A Spectator's Notebook
I N its generous recognition of the arts the New Year's Honours List is more imaginative than Usual. One award that will provoke interest and discussion is that of the Order of......
Rt Is Not Pleasant To Hear Of An Old Lady
of 89 (her son said in court that she might be older) being fined £20 for anything. But, of course, she may have deserved it. The parti- cular old lady whom the Guildford......
There Is A Let Of Interest In Who's Who If
you look for it, and quite a lot tkat you come on without effort. Take for example this entry, which I happened on while looking for something else; I give it in extenso:......
It Cannot Be Said Of Coelacanthus That He Woke To
find himself famous, for he did not, in fact attain fame till he was past waking. He is, I observe, to be named after the Prime Minister of South Africa. Prehistoric pair'?......
The Release Of Dr. Alan Nunn May From Wakefield Prison
this week enabled a number of British newspapers to display the indecency customary in some at least of them. Over thirty reporters and photographers are said to have gathered......
Churchill Eisenhower
T HE air is thick this week, or should be, with individual resolutions and national hopes. Of the former it is enough to trust that moreof them will be kept in 1953 than in......
There Is Something In The Daily Press Every Week That
stands out conspicuous. This week I would single out without any hesitation Ward Price's interview with General Templer - in Monday's Daily Mail, not merely because it is the......
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