The Speed Of Light Sta,—in Your Issue Of The 30th
October, Mr. R.. L. Kitching writes that although light radiations from the sun to this earth travel at the speed of 186,000 miles per second, how do'we know that light from......
Vindicating Wodehouse
SIR,—The publication of Performing Flea will . have delighted those admirers of Mr. P. G. Wodehouse who never believed in the nonsense that was talked and written of him in......
Ye Newe Knott
SIR,—Mr. Ashley Courtenay states that the name Westbury for the new hotel is mean- ingless. But is it ? The word has municipal con- nections, as it distinguishes a town in Wilt-......
Cheapest Best Sir,—it Looks Very Much A's Though The New
white loaf is a non-seller after being boosted into such a good starter. On Monday Dr. Charles Hill told the House of Commons that pretise information cannot be given till the......
Bait For The Zoo
I must begin by quoting the entry—not, fear, quite prizeworthy—which has given me most delight : They say the Lion and the Lizard The rhinoceros and the izard Although they have......
Spectator Competition No. 195
o Set by Eric Swainson P.E.N. is the apt abbreviation of a dis- tinguished fraternity of Poets, Essayists, Novelists and others. Competitors are invited, for the usual prize of......
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