10 AUGUST 1945, page 5

I Mentioned Last Week Lady Oxford's Habit Of Invariably...

her letters in pencil. G. W. E. Russell, the author of Collections and Recollections, and several other similar volumes of essays, apparently had the same habit, and confessed......

A Number Of Correspondents Have Written Expressing Warm...

the idea of a national shilling tribute to Mr. Churchill, and there is no doubt, I think, that if some responsible body of persons—of course of all parties—would sponsor it and......

_i It Is Not Surprising, In View Of The Constitution

of the present Parliament, that the question of an increase in the payment made to Members should be raised as a matter of some urgency. Actually it is a very difficult problem,......

A Spectator

'S NOTEBOOK S 0 man's highest scientific achievement is the discovery of means for effecting man's annihilation. That, of course, is an obvious comment, and perhaps hardly worth......

The Question Whether King John Did Or Did Not Sign

Magna Carta has aroused more interest than many greater matters are apt to. My critics have attracted defenders into the field. One declares that John did sign, for the......

An American Paper Has Committed Itself To The Prediction, Or

the surmise, that Professor Laski will be Lord Halifax's successor as Ambassador in Washington. The suggestion appears to exaggerate a little the Prime Minister's gratification......

Anyone Who Doubted Pierre Laval's Astuteness Will Have...

of the doubts after reading the evidence the former Prime Minister has been giving at the Main trial. He clearly did what he liked with the Court, and was able to put a......

His Majesty's Government

M R. ATTLEE has completed his administration with laud- able promptitude, and his appointments are exposed to public contemplation and comment. There has been, and will be, no......