3 APRIL 1964, page 9

Government Whips, Like Ministers, Must No Toriously Take...

they can find them. But there can have been feW finer ' s plays of their indefatigable optimism than the triu mph ant I TIPhant tones with which Robin Chichester- -..ark......

Precedents '

The world can look forward with mixed feel- ings to the opening of the Swiss National Exhibition at Lausanne on April 30. The ex- hibition, which is a cross between a national......

Tailpiece

There has been a lot of speculation about the identity of the shy writer who calls himself 'A Conservative' and who is writing three 'turnover articles for Sir William Haley.......

Easy On The Cyril, Please

'Let's hope that Sonia Orwell's new inter- national quarterly, Art and Literature, has the success it deierves. Certainly' the first number, which publishes pieces by David......

The Last Proconsul It Was A Shock Simply To Read

of General MacArthur's illness the other day. He always seemed indestructible. Long before his dramatic recall from Tokyo in April, 1951, his career read like a legend. There is......

Wedding Intelligence

The bride promised to 'love, honour and cherish' rather than 'love. honour and obey.' The bride's brother, Mr. David Douglas-Home, said 'the service gives the alternative of......

Nab 1

He has the loudest voice and the most luxuriant moustache in the House of Commons. His numerous cars advertise his name, which, in any case, is better known to 'the public than......

Spectator's Notebook

FEW newspapers actually said it, but it was clear that some pretty implicit parallels were being drawn between this Easter's events at Clacton and the annual demonstrations of......

Purely French

The Figaro . is currently engaged in a; private operation to cut out the words of English origin which have been incorporated into trench. LinguistiOnrgery .never , works. of......