MHE story of the three historic conferences in the Middle East- ' in Cairo, in Teheran and in Cairo again—lost none of its impressiveness as told by Mr. Eden in the House of...

T HE first stone in the fabric of a reconstructed Britain, and in some respects the most important, is being laid this week, in the production by the President of the Board of...

TN one of their sillier moments the Gallup poll people lately tried to discover what proportion of the inhabitants of this coun- tiny believe the talk about a German secret...

By STRATEGICLTS W HEN it is possible to look back upon the war in Europe, it may be found that the defeat of the remarkable counter-offen- sive which Manstein has been...

By SIR FRED CLARKE P ROBABLY before these words appear the text of the new Education Bill will have been published. Something will have been gained by the delay in its...

• By SIR HERBERT GRIERSON TN a recent article Mr. C. S. Lewis raised questions on a What do we mean by saying that all men are equal: "that all men are created equal ; that...

By W. M. PARKER A WEEK before Christmas, 1 - 843, a book, conceived in its author's mind less than three months before, was published, to remain iamous throughout the century...

Paint on the smile and smile until it cracks. Blow out the hopes by eager fancy lit. Hang up your heart until the war is done, But wrap it neatly round with cotton wool Lest...

By REINHOLD NIEBUHR New York. The success of the Moscow Conference contributed measurably to the cause of international responsibility. Up to the moment when the Moscow...

By HAROLD NICOLSON ' O N December 17th, 1942, exactly a year ago today, a curious scene was wimessed in the House of Commons. Mr. Silverman, by private notice, asked the...

AMERICAN film-trade papers currently devote much space to the question of whether the public is tired of films about the war. The truth of the matter is, of course, that the...

PRIDE of place among the new recordings must unquestionably be given to Mozart's Symphony Op. 34 in C Major, played by the Boston Symphony Odchestra under Serge Koussevitzky...

HELGE KROG, the Norwegian dramatist, author of On Life's Sunny Side, is well known in his own country, but as tar as I know this is the first play of his to be produced in...

have only just seen the article in your issue of December 3rd on " Greece's Expectations," by a Special Correspondent. As a follower of Balkan politics for many years, but more...

SIR, —The basic difference between me and Dr. Friedmann (and the other reviewers) is the reason why he thinks my review is not about his book and I think it is. That other...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Snt,—In your issue of December 3rd your spec:al corretpondent, discussing Greece's expectations, among other things advises the King of the Hellenes not...

Sta,—Stockholm papers today contain a summary of Harold Nicolson's marginal comment on Sweden. According to Dagens Nyheter the author seems to have been considerably impressed...

Stx,—I was interested to see Sir W. Beach Thomas' reference to the subject of soil fertility, and to E. B. Balfour's fascinating book, The Living Soil. Every citizen who is...

Sta,—In your interesting article on "Germany in Defeat" it is suggested that that unfortunate and misguided country should be allowed after the war to choose her "own form of...

Sta,—Mr. Watson's article should do service in reminding members of the new juvenile court panels of the importance of being earnest in learning their job. One may hazard the...

AT a certain scientific farm a number of urban folk are being employed, and those with a profounder knowledge of the country are urged both to plumb and illumine their...

SIR, —The writer of the article "Greece's Expectations" in The Spectator of December 3rd states that it would be just, on ethnological grounds, for Cyprus to "return to Greek...

SIR, —Your tribute to Dr. G. G. Coulton in a review of his Fourscore Years is as deserved as it is charming. Although it is true that his "learned and authoritative works are...

Fables, Parables and Plots. By W. J. Turner. (Eyre and Spottis- woode. 7s. 6d.) MR. TURNER'S gift is as far as can be from the practicable. It ie ienturesome and sportive, as...

Jane Under Fire THIS book, as the title indicates, is a book of gossip. Here is no .asperity of scholarship nor intricacy of analysis to alarm the timid reader. With an...

1VIAINLY FOR UNDER-TENS Henrietta. By Kathleen Hale. (Transatlantic Arts. 8s. 6d.) Maggie the Streamlined Taxi. By Hilary Stebbing. (Transatlantic Arts. 5s.) Harlequinade. By...

The Lautensack Brothers. By Lion Feuchtwanger. Translated by Caroline OraM. (Hamish Hamilton. 95.) Curtain, Mr. Greatheart. By Anne Meredith. (Faber and Faber. 9s. 6d.) Anger in...

MR. BOOTHBY has made a contribution to the literature of economic reconstruction that is enlightened in outlook and lucid and moderate in exposition. In the firse'part of his...

SOLUTION ON DECEMBER 31st The winner of Crossword No. 247 is MRS. G. LLOYD, 5 West- me Road, Birmingham, 55.

the sender of the first correct rekizitin of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, December 286h. Envelopes should be received not later than firs, post...

By CUSTOS SHAREHOLDERS in British Celanese have been well schooled M patience and for that reason may accept philosophically the absence of any ordinary dividend in the latest...

The Spirit of English History. By A. L. Rowse. (Cape. 7s. 6d.) How can every event and factor in England's evolution be rendered in 128 pages? Especially when a historian is no...