13 JANUARY 1956, page 13

Aside On Sidesmen

It is enjoyable to comment on those niceties of the Church's ritual which do not affect our immortal souls. They always arouse the hottest controversy, This matter of the......

Mr Catterpill's New

Year Party BY DR. ALOYS1US C. PEPPER M Y old friend Baddeley took me to Mr. Catterpill's New Year • party. As a sceptical observer of the political scene I was curious to see......

City And Suburban

By JOHN BETJEMAN I F you like something, these are the tactics which you may expect to tind employed to destroy or demolish it : (1) If the land or the building is privately......