Hanging And Treason
Six,—Mr. R. L. Travers is not strictly correct in saying that since 1814 the only punishment for high treason is hanging. What that Act (54 Geo. III c. 146) lays down is that......
Thoughts On Festivities-2
To Grace Any Table By ANDREW ROBERTSON I do not wonder that there are men (no women, yet. I think) called Masters of Wine, for it is a great mystery. Edward Hyams, in his new......
Truth And The Archbishop
SIR,—This becomes tedious, not to say shrill. Doe , , the Duchess of Hamilton not agree that the Arch- bishop of Canterbury's remarks on the Rhodesian dilemma were in many cases......
Letters To The Editor
From: Sir Linton Andrews, D. H. Cameron, Elkan Allan, D. C. S. Wiltshire, Donald South- gate, John A. Barry, Myron P. Gilmore, E. M. Milne, Anne Fremantle, J. Anthony Clare,......
Oedipus-shmoedipus
SIR,--Koestler's version is, of course, long-winded; but so is Brien's. The correct (i.e. most economical and truest to Yiddish speech rhythmsrpunchline is 'Oedipus-Shmoedipus I......
Over The Border
SIR,—Enid Lakeman and her friends should stop misrepresenting the result of the 1951 election. As I wrote in the Annual Register at the time: 'The Liberals polled 1,890:938......
I Tatti
SIR,—There has only now been brought to my atten- tion the review by Mrs. Sylvia Sprigge of the selected letters of Bernard Berenson edited by A. K. McComb in your issue of June......
The Theory Of Humour
S1R,—Alan Brien successfully challenges Arthur Koestler's analysis of the joke about the Indian's coded smoke signals to his accomplice in the poker game. Koestler certainly......
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