23 NOVEMBER 1974, page 5

A Spectator's Notebook

The continued suppression of the diaries of the late Richard Crossman is now no less than a scandal. For years we have been waiting for what those who have read them know to be......

The 62nd Parallel

L engYear City, the northern most airport in the ; 1 t ve rld, has just been opened. Few tourists will s ° oW it took Norway thirty years to overcome ,.n°v.let obstruction. By......

Premature

The Financial Times has decided to adopt the American definition of a billion which is 'one thousand million,' to be indicated in abbreviation as gm'. This is to supersede the......

Appealing Scandal

The Royal Commission on the Press invites editors and journalists to suggest ideas that may be incorporated in their eventual report, and one such idea might well be the......

Lobby Lyrics - 2

The House of Lords, the other day, Discussed, in their unruffled way, A Bill designed to nationalise All makers of hand-knitted ties. Lord Earnest, for the Tory peers, Arose,......

Westminster Corridors

Not the least significant Occurrence of recent days has been the Election of Master Cledwyn Hughes to the pre-eminent position of Chairman to the Artisan Faction, over and......