16 NOVEMBER 1945, Page 4

Lord Baldwin, many people will be glad to hear, is

beginning to pick up some of his old interests after a prolonged hibernation, cover- ing practically the whole of the war, in Worcestershire. His vow "not to speak to the man at the wheel or spit on the deck" has been punctiliously honoured, for the former Premier has hardly made a public speech—if indeed he has made any at all—or written an article since 1939. Now he has come up to London, been seen a good deal at the Athenaeum, taken the oath in the House of Lords, attended a meeting of the Pilgrim Trust, and intends to do his duty as Chan- cellor of Cambridge University when honorary degrees are conferred on Generals Eisenhower, Montgomery and others on November 29th. All this, I should guess, appeals to him much more than politics.