27 AUGUST 1948, page 4

Someone, I Regret To Say, Alleged That I Lied When

I said that the air-mail edition of The Spectator reached New Zealand in seven days. I have just been sent from Wellington a wrapper bearing the London postmark August 13th and......

Communism

AND PEACE T HE eyes of the world remain fixed on Moscow. On what may be decided at the Kremlin this week or next hangs, not neces- sarily or even probably, the issue of peace or......

The Achievements Of English Cricket In The Test Matches...

their climax in the annexation of the county championship by Wales—even though Wales doesn't really reckon to play cricket any more than Scot- land. But Glamorgan's success will......

A Spectator 's Notebook

L IKE most people, I view test-polls and the like with some scep- ticism, but I generally have a good look at the results. I have had a very good look at the figures compiled......

When I See Anyone For Whom I Entertain Such Inherent

reverence as a Warden of All Souls using the word " Britisher," I am almost, for a fleeting moment, reconciled to the hideous term. But only for a moment, for the thing is......

It Is A Pity The Dean Of Canterbury Is The

Dean of Canterbury. If he were simply the Rev. Hewlett Johnson, A.M.I.C.E. (for he rather strangely enjoys that distinction), or even Dean of Manchester, his pilgrimage would......

A Shilling Spent In The Charing Cross Road On An

admirably bound volume of Macmillan's Magazine for parts of 1881 and 1882 turns out to have been extremely well invested, as a catalogue of the names of the principal......