Suez And The Sudan
T HE eternal triangle of modern Egyptian politics— Palace, Wafd and British—has seen many variations in the course of the last generation, but only rare truces; yet a truce, or......
A Spectator 's Notebook T He Worst Feature Of The Vendetta
that has led to the resignation of Lord Waverley from the chairman- ship of the Royal Commission on Taxation has not to my mind received sufficient attention. Lord Waverley,......
Young Gentlemen At Both Oxford And Cambridge, It Appears,...
smoking Indian hemp and dosing themselves with benze- drine, caffeine and other drugs, and undergraduate papers at either university are investigating the matter. I doubt......
Judged By Any Criterion Mr. Lionel Curtis, Whose...
is being celebrated by a few of his oldest friends this week, must be counted one of the remarkable men of his generation: Enlisting as a volunteer in the earliest days of the......
How The Archbishop Of York, With The Northern Province And
the Diocese of York on his hands, to say nothing of multi- farious activities such as tours to the Antipodes and frequent attendance at the House of Lords, can find time and......
In Realising A Life's Ambition—for If He Had Any Other
ambition he would hardly have accepted the Wardenship of All Souls'—at forty-five Mr. John Sparrow has achieved something notable. A close runner-up when Sir Hubert Henderson,......
My Note Of Last Week Regarding The Qualities Of Our
National Anthem has brought me expressions both of agreement and of disagreement—as was to be expected; every man has a right to his own tastes. Someone, in the matter of......
As The President And Chairman Of The London Library Say
in their appeal for a fund, not to assist the library gener- ally, but to ease the way for those users of it who find the necessarily increased subscription (from four guineas a......
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