27 SEPTEMBER 1957, page 11

The Spinach-spies Of Portland Place

By STRIX LTWANT some meat.' I 'Yes, sir,' said the butcher. I could see that he expected me to particularise. His small shop was festooned with meat. It would have been better......

City And Suburban By John Betjeman T Think The Innocence

of Auntie Times has been 'taken advantage of by Sir Francis Meynell. Last week Sir Francis wrote her an amusing letter holding up to ridicule Sir Albert Richard- son's notice......