News Of John Andre
SIR.—May I ask the assistance of your readers in my search for original manuscript and pictorial material referring to John Andre? He was born about 1751, lived in Clapham, was......
Delius
SIR —I enjoy Martin Cooper's music criticism, but I think that, in common with a lot of other people, he has a 'mistaken idea of Delius's character. As my father, Norman......
Where Shall Borstal Go ?
SIR,—It was with " no small indignation" that 1 read Mr. Richard Church's remarks on the setting up of a Borstal institution in Kent. and I wonder which part of the country he......
The Law In Contempt
Sta.—Janus cites the prostitute and barrow boy as cases which make the law look a fare: he could well add the London motorist. Once every three months or so the owner-driver is......
T , The Day Before Yesterday " Sir. —i Am Indebted
to Mr. Derek Hudson for his complimentary references to my book ; but it is perhaps worth pointing out, b y your kindness, that, in one respect, he is less just to it than he......
Rorke's Drift
Sta.—Mr. Arthur Ransome, in his review of Miss Haggard's biography of her father, refers to Rorke's Drift as " that disaster?' In the same review he points out an error of Miss......
Cricket Curiosities Sit. — In Eton And Kings Dr. M. R. James
described a game which was won before the winning side had received a ball. The match was between Kings' choir-boys and St. John's choir-boys. St. John's went in and were all......
"tn. 6pectator," June 21st, 1s51 A Disastrous Ballcon...
place from Batty's Hippodrome at Kensington on Monday evening. At six o'clock, the balloon, having in the car Mr. and Mrs. Graham, was released from its moorings, and rose......
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