5 JUNE 1953, page 4

A Spectator's Notebook

H OW will the Queen reward the conquerers of Everest ? Though it is premature--for the men are not yet safely off the mountain, and all we know for certain about their......

An Offensive In Germany Dr. Adenauer Is A Worried Man.

He faces national elections in Western Germany, paralysis in Paris such as to discourage hopes for a European Defence Treaty in the near future, and a new " United Germany "......

The Lion Has Worms Although There Were Lapses Here And

there, everybody seems agreed that the general standard of design throughout the wide range of Coronation decorations, emblems and souvenirs was remarkably high. Having taken so......

Moping A Man Can Suffer Graver As Well As Less

abstruse 'nip fortunes than to lose a pet owl by drowning; but when this happens—as it now has to me—two years running, he may well be excused if he becomes uneasy in his mind......

The Thick Blue Line The Dark Blue No. 1 Dress

worn by most of the Regiments of the Line, by the Royal Regiment of Artillery and by the various Service Corps did not, I thought, come very well out of its first large-scale......