Mistaken Identity
Sus.—1, like Miss Quigly, enjoyed Seduced and Abandoned, but the director, Pietro Germi, is not the magician she thinks. The wife—lorlyish and rather fat'—in Divorce, Italian......
Check
SIR,-1 write as a matter of some urgency to warn you that Quoodle is in danger of an action for defamation of chess character. Not from your un- fortunate correspondent who is......
John Bull's Six Counties
SIR,—It is difficult to imagine Ulster MP Sir Knox Cunningham not being aware that, as a rule, workers from Scotland, Wales and England do not chase jobs as far afield as......
This And That
SIR,--Can some expert in modern English usage please explain why it is that the current idiom prefers 'this' to 'that' and the phonetic 'ah' to any other pronunciation of the......
The Press
SIR.—On page 157 of the Spectator of February 5, Mr. Christopher Booker denounces tear-jerking, immortal bathos and drooling. On page 162 of the same issue Quoodle describes......
Where Honour Is Due
SIR,—The Prime Minister has announced that an 'honours list' for industrial achievement is to be compiled based upon US custom. The first recipients should be the US aerospace......
The United Nations
SIR,' --Brian Crozier's contribution on the United Nations in your January 15 issue seemed remark- ably out of place in your pages. Surely is it not the normal practice for......
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Figure Of Fun
Sta,--Robert Morley, who has always regarded him- self as a popular figure of fun, would welcome any evidence in the form of letters, anecdotes and in- sults that either......
Britain Without Churchill
SIIL—Referring to your article 'Britain Without Churchill,' I should like to suggest that if the present Government's attitude towards European co-opera- tion is ostrich-like,......
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