27 APRIL 1951, page 5

A Spectator's Notebook

/ WAS standing on the Wahn aerodrome, near Cologne, on Monday morning with a group of M.P.s when the plane from London arrived. One Labour Member hurried across to ask an......

Two Of The Prime Minister's New Appointments Are...

Everyone took it for granted that if Sir Hartley Shawcross's place fell vacant for any reason, Sir. Frank Soskice would move up and Mr. Ungoed-Thomas become Solicitor-General.......

The British Communist Party Is Holding A Conference On "the

American Threat to British Culture" on Sunday. The defender of British culture is to be Mr. Samuel Aaronovitch. The Communist Party is anxious to secure publicity for this fact......

The Flight That Failed

R. ANEURIN BEVAN, in his valedictory speech on Monday, suggested that so dramatic a resignation " might cause even some of our American friends to think before it is too late."......

I Have Been Reading Lord Templewood's Book On Capital...

The Shadow of the Gallows. which was reviewed in this journal last week. I am not sure that the most effective passage in the book is not that devoted to the reproduction of an......

The Anglo-german Press Conference Held At Konigswinter....

week-end did very useful work, though no concrete results were achieved, or indeed attempted. Many problems—such as the shortage and cost of newsprint, the relation between news......

According To The Medical Profession One Of The...

of duodenal ulcer is worry. " May I conclude by wishing you a speedy return to health and vigour? " Mr. Bevan to the Prime Minister.......