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Now who says we don't need a Bill of Rights?
The SpectatorDemocracy is about how a government comes to power: constitutionalism is about the limitations a government accepts in the exercise of that power once it has gained it. With its...
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POLITICAL COMMENTARY
The SpectatorA question of loyalty AUBERON WAUGH Something rather horrible happened in the House of Commons last week. The House was debating Biafra again and, as might be expected, the...
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GREECE
The SpectatorThe truth about the judges C. M. WOODHOUSE My acquaintance with the clash between the Greek judiciary and the military government, which led to the recent dismissal by the...
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AMERICA-1
The SpectatorCome back, LBJ JOHN GRAHAM Washington—`Wanted: strong man, pre- ferably Texan, to round up a herd of un- ruly individuals collectively known as the Senate of the United...
AMERICA-2
The SpectatorOur Manhattan GEOFFREY WAGNER New York—There is a story told. of the celebrated Hungarian marxist critic, Georg Lukacs. For years, it seemed, he had held to a fairly rigid...
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INDIA
The SpectatorAngry border KULDIP NAYAR New Delhi—The Hindus have no Pope. If they had one, he would have tried to bring about a rapprochement between Nepal and India, two religiously...
FRANCE
The SpectatorTimetable for Europe MARC ULLMANN Paris—It is almost as if Kosygin had taken over directly from Stalin. In his well-pressed navy blue suit M Pompidou appeared be- fore his...
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RACE RELATIONS
The SpectatorNo final solution QUINTIN HOGG, MP Before we start talking about race relations, we need to take a deep breath and reflect silently on two important facts. The triumphs of...
Pupil power
The SpectatorCHRISTOPHER HOLLIS Sixth formers claim the right to have their fun, Demand their say in how the school is run; The senior boys' assent must be required On bow the masters shall...
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SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK
The SpectatorJ. W. M. THOMPSON Although the BBC's plans for sound radio have been pretty hotly criticised, one argu- ment which it seems to have won is over the abandonment of the old...
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TELEVISION
The SpectatorI switch off STUART HOOD Paradoxically one of the most cheering pieces of intelligence I have picked up rec- ently is that there are indications of a fall in television...
PERSONAL COLUMN
The SpectatorReflections on a missing link SELWYN LLOYD My great-grandfather was a Wesleyan Methodist Minister, who began his ministry as a probationer in 1826 at Caernarvon. My...
A hundred years ago
The SpectatorFrom the 'Spectator'. 17 July 1869—The Prince of Wales, on Tuesday, laid the first stone of a new orphanage at Watford, Hertfordshire, whither the Clapton Orphanage, now sixty...
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THE PRESS
The SpectatorSunday sag BILL GRUNDY The past week or so has not been entirely devoid of important news. There have been two reports on broadcasting, a subject which is of interest to...
CONSUMING INTEREST
The SpectatorTooth truth LESLIE ADRIAN 'Who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?' asked John Milton in the Areopagirica. '1, for one,' re- plied Richard...
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TABLE TALK
The SpectatorExegi monumentum DENIS BROGAN I am delighted that I can turn away from the drab trivialities or worse of our national (and international) life, from Biafra, from the...
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BOOKS Gunboats off Titipu
The SpectatorPAT BARR British diplomats of the nineteenth century were a tough, self-confident, vigorous breed. Nevertheless, much of the verve and colour that marked their careers has...
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Man of principle
The SpectatorCHARLES STUART Charles James Fox, A Man for the People Loren Reid (Longmans 65s) It is a sad reflection on the study of English political history of the late eighteenth cen-...
True romance
The SpectatorMICHAEL BORRIE Gothic Europe Sacheverell Sitwell (Weiden- feld and Nicolson 70s) This book is not really art history or archi- tectural history or any other sort of history....
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NEW NOVELS
The SpectatorFearful times MAURICE CAPITANCHIK A Gamble with Death Zaharia Stancu (Peter Owen 40s) Tumult Johannes Allen (Hogarth Press 21s) The Cat's Pajamas and Witch's Milk Peter De...
Tangled web
The SpectatorDAVID KNOWLES Frederick Barbarossa Peter Munz (Eyre and Spottiswoode 90s) Although before long Wellington, NZ, may be, as Concorde flies, almost as near to London as was...
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Bee's knees
The SpectatorGEORGE EWART EVANS Reuben's Corner Spike Mays (Eyre and Spottiswood 30s) This is the odyssey of a small country boy from Kuldysack, his first home, to Reuben's Corner where he...
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Queen's knight
The SpectatorDAVID WILLIAMS The Empress Brown: The Story of a Royal Friendship Tom Cullen (Bodley Head 35s) It was a long widowhood. Albert the Good, the adored if not exactly adorable,...
Press persons
The SpectatorGEORGE HUTCHINSON The Right to Know Francis Williams (Long- mans 50s) G — For God Altnighty David Farrer (Weidenfeld and Nicolson 30s) Lord Francis-Williams has weighty, almost...
