5 AUGUST 1949, page 3

At Westminster

HE heat of the last few weeks has demonstrated the un- suitability of Gothic architecture (even of the Victorian "cathedral with knobs on" type) for warm climates. This, and......

Second Thoughts On The Press

The debate in the House of Commons on the Press Commission report was inevitably something of an anticlimax. In October, 1946, when the trumpets first sounded to the attack on......

A Liberal On Trade Unionism

The Liberal Summer School is hardly the most likely place for a close examination of the defects in the organiiation of British trade unions, but there can be no doubt that the......

Comet Of Good Omen

A jet air-liner, the De Havilland Comet, made its first flight last week, and immediately climbed to 8,000 feet. It flew for over half an hour and landed without incident.......