18 SEPTEMBER 1942, page 14

A Cobbler's Diary

SIR,—In a well-known town I recently conversed with the head of a boot-repairing establishment ; and I give the result of the conversation in the form of a diary. December,......

The Liberal Party

SIR,—Yes, your correspondent "B. T. W." is right in saying we Liberals strongly dislike to be called left wing Conservatives or right wing Socialists—for we are neither. I......

Country Life

MANY more people than ever before have realised the poet's truth that September is the "season of mellow fruitfulness," is perhaps the most satisfying month of the year. The......

The Women's Institutes

SIR,—Sir William Beach Thomas, in his admirable plea for the "local characters" of the village as a " self-sufficing " unit, remarks: "Even Mr. Massingham . . . will acknowledge......

Men Into Officers

SIR,—In his article "Men into Officers," Mr. J. L. Hodson (who, later on, suggests the formation of schools for leadership) writes, with apparent satisfaction, that out of forty......