23 JULY 1954, page 7

Fair Game

I left the premises, nevertheless, feeling slightly appalled. I sat, as it happened, next to Commander and Mrs. Marten, and I had to tread on Sir Andrew Clark's toes in order to......

A Spectator 's Notebook

T HE Abominable Snowman is having some difficulty— more difficulty than the Piltdown Man had—in being accepted as a reality by the learned men. Their Scepticism arouses an......

The News - Hawks The State University Of Iowa School Of...

recently asked 37 foreign correspondents of American newspapers for a description of the factors which have the most influence in determining the character of your- news......

Cause Cerehre

I have, to my shame, very rarely sought access to the Strangers' Gallery of the House of Commons. Its benches— Comfortably padded but designed, with a fine sense of tradition,......

The Voice Of Experience

Dave is 77 years old, has a crippled wife, works slowly. methodically and continually on the land and is always cheer- ful. He is a small man; I suspect that his lack of inches......

'remember Crichel Down

' T HE dramatic ending of the Crichel Down affair with the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture will help to impress on the national memory this instance of a wrong done......