24 AUGUST 1951, page 4

A Spectator's Notebook

0 F all the numerous and variegated accounts of how Princess Margaret spent her birthday, I prefer that in the Court Circular, which I quote in extenso: "Today is the......

Just As It Is Necessary Not Merely That Justice Should

be done but that it should appear to be done, so in the reviewing of books it is not enough for bias or preconception to be absent ; there must be no excuse for any suspicion of......

* * * * That The Colour-bar Should Prevail On

British Railways when both the Railway Executive and the National Union of Railway- men are definitely -against it is as surprising as it is deplorable, It can spring only from......

Constant Lambert's Tragically Early Death Removes One Of...

links with the musical life of the 'twenties, the years when his own outstanding talents and Diaghileffs patronage brought him early fame. His musical tastes, his sense of......

Of All The Deplorable Incidents Connected With The...

to Bechuanaland appointed by Mr. Gordon Walker, the most deplorable has been the conduct of the trade union member of the mission, Mr. H. L. Bullock. According to reports from......

Higher Wages, Higher Prices

T HERE is nothing heroic about the statement in which the General Council of the Trades Union Congress has given its blessing to the new campaign for wage increases. It......