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Tailpiece
The SpectatorT'ailpiece It is well known, of course, that in order to learn what is rcally going on yoU have to read mare than one newspaper: WHlY I'M A SQUARIi, BrY 111 I)TIHE ClOF...
Nancy Astor
The SpectatorNalcy lAstor I nevcr knew lady Astor: I wish I had. Even reading the obitLuIry notices shows mc something Of What I have missed. I cannot remember anyO(le else who in death has...
Nosmo King
The SpectatorNosmo King The l ondonI C'ounltyl Council before it dies an early and unlamented death is at it again. 'See wha t little lomniy is doing and tell him not to.' So, natch, no...
Eheu Fugaces
The SpectatorElIetI I''iigaces The British bridge team is now playing in the Olymplic championship ill New York. If they both. qatltlify for the remaining stages, I woudld expect either...
The Big Money
The Spectator1he Bfig} MNlonley B3ond M! arches On, and still 'the Commander' drags dovn thle dough. I see that 11o fewer than six of lan FeleCming's novels have now sold moire than a...
Treble
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Scoop
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It's a Crime
The SpectatorIt's a Crime A Io I lmlira cle' hrinlgs prosperity to a fishing -illage in thL spleLndid new Ngaio Mal-rsh, Dead WVater (Crilile C lub I5s.). J erkins and song-sheets and...
Byron the Poet. By M. K. Joseph.
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MODS AND OTHERS
The SpectatorM(OD)S ANI) OTHERS SIR,---l hink after reladinlg this week's Spectator tihat Richaird Giott's article on the M ods is quite hlilliant. Henry Fairlic got the right target right,...
WHY KHRUSHCHEV?
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LONG SENTENCES
The SpectatorLONG SENTENCES SIR, It is noticeable th:it 'progressives' aid presentday apologists for almost pathological leniency with criminitials habitually. thou glh quitc unjustiliably,...
[SIR,-David Watt is probably right in thinking that...]
The SpectatorSSIl,-David Watt is probably right in thinking ihat not much can be done to improve the processes of Selecting parliamentary candidates-so long as our Clectojral law remains...
LORD KILMUIR'S MEMOIRS
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ANNIVERSARIES
The SpectatorANNIVERSARUIS SIR,-My airmail issue of the Spectator (April 24) arrived this morning. I read with interest S.M.'s letter. I mn able to beat his record. He tells us that he has...
THE STEPHEN WARD TRIAL
The Spectator''11''E'I TFI'IIEN WARI) TRIAL Smi, N Mr. Arbllaster asks hlow and why the police stlarled their investigations into the activities of StCIelpn Ward. The answer (or part of it)...
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1914-18-AND ALL THAT
The Spectator1914-18-ANI) ALL IHIAT Stw-As a teaichcr ol modlern history I find Mr. Fairlic's article, '1914-18 And All That,' straingelY disturbing, coming, as it does, from a cumeinitalor...
FARM SUBSIDIES
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FROM CONCENTRATION CAMPS
The SpectatorFROM CONCENT RATION CANII'S SIR,-For a literary project, I am trying to locate any Church of England padre who was prcscnt at the liberation of any of the Nazi concentration...
MR. WYNNE AND THE PRESS
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REFORMING THE LAW
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The New Face of Politics
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Bandaland
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[ONE of the more plausible aspects of the...]
The SpectatorLiving with Nasser ONl. of the morc plausiible aspects of the (;idtilian's story on! Mondlay aboUt President Nasser's nLucIlcar weapons was thaIt it olfered ainl explanation...
Portrait of the Week
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The Smaller Territories
The SpectatorThe Smaller Territories JF the Commonwealth Prime Ministers have Iany time to spare in July they should consider once more the future of the smaller territories in what was the...
Progressing Backwards
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Putting the Case for Change
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Company Notes
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Investment Notes
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Affluence in Offaly
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Conrad the Great
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2-The Making Of A Marginal Seat?
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1-The Tories Hope For A Miracle
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The Emperor Alexander I. By E. M. Almedingen.
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A North Wales Village. By Isabel Emmett. The Problem of Wales and Other Essays. By J. F. Rees.
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The Tenants of Moonbloom. By Edward Lewis Wallant. The Carib Sands. By Terence Kelly. The Director's Dinner. By Charles W. Chapman. Nuts in May. By Richard Gordon. Weep Not, Child. By James Ngugi.
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Testament
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Society and Puritanism in Pre-Revolutionary England. By Christopher Hill.
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Beauty and the Beast?
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The King's Men. Edited by L. A. Fallers. Forks and Hope. By Elspeth Huxley. The Somali Dispute. By John Drysdale.
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'God-R.I.P.'
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The Truth About Nasser's 'Bomb'
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