26 DECEMBER 1952, page 4

A Spectator's Notebook

T HE decision of the Dune of Edinburgh to take up flying, and his success in completing his first solo flight after ten hours' tuitiop, is very interesting, and from one point......

Sir Alfred Munnings Having Sold A First Edition Of His

auto- biography, decorated with sketches by himself, at Christie's to an American purchaser, has presented the proceeds-350 guineas—to the Church of the Good Shepherd, Lower......

I Have Been Sent The Full Text Of The Latest

of the periodical broadcast conversations between the Spectator's German cor- respondent, Ernst Friedlaender, and the German Chancellor. Since it took place last week it......

* * * * Ralph Deakin Will Be Deeply -

and widely mourned as a journalist among journalists, but much more as a friend among friends. As Foreign Editor of The Times he was highly efficient, not indeed in the sense......

Merry Christmas ?

I T needs something of an effort to recall one. The politically- minded might feel it necessary to go back to 1910 or thereabouts, those halcyon days when a war seven thousand......

It Is Very Right That The Home Secretary Should Be

considering seriously the introduction of legislation making it an offence to be found in possession of an offensive weapon without lawful reason in a public place, but the......