The Doomed Island Sir,—the Pros Entrusted With Presenting...
as a fairy godmother will probably find a few crofters to say that South Uist welcomes the prospect of being turned into another Peenemunde. Before writing this letter I have......
Motor Accident Insurance
SIR,—In his article on the subject of accident insurance, Mr. Levin makes the assertion that insurers constantly and 'energetically support the cause of road safety. If this is......
Ifopectator
August 14,1839 LONDON IN AUGUST.—Next to the devo- tion of the people of Paris to the good of their country, is the patriotism of English journalists, who devote themselves to......
'british' Columbians
SIR,—Your issue of July 8. received today, has me completely 'burned up.' Your 'Portrait of the Week' tells your readers that 'Henley provided its now expected number of Russian......
Ireland North And South
SIR,—Accused by me of indulging in light- hearted venial deception, the Secretary of the Ulster Unionist Party now boasts that : no, he was being deliberately misleading! To......
Images Of , Fear
SIR,—Just after reading Strix's query whether 'our hair does raise and stir when we are frightened.' I met this statement in a letter, dated 1790, from Richard Lovell Edgeworth......
Jehovah's Witnesses Sir,—the Jehovah's Witnesses In One...
pose the question : 'Is a Christian in favor [I] of remaking this old world and so in favor of the United Nations?' The answer given is, 'No. The true Christian is not for......
The Parish Register
SIR,—Mr. John Betjeman is surely in error when he writes (Spectator, August 5) that 'there is no legal power over a parish to force it to put its registers in safe keeping.'......
Arnold Bar
SIR,—I think many readers of the Spectator will be interested to learn of the formation of an Arnold Bax Society. A group of music lovers who wish to honour the memory of the......
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