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NEWS OF THE WEEK
The SpectatorHE political situation in North Africa remains as static as the military, and signs of progress are as much to be desired in the ne field as in the other. Mr. Macmillan has by...
Iraq at War
The SpectatorIraq's declaration of war on Germany, Italy and Japan has been made with the full assent of both Houses of Parliament, and with- out any pressure from the United Nations. It...
The Starving Children of France
The SpectatorIt will be impossible for any humane person, or for that matter, any humane Government, to be unmoved by the appeal made in the Sunday Times by Mr. Howard Kershner, Director of...
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The Cry of the Jews
The SpectatorThe statement made by Mr Attlee in the House of Commons on Tuesday regarding the action of the British and Allied Govern- ments in face of Hitler's threats to exterminate the...
Bombs on the Capitals The resumption of the bombing of
The SpectatorBerlin has been followed by the bombing of London, and the Berlin papers, with a mixture of bluster and appeal, are suggesting that it is better for neither capital than for...
Industrial Strategy
The SpectatorIn his speech in the House of Commons on Tuesday Mr Lyttelton not only emphasised the fact that 1943 is to be the pe year of production, using the labour of every available man...
Beveridge Scheme Critics
The SpectatorOn two aspects of the Beveridge Report questioners in the House of Commons on Tuesday got small satisfaction. Regarding the A.B.C.A. affair (which Mr. Harold Nicolson discusses...
Provision for the Disabled
The SpectatorMany lessons were learned during and after the last war in regard to provision for disabled men which must be applied and extended in the present war. The report issued last...
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NEW TASKS FOR PARLIAMENT
The SpectatorThroughout the last three years the demands have been taking ape. The Government itself, through various Ministers, depart- ents and committees, has been making inquiries, and...
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A SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK
The SpectatorT HE resumption of raids on Berlin and London makes it relevant to consider what force the Luftwaffe could in case of need mobilise for attacks on this country. An article on...
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THE GENERAL OFFENSIVE
The SpectatorBy STRATEG1CUS Consider first the achievement of the Eighth Army. It is clear that Rommel has fulfilled his function of delay and succeeded in escaping the Eighth Army's...
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NORTH AFRICA AND FRANCE
The SpectatorBy PIERRE MAILLAUD I T is a sad thought that through the injury of defeat the soul and body of France should have become not only a playground for the barbarian but also a...
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COLLEGES FOR THE PEOPLE
The SpectatorBy SIR RICHARD LIVINGSTONE (President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford) AKE (in happier times) an air-cruise over the Scandinavian lands, and you will see, scattered about the...
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THE 18 B PRISONERS
The SpectatorBy A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT T HERE are certain questions about which the public mind ought to be more disturbed than it is. One is the position of persons detained under Defence...
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WALNUTS
The SpectatorBy SIR STEPHEN TALLENTS T HE walnuts of England did their bit manfully last autumn. Gilbert White, recording in his journal a bumper walnut crop in 1788, notes that it went...
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MARGINAL COMMENT
The SpectatorBy HAROLD NICOLSON I N the House of Commons, on Tuesday, Mr. Dugdale asked the Secretary of State for War why the War Office with- drew from circulation the pamphlet on his own...
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ME CINEMA
The SpectatorB.B.C. Brains Trust." For future release." Casablanca." At Warner's and the..kegal. Ar what level of audience intelligence does the wise film producer aim? The answer clearly...
LINCOLNSHIRE SKY THE birds in one-way traffic fly
The Spectatorspirals across the pale blue china sky, and August afternoon hangs bright with pinpoint sounds, with penetrating light. The rooks like small black ashes turn and drop abruptly...
The Leicester Galleries
The SpectatorART THE New Year exhibition at the Leicester Galleries is a mixed, and rather over-large, bag of pictures by younger English painters, and by minor masters, English and French....
THE THEATRE
The SpectatorThe Desert Song." At the Prince of Wales Theatre. Hr distance we have travelled since the last war may be shown of only in such social phenomena as the public interest in...
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SUNDAY THEATRES
The SpectatorC] to pl de 04 L] N; in Re re: ho m; en no wl is gu wl Hi im the wl ag if to an be ch wt tel ca Stn, Two passages in your Note on this subject puzzle me. The first is...
