That Lily
SIR,—If you and I want to gild a lily I cannot see why William Shakespeare or Sir Norman Birkett need interfere. English is a free language. For my part 1 consider lilies merely......
44 Wrong Ways With Russia "
Stn,—I should like to express my personal sympathy and agreement with your article, Wrong Ways with Russia (August 10th). .It is care- fully considered and statesmanlike in its......
Voices At The Test
SIR, — Your correspondent James Overthrow certainly has a liver, and he apparently delights in bowling body-line stuff " with more than usual vigour. It may interest him to know......
"the Fopectator," Zttigit5t 30th, 1851
THE Queen, having left London two hours after noon on Wednesday, is now enjoying the entire seclusion of Balmoral. The " progress " was as uneventful as the most loyal could......
Egypt Then And Now
SIR, — Many years ago I used to copy extracts from articles in the Spectator. This week I turned up the following, taken from the issue of April 30th, 1910:— The Discharge of......
Sir,—i Agree With Many Of James Overthrow's Remarks About...
Test Match commentators, but surely he was unjust to E. W. Swanton in ascribing: " No, no, Jim ; there was never a run there " to Brian Johnston ? The incident, as I remember......
Sat,—mr. James Overthrow Has Taken The Words From My Mouth
and clothed them as I may never hope to do. One pertinent query I would like to put forward: Why, oh why, this exasperating use of Christian names, when a perfectly good surname......
Conservatismand Liberty
SIR, I agree with everything else in Sir Edward Pease's letter ; but I ask to be allowed to protest against his statement that a hundred, or even sixty, years ago England lived......
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