6 JANUARY 1956, page 7

The Day Before Its Selwyn Lloyd Coup The Express Gave

a half-column to the annual report of the Press Council. `The popular Press,' it began. 'is invariably on the side of patriotism and legality, of courage and chivalry . . .' and......

It Is The People, However, The Sunday All-sorts, Which Is

engaging the attention of the Press Council at the moment. Copies of the Honours List were given to Lobby Correspon- dents on Friday on the understanding that nothing was to he......

Two Things Are Surprising About The Home Secretary's...

reprieve of Thomas Bancroft, who was sentenced to death . for murdering a five-month-old infant : his original refusal of a reprieve; and his change of mind and decision to......

The New Astronomer Royal, Dr. Woolley, Deserves A Special...

for announcing at London Airport on his arrival from Sydney that all this talk of interplanetary travel is 'utter bilge' and 'rather rot.' I have no particular objection to......

Irish Circulation Intelligence

`Now the dangers of UNO have been multiplied. _There are sixteen new members. They include Spain and Eire, both spoiling to let rip spurious grievances against Britain.' Daily......

`how Can Any Christian,' Inquired Canon Collins...

Paul's on Sunday, 'be he the Archbishop of Canterbury or the humblest member of any Church congregation, suppose that it is consistent with the gospel of love to support the......

In The Most Informed And Most Sympathetic Of All The

many tributes to Dr. Gilbert Murray this week, Mr. Ivor Brown mentioned how undergraduates of his generation used to bicycle 'on rainy winter afternoons up the Victorian......