6 JANUARY 1933, page 10

I Am Glad To See The Bishop .of Plymouth's Plea

for the teaching of local history. Just as geography teaching is made real by beginning with local features so the social, and in . many cases the political, history of a......

I Am Surprised That Not More Attention Has Been Paid

to the appointment of M. Pierre Cot as Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the Boneour Government. m. Cot's first entry into office is, actually, an event of some importance,......

"with The Exception Of John Morley, John Addington...

Gilbert Murray, Evan Charteris; Sylvester Gates, Lord Miclleton. Lord Kilbracken, Lord Pembroke and Lord Balfour, I never had a friend whose company gave me more pleasure than......

Mr. Borah Said On Wednesday That In Great Regions Of

the United States they were approaching a state of barter. In some regions they have actually got to it: An opportune letter from an English friend fruit-growing in South......

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Last Monday's Honours List Does Not Invite Many Comments,...

from one at least I cannot refrain. There was general expectation that Dr. Scott Lidgett would have been made a peer and universal agreement that nothing could be more desirable......

A Spectator 's Notebook

ITHE first leader in last Monday's Times has not attracted the comment I should have expected. To my mind it was a most remarkable and significant article, such as I never......

The South A Frican Outlook Though The Ferment Into Which

South Africa was 1 thrown by Mr. Tielman Roos' sudden return to politics last week has temporarily subsided, the two outstanding issues, the future of the currency and the......

Whenever I Hear The B.b.c. Announcer Reading Some News Item

to the effect that " Gandhi " has done this, or that somebody has said that about" Gandhi " I wonder whether the omission of the "Mr. " is a matter of settled policy. All the......

Surprising Volunies Of Response Are Sometimes Evoked From...

Last week Sir Evelyn Wrench, broadcasting on the international point of view, suggested that persons who had broadened their sympathies to include the whole Empire could without......