6 DECEMBER 1940, page 5

I Cannot Pretend That This Quotation Is From A New

book—it is from quite an old one, the " Recollections " of Dr. Forbes Winslow—but it has some merit none the less: " On the completion of his first year of study he [the......

So Far From Wanting To Criticise The B.b.c. I Check

the impulse constantly, against all the demands of the situation. But the persistent and pernicious falsification of values in the news bulletins compels comment almost every......

The Success Of The R.a.f. In Destroying A Vital Bridge

in Albania only serves to emphasise the rarity of such achieve- ments and the singular difficulty of hitting bridges from the air. So far as I can remember not half a dozen......

The " People's Car " With Which Herr Hitler Was

to enrich and gratify his people has never materialised, and the money extracted from the workers in advance in payment for the Promised vehicle has been impounded for general......

Various American Papers Have Expressed Relief Rather Than...

the news that Mr. Joseph Kennedy is not to return to London as American Ambassador—and American papers are often right. Mr. Kennedy was in some respects an unusual diplomat. On......

A Spectator's Notebook

I F the B.B.C. has a leg to stand on in the matter of its veto on Sir Hugh Roberton it has very effectively concealed it under its skirts. Because Sir Hugh Roberton, the distin-......

After Victory

rr HE heading of this article should be sufficient to impose a sober restraint on the discussion of war-aims in any detail. Before we can build the peace we have to win the war,......