24 SEPTEMBER 1954, page 6

Fleet Street. In Ferment

F ERMENTATION used to be regarded as the permanent natural state of Fleet Street. Readers of books, from the history of The Times down to the latest collection of gossip,......

Demarcation To ' Demarcation ' (which Means, Roughly, Not...

member of one union to do anything which ought theoretically to be done by a member of another union). He quoted two recent cases, both from Sunderland. In one 200 welders had......

How Many People Know That You Can Get Up-to-the-minul...

reports from the nearest RAF Meteorologic station? I say you can get' because I believe the public ai entitled to this service, and at the place I ring up they sees to take it......

The Pilgrims There Is Only A Superficial Irony About The

fact that, whi most Christian churches are more than half empty, police hs to link arms to control the thousands of citizens who this we have been flocking to the ruins of a......

Dormitories For Motorists Motels,' Which In America Offer...

self-contained , one-storey overnight accommodation for himself and his ca r, are as yet almost unknown in this country. The project, which is now afoot, for opening a number of......

Captive Drinkers A Lady Writes To Ask Me If I

can do anything to deter the authorities in Watford, Kilmarnock, Anglesey and Darlington from putting fluorine in the municipal water supply. This sort of challenge to one's......

A Spectator 's Notebook

W E were given two salutary reminders this week that it is illegal to dr6s up on a Sunday. In the course of what seems to have been a fairly hilarious session of the Ryde......