24 AUGUST 1934, page 6

Mr. Hore-belisha's Silence Zones Will Be A Risky Experi-...

at first at any rate, and 11.30 is to my mind too early for the silence-period. By midnight the theatre traffic has pretty much dispersed and that extra half-hour would make all......

The Shakespearean Invitation To Talk Of Graves Has Been...

rather widely since the question of tomb- -stone design was raised last week by the . Dean of West- minster and others. It is satisfactory to find stress laid on simplicity of......

It Was Only A Month Or Two Ago That I

last met Sir Nigel Playfair, when he was returning from rehearsals in the open-air theatre in Regent's Park. He was cheer- ful and apparently well, and interested in plans for......

• The Battle - Of Olympia Is Being Fought Over

again in pamphlet form. To a brochure entitled mildly " Fascists at Olympia," and dealing with the_ alleged violence of the Fascist stewards, the British Union of Fascists has......

A Spectator's Notebook T. Notice In The Current Issue Of

the Mercure de 1 France an important—and very disturbing—article on defence against air-attack.. The writer, Colonel Bons, was among other things commander of the .......

Truth And The B.b.c.

T HE appointment of a professor of some distinction as News .Editor of the British Broadcasting Cor- poration raises the expectation of various developments in the B.B.C.'s news......

The Attitude Of The General Medical Council Towards...

through writing newspaper articles or giving newspaper interviews, come even within distant range of its vague but. stringent regulations regarding publicity has more than once......