6 SEPTEMBER 1957, page 13

City And Suburban

By JOHN BETJEMAN M Y wife went recently to give a lantern lecture in what she thought was a church hall. She Went to the church and there was no church hall. She asked someone,......

Identifying The Prisoner

By MONTGOMERY HYDE, MP E VIDENCE of identity in criminal proceedings may take one or more of several recognised forms: the one with which I am here con- cerned is where the......

On Being Middle-aged ,

By STRIX WAS once required to write an essay on I Browning's idiotic slogan : GroW old along with me; The best is yet to be. I cannot, mercifully, remember what I wrote, but I......