25 SEPTEMBER 1953, page 14

Tbe G)pertator, Gnptentber 24t1j, 1853

DICKENS'S BLEAK HOUSE* "I BELIEVE I have never had so many readers," says Mr. Dickens in the preface to Bleak House, "as in this book." We have no doubt that he has the......

Spectator Competition No. 189

Set by Horace Wyndham Although factually correct and apparently flattering, obituary notices of public characters, if read between the lines, are apt to give a different......

Spectator Competition No. 186

Report by L. Airey It has been proposed that the Labour Party anthem " The Red Flag," with its references to " martyred dead " and " gallows grim" should be brought up to date.......