1 MAY 1947, page 10

Vanishing English

By GWENDOLEN FREEMAN IS our speech—the speech of the ordinary man in the street—grow- ing less picturesque? Through elementary education, through the cinema and the wireless,......

Living Costs And Wages

By R. G. D. ALLEN E VERYBODY talks about the cost-of-living index, but few really know what it is. The existing index is intended to measure changes in prices paid by......