6 NOVEMBER 1953, page 7

The Wreckers

I N this country the fallacies of Communism have been only too clearly exposed as such by the refusal of society to proceed obediently along the lines laid down by the......

The Debate Continues To Continue

Most controversies which engage the attention of our curious nation run their course as a fever does. For a week or perhaps a month the partisans on either side cross swords in......

The Jargon Of Doom

By what quirk of euphemism has the English-speaking world decided to find a new employment for the verb long used to des- cribe what midwives do to babies, orators to speeches,......

In Darkest Bloomsbury

There have been several recent incidents in which malefactors have been assisted by the apathy, indifference or cowardice of members of the public who, though present at the......

A Spectator's Notebook

T HE story of the Everest film is an unusual one. The film rights of the expedition were acquired for £1,000 plus a percentage of any profits there might . be by Countryman......

The Lunatic Fringe Of The Law .

1 attended the other day, for the second time in a year, the hearing by Regional Traffic Commissioners of an applica? tion for a licence under the Road Traffic Act, 1930. On......