he the Archbishop of Canterbury or the humblest member of any......

The Fourth Survey Published By The International Press...

Government Pressures on the Press, is the Institute's Most useful study to date. We are still inclined to think of the freedom of the press as something which—like freedom from......

The Incorporated Society Of London Fashion Designers Is...

entertainment on Thursday at the Fishmongers' Hall. Many distinguished people have been invited. I understand that one Minister so far forgot himself as to decline the......