INTERNATIONAL PEACE FORCE
The SpectatorLETTERS TO THE EDITOR receive with much pleasure, although belatedly, most numbers of The Spectator, and am particularly interested in the Marginal Com- ments of Mr. Harold...
A WORLD AIR FORCE?
The SpectatorSit,—Your contributor on January 8th rightly says that the question of A World Air Force needs to be discussed, and he couples with it the wider conception of an International...
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RETRIBUTION
The SpectatorSnt,—Mr. Harold Nicolson in his article in your issue of January ii5th says: " Retribution there must be, in order to convince the Axis countries, &c." He then outlines a policy...
AIR TRANSPORT-AFTER THE WAR
The SpectatorSilt,—The probability that America will be able to monopolise the world's air traffic after the war, although admitted with reluctance by Government spokesmen in the House, will...
I.U. DEGREES
The SpectatorSm,—In view of your sustained and vigorous attack upon the Inter- collegiate University and the University of Sulgrave which has recently been inaugurated, I am wondering if you...
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AFRICA AND THE FRENCH
The SpectatorSm,—The elimination of Admijal Darlan has by no means brought about a clear situation in French Africa. Darlan and the other adherents of Vichy who profess to have come over to...
AIRCRAFT, TIME, AND 'THE ADMIRALTY
The SpectatorSIR,—I am sure we should all like to support Mr. A. V. Alexander in his appeal to " the nation " to see that the Fleet Air Arm is equipped with the most modern 'planes we can...
COUNTRY LIFE
The SpectatorTan most deeply engrooved countryman must confess that London i s a notable rival, and its rus in urbe seems to grow more rural. Perhaps this is due to the keener observation of...
NAPOLEON AND HUDSON LOWE
The SpectatorStn,—In his " Marginal Comment " Mr. Harold Nicolson says: " There are few of us who do not regret Hudson Lowe." I am afraid he is right. The " few " are those who know the...
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Air- Victory
The SpectatorMR. ZIFF'S book inevitably challenges comparison with Major A. de Seversky's Victory Through Air Power. Both preach a modernised Douhetism. Both are full-blooded expositions of...
BOOKS OF THE DAY
The SpectatorPlanned Science Science and World Order. By J. G. Crowther, 0. J. R. Howarth and D. P. Riley. (Penguin Books. 9d.) Science in Soviet Russia. By Seven British Scientists....
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" Sword into Pen 7
The SpectatorWe Landed at Dawn. By A. B. Austin. (Gollancz. 78. 6d.) MR. AusTiN occupies a curiously fortunate position among British journalists. He contrives to combine the technique of...
The Making of Magnitogorsk
The SpectatorBehind the Urals. By John Scott. (Seeker and Warburg. 7s. 6d.) IN 1932, at the age of 20, John Scott, equipped with a university education, a welder's certificate and a spirit...
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Mass Chaos
The SpectatorThe Pub and the People. By Mass Observation. (Gollanez. 16s.) I DOUBT whether it is merely prejudiced to suppose that a book should either be objective and scientific or a...
Fiction
The SpectatorWe Shall Return. By Jack Lindsay. (Dakers. 8s. 6d.) Ding Dong Dell. By Joan Morgan. (Chapman and Hall. 8s. 6d.) And Now Tomorrow. By Rachel Field. (Collins. 8s. 6d.) How Can We...
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Shorter Notices
The SpectatorLucretia Borgia : The Chronicle of Tebaldeo Tebaldef. By Algernon Charles Swinburne. Foreword, Commentary and Notes.by Randolph Hughes. (Golden Cockerel Press. 4 gns.) A...
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" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 202 COMPANY MEETING (A
The SpectatorBook Token for one guinea will c, awarded to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword to be opened alter noon on Tuesday week. Envelopes should be...
SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No. 200 SOLUTION ON FEBRUARY 5th
The SpectatorThe winner of Crossword No. 200 is LADY BAGSHAWE, Bramble- haw, Lower Bourn; Farnham, Surrey.
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The Second Spring, 1818-52. A Study of the Catholic Revival
The Spectatorin England. By Denis Gwynn. (Burns Oates. 9s.) MR. GWYNN has written a humane and well-balanced study of the Catholic Revival in England immediately before and after the...
FINANCE AND INVESTMENT
The SpectatorBy CUSTOS As expected, the year has opened well in the stock markets. While there is no rush to buy, most groups, especially gilt-edged and well- secured prior charges, are...