A Straw—but One Of Many. An Englishman, Whose Fortune It
is to be large and blonde, and whose misfortune it is to look in consequence Teutonic, has just returned from a motoring trip in Italy. Wherever he was known to be British he......
Under Their New Rationing System The Germans Are To Be
allowed, among other things, t oz. of soap per week. Not being entirely clear what that means in terms of familiar soap measurements I have had an ordinary tablet of toilet soap......
A Spectator's Notebook
N OTHING better exemplifies the contrast between this country's attitude today and a year ago than a compari- son between two speeches by the Prime Minister. Last week, on......
There Can Be Nowhere, I Imagine, To Touch The Hall
of a London club for profusion of verdicts on the situation— unless it be the lobby of the House of Commons. Here is a selection from ten minutes' harvest: " War is absolutely......
Turkey's Firm Declaration Of Adherence To Her Engage-...
Britain and France has been one of the more important and reassuring events of the past week. But from all I hear the British Treasury deserves sharp con- demnation for the......
Science, Farming And Food
I •1 a few words Sir Thomas Middleton put before the British Association this week the paradox of British farming. " During the decade 1831-40 the land of Great Britain......
The Present Emergency, Particularly The Evacuation...
inconveniences arising from the fact that L.C.C. elementary schools, admirably equipped in all other respects, lack one necessity of life—the telephone. The reason can hardly be......
Mr. J. A. Spender Is Likely To Stir Up The
pundits by his remark (in the Sunday Times) that " the history of diplomacy is in large part a record of double-dealing, as indeed the word `diplomacy' implies." Surely it is......
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