26 JUNE 1947, page 5

Mr. J. Barrett Wants To Open A Pea And Pie

shop in Pudsey, on the ground that there is at present no such shop in the borough. As far as that goes, I did not know there was any such shop in any borough, but I admit that......

A Spectator 's Notebook

T HERE can be no question, & I think, that ICravchenko's book I Chose Freedom, reviewed by Sir Harold Butler in The Spec- tator last week, will have a powerful influence on......

A Basic English Foundation Has Been Created, According To...

Minister of Education, "to propagate the teaching and study of Basic English as an international and educational medium and there- by to increase the knowledge of English among......

There Is A Time To Moralise And A Time To

be silent. So far as the coming visit of Seiiora Peron to this country is concerned the latter discipline is to be preferred to the former indulgence. The essential fact about......

I Have Made One Or Two References To The Forthcoming

new transla- tion of the Bible. It ought, I think, to be made clear that the proposal originated with the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland last year. The Bishop of......

'it Has Been Officially Stated This Week That The Salary

that is being paid to the chief publicity officer to the Central Planning Organisation is £3,750. This is more, I believe, than any established civil servant gets except Sir......

I Cannot Pretend To Be Really Enamoured Of Whale Steak.

It appears constantly on the menu at my regular luncheon-resort, and after some consideration I nerved myself to try it (which I have never yet managed in the case of tripe). I......

The Indefatigable Sir Waldron Smithers, Who Holds Strong...

the subject of bulk-purchase, has asked the President of the Board of Trade for a list of the commodities of which the Govern- ment are the sole importers. The list includes 76......

I Am Glad To Be Able To Give Reasonably Satisfactory

news about my greatly valued colleague Peter Fleming. When his horse stumbled, fell and rolled on him last week he custained a broken pelvis, with various complications. The......

M. Molotov Comes West

T HE fact that a Three-Power Conference of Foreign Ministers is already in session in Paris marks a most notable and most welcome advance in the negotiations Mr. Marshall's......