High Jinks, As A Distinguished Ecclesiastic Irreverently...
taking place in connection with the tercentenary of the execution of King Charles I on January 3oth. One celebration that has not been announced, but that I hope will happen......
My Note Last Week On Americans And Genealogies Has Brought
both confirmation of the fact that many Americans are anxious to trace their pedigrees in this country, and that various agencies to help them do exist. Public Libraries, it......
The Speculation In This Column As To Why H. G.
Wells should have wanted to borrow a copy of Otto Strasser's book, L'Aigle Prussien sur l'Allemagne, has elicited explanations from more than one quarter, including a copy of an......
The Eagerly Awaited Lynskey Report Is Likely, I Gather, To
be published almost as soon as this paragraph is. Mean- while it may be well to dispose of one misunderstanding which seems rather prevalent. The Tribunal was constituted for......
We Have Now Had Nearly Three Weeks Of The Larger
daily papers, which is time for most people to make up their minds what they think of them. Certainly not everyone welcomes the enlargement. The four-page paper had got well......
In The Spectator Of December 17th I Mentioned The Tragic
story of Mr. A. W. Blake, who was murdered just before Christmas at the orphanage he superintended in Malaya, and said I would transmit any contributions any readers might care......
The Unknown Colonies
TN the House of Commons on Wednesday the Colonial Secretary gave preliminary particulars of a Colonial Exhibition to be held in London this summer. Further details will be......
A Spectator 's Notebook
T HE installation of Mr. Truman as President of the United States is so much a formality after the dramatic vote of last November, and in view of the fact that it is a case of......