A Spectator's Notebook
W HAT became almost an informal debate on an issue of real importance blew up unexpectedly at question-time in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Mr. Osborne, the Conservative......
It Is Now Nearer Five Months Than Four Since The
Curtis Report was placed in the hands of the Ministers responsible for the appoint- ment of the Committee, yet the Government has given virtually no indication of its intentions......
A Very Serviceable Suit Is Available — Or Might...
available—coupon-free. Here is the story of it: "In 1878 my Father had a tweed suit made in Edinburgh—that was four years before I was born. He wore the suit constantly until......
I Note The Pubiic - Ation Of Two Books On Rheology. You
know what rheology is? Neither do I. That is to say, neither .did I. Not that I really understand now, but "the new science," for so it is described in the advertisements of the......
Fripod Of Peace
B EFORE the end of this month there will be a full-dress debate on foreign affairs in the House of Commons. It is fully due. There are grave problems to be discussed—Germany (in......
I Agree With The News Chronicle In Deploring The Drabness
of the wording on the Roll of Honour to be placed in the R.A.F. Chapel in Westminster Abbey. It reads, I gather, "Detailed in this record are those members of the Flying Forces......
Fords Are Pioneers In More Than The Designing And Building
of motor-cars. The American Fords announced recently, at a time when every other car-manufacturer is having to raise prices, that the prices of Ford cars would be slightly......
The Royal Commission On The Press, To Which The Government
committed itself as long ago as last October, is getting started— rather not getting started—with a series of unimpressive jerks. The Prime Minister is always just going to be......
An Entry In Monday's Times Recording The Death Of "the
only surviving son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilson, of Tranby Croft, Hull," strikes a suggestive note. The great Tranby Croft baccarat case is, I suppose, almost......
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