The Criticisms Of English Legal Ways By The Swiss Public
prosecutor in connection with the Hume case are obviously justified. Whether the Crown ought to have a right to appeal if a man found innocent is subsequently shown to be (in......
A Spectator's Notebook
AS BOTH PARTIES appear to have agreed—Labour for- mally, the Conservatives in- formally — to reform the licensing laws, I suppose there's a chance that they will be amended some......
What's Come Over The Times? On Wednesday, For Instance,...
was a facetious heading— 'Much Binding'—to the long leader, which wasn't, in any case, as long as all that : a mere, digestible half-column. The leaders, in fact, were all so......
The Official Cuur Of The Past Is Getting So Obses-
sive that any piece of `history' is apