27 JANUARY 1956, page 8

A Spectator's Notebook

`I WONDER, SIR, if you would not agree that we might profitably advance from violent generalisations about the Independent Television Authority programmes to the civi- lised......

The Fact That Professor Richardson Is Probably The Most...

architect jn Britain today makes his fierce and footling attack on the new Barbican scheme doubly unfor- tunate. When he talks of 'exploitation by big business,' he is speaking......

It Is Obvious That The Object Of Murder, A Pamphlet

prepared by a committee which includes three MPs who voted for hanging last year (and published by the Inns of Court Con- servative and Unionist Society at ls. 6d.). is to buy......

Mrs. Barbara Cartland Has Produced A Biography Of Her Mother

under the title of Polly: My Wonderful Mother. A friend of mine received the other day an illustrated postcard adver - tising the book, urging him to read it, and signed......

A Slight Fuss Was Created A Few Weeks Ago By

a letter (published by the Daily Express after The Times had declined the honour) signed by twelve 'young men' who said that they were not surprised that the present stuffy......