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Matters of fact
The SpectatorMARTIN SEYMOUR-SMITH The French New Novel: Claude Simon, Michel Butor, Alain Robbe-Grillet John Sturrock (our 42s) 'Nouveau roman' was a term invented by (mainly hostile)...
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ARTS Les enfants du parody
The SpectatorBRYAN ROBERTSON The pop art show at the Hayward Gallery, ably selected by John Russell and Suzy Gablick for the Arts Council, is for me a lead balloon—or at least kapok-filled,...
BALLET
The SpectatorUps and downs CLEMENT CRISP I imagine that everyone has by now heard that the Bolshoi got off to a bad start at the opening of their Covent Garden season; just how bad is only...
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Umbrella stand
The SpectatorPENELOPE HOUSTON Le Gal Savoir (rcA, Nash House) Memories of Underdevelopment (Paris- Pullman, 'X') One hopes that the Cultural Revolut'on hasn't done for Jean-Luc Godard....
THEATRE
The SpectatorGood conduct HILARY SPURLING Conduct Unbecoming (Queens) Hamlet (Open Space, Tottenham Court Road) The Merchant of Venice (Regent's Park) The Country Wife (Chichester) Barry...
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MONEY Common sense about UK debts
The SpectatorNICHOLAS DAVENPORT Having described the British Letter of Intent to the IMF as a lot of baloney (5 July) I was naturally delighted to find the Financial Secretary of the...
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PORTFOLIO
The SpectatorGilt-edged now JOHN BULL Market reactions to the June trade figures were not enthusiastic, partly because dealers had been fed with some over-optimistic forecasts of the...
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The yahoo effect
The SpectatorSir: The ideas of Mr Dyson (`The yahoo effect,' 5 July) seem somewhat confused. He explicitly states that those students appearing on the Man Alive programme with Mr Hogg were...
The dragon's tongue
The SpectatorSir: As one who is learning Welsh and who has no more than a limited knowledge of the language I feel nonetheless qualified to clarify some points of Sir Graham Sutton's letter...
The truth about the generals
The SpectatorSir: I am grateful to Mr Young and Mr Mackridge (Letters, 5 July) for their cour- teous comments on my article, though I am not sure that in the circumstances I enjoy being...
Abortion city
The SpectatorSir: How rare it is and comforting to read a cool and rational appraisal of the abor- tion situation without a scream or a shrill word in it. I refer of course to your corres-...
LETTERS
The SpectatorFrom the Rev J. Stanton Jeans, Richard Keeble, C. M. Woodhouse, Norman St John-Sievas, MP, Stephen Wiggs, Mrs S. N. Nanpona, the Rev J. S. MacArthur, John Biggs-Davison, MP,...
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Swing of the censor
The SpectatorSir: I saw a ghost passing when I came across Anthony Burgess's mention (21 June) of the 'Count of Montalk, the uncrowned King of Poland', who fre- quented the Dean Street pubs...
Lament for the makers
The SpectatorSir: Martin Seymour-Smith (12 July) ought not to have used that wholly discreditable quotation from the Times on 'public poetry', as a club with which to beat the current...
Partisan story
The SpectatorSir: Mr Basil Davidson (Letters, 5 July), resents Mr Brian Crozier's accusation in his review of The Liberation of Goitre (21 June) that he derives 'relish' from 'the thought...
Eighty years on
The SpectatorSir: Three cheers to Simon Raven for high- lighting the dangers of an explosive pop- ulation (21 June). The only long term remedy is compulsory sterilisation after three...
-Nicholson circles the square
The SpectatorSir: It is possible, as Mr Bryan Robertson says (28 June), that Francis Bacon was in- fluenced by James Pryde, but if Mr Robertson has ever seen pictures by Pryde of nocturnal...
Why their's?
The SpectatorSir: The apostrope in `Their's not to reason why' (Spectator's notebook, 12 July) is not a misprint but an archaism. Cf. `Their's is the kingdom of heaven' in St Matthew, v. 3...
0 come, all ye faithful
The SpectatorSir: I have patiently attempted to deci- pher the hysterical and incoherent letter from the 'Czechoslovak' studene Pavel Tomalik (Letters, 28 June). As I see it, he makes the...
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AFTERTHOUGHT
The SpectatorLo He comes JOHN WELLS Did God come from Outer Space? If, as many journalists and progressive thinkers believe, the answer is 'yes', where did He go to next? Will He be Coming...
COMPETITION
The SpectatorNo. 562: Farewell to Auntie A subversive Bac employee has suggested that suitable theme music to accompany the proposed departure of throe orchestras from the Corporation's...
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Crossword 1387
The SpectatorAcross 1 Honour was the first love of the poetic colonel (8) 5 Vine-spoiler? (6) 9 Sport in the round? (4-4) 10 Seedy, but visible, improvements (6) 12 Sunrise delineated by...
Chess 448
The SpectatorPHILIDOR H. Kluver and Dr K. Fabel (Fairy Chess Review, 1947). Losing Chess (see article for rules); White to play and 'win'; solution next week. Solution to no. 447...