4 JANUARY 1957, page 27

Time Out Of Joint

It is at last possible to travel about London quite quickly in a bus. Or at least it would be possible to do so if the London Transport Execu- tive could shorten the time a bus......

City And Suburban

By JOHN BETJEN1AN BEING a citizen of London, I naturally rather look down on Westminster, just as people from Oxford are as nice as they can be about Cam- bridge. But' 1 was......

Splendid Edwardian

After Westminster Abbey, the Ritz—or at least Westminster's nearest approach to it. I crossed to see the interior redecoration done by the Methodists to their Central Hall, that......

Poaching On Squire Betjeman

By STRIX ALTHOUGH I have often pondered deeply about what name to give to a dog, and occasionally about what title to put on a book, I have never been concerned in the naming of......