A Spectator's Notebook
M R. BEVIN'S new and serious illness must, it would seem, bring the question of the Foreign Secretaryship to a head, for it can hardly be possible for him to carry the heavy......
Mr. Bernard Shaw's Finances Seem To Be Creating A Rather
inordinate amount of interest in various quarters. When the will is published a good deal of curiosity will no doubt be satisfied. Meanwhile here is a small contribution. In an......
The Fact That It Is Just Fifty Years Since Queen
Victoria's death has served as a reminder that it is equally (and necessarily) fifty years since King Edward VII's accession. That was in some respects a more notable event than......
Without Comment, Because Comment Fails Me, I Quote_from Art
advertisement in the Sunday papers: " William F. Temple The Dangerous Edge Introducing 'Janus,' the world's greatest cracksman, whose swashbuckling career makes exhilarating......
Being Something Over Forty Myself I Am Slightly Sensitive...
any references to senescence. But such references are not to be altogether avoided. They are embedded in official documents—for example, and in particular, in the Companies Act,......
New Bad Habits Ought To Be Checked If Possible Before
they become settled bad habits, and I quite agree with someone who vigorously damns the current, foolish and increasing use of the word " head- ache " in the sense of......
What Does China Mean ?
I N the House of Commons on Tuesday Mr. Churchill emphasised " the grave dangers which will fall on us all should any serious divergencies occur between our policy and that of......
I Give This Story For What It May Be Worth,
and rather in the hope of eliciting further information, mentioning only that it has important academic weight behind it. When the translators of the Authorised Version of the......
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