23 JULY 1948, page 5

Lord's Was A Strange Sight In The Latter Part Of

Monday afternoon. At least it was strange to me, who am about a one-day-a-year observer of cricket. The strangeness was created by Lindwall, who bowls with the tort of speed......

Lord Altrincham's Suggestion, At The Annual Meeting Of...

Library, that to find a parallel with Mr. Churchill as man of action and man of letters you need to go back to Julius Caesar, is challenging, but I admit I have at the moment no......

It Needs A Good Deal Of Optimism To Foresee That

a movement to persuade people to read Hansard will grow into a society competent to popularise Parliament generally, in the sense of familiarising the common voter with the......

There Is Really A Lot To Be Said For Babel,

particularly when all the exponents of their own tongues are exponents of the English language too. Quite the most interesting lecture school I have struck is in full swing at......

Berlin : The Next Step

HE situation at Berlin remains static. That it can remain T static indefinitely is impossible. It must be resolved or grow gravely worse. By what means can the latter disaster......

In Referring Last Week To The Elevation Of Nottingham...

College to University rank I gave the number of students at Nottingham as 1,200. The figure was taken from the latest statistical return of the University Grants Committee,......

The Interest People In General Are Displaying In The New

National , Insurance provisions is remarkable. From the appointed day, July 5th, enquiries, I am told, have been pouring in in incredible volume. It might be supposed that......

A Spectato R's Notebook

T HE publication of the Dean of Lichfield's William Temple, which I have just finished reading, is an event of the first importance. The book is, I know, reviewed in another......