? ",°ite Seriously, The Soviet Success Does Point To Tu E...
that if any country spends a large portion °f its resources on scientific research and educa- tion, it will achieve results. I say 'scientific' deliber- ately. In Britain we are......
A Spectator's Notebook
THE FUSS BEING CREATED about the Soviet launching of the first arti- ficial satellite is tiresome from several points of view. Leaving aside such obvious bits of lunacy as •......
Country Bumpkins Ltd., That Inexhaustible Store- House Of...
everybody Mr. Randolph Churchill thinks ought to be made miserable, has just produced a pamphlet (The Conduct of the Socialist Allies) on the Brighton conference of the Labour......
I Expected The Labour Party Conference To Con- Demn The
Government for abandoning the Shops Bill, but it was done with a log-rolling insouciance that left me slightly out of breath. The motion was proposed by Mr. Birch, of the......
Thumbing Over The Latest Arts Council Report I Found Myself
thinking that anyone who wanted optimism about the future of the arts would do well not to read it and avoid being depressed. As the report remarks, in a time of financial......
Brevity Is Rare Enough In Politicians, But I Can't Help
thinking that in this extract from her book, Letters to My Daughter, Dr. Edith Summerskill overdid it: 'My advice to the generous-hearted girl who finds it difficult to resist......
As If The Harassed Writers Of The Beaverbrook Press Weren't
miserable enough with their enthu- siastic support for the Anglo-Canadian trade plan which received a very cool reception indeed over there (the double think indulged in by an......
Brighton Commentary
Tories in Travail F IRST things first. Mr. Gaitskell had a majority of 4,000,000 for his domestic policy and of 5,000,000 for his foreign policy. For the first time he is......
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