26 OCTOBER 1951, page 4

The Reign Of Law

H UMANITY seems condemned to the frustration of its ideals. The First War gave birth to the League of Nations ; its fate is written in history. The Second brought the United......

These Choreographers—how Impressive "they All Are. I Am...

missed the performance of " Ann Tregenna " by the Buxton Festival Group last month—a misfortune whose extent can be measured by the fact that the choreography for different......

One Other Item In The Cambridge Review Has Its Pungency—a

comment in the Union report on a certain peer who recently visited that institution : " I had heard Lord Blank once before. I thought then I would never hear a worse speech. I......

I Have Not Invited Suggested Alternatives For The More Or

less officially approved " airstop," as name for a – helicopter landing- ground, but one - or two have been volunteered. One is " hover- stop," the other " hoverground." I like......

A Spectator's Notebook W Ell: It's All Over, Or Will Be

very soon after these lines appear. And then the prophets will stand arraigned. There are plenty of them, and they must be judged by their predictions. One thing they have in......

The Various Volumes And Editions Of That Singularly...

of diary and commonplace-book and countryman's jottings bearing the title Small Talk at Wreyland are still, I sup- pose, known only to a comparatively small circle of readers,......

The Question Of Superannuation Is Discussed To Some...

the current Cambridge Review. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (possibly " the late " by the time this is read) and others equally eminent have rightly been emphasising the im-......

For Sufficient Reason I Have Said Nothing During This...

about university representation. Nor, I think, has the Spectator. That is as it should be, for no one could claim that the restoration of the university seats, desirable as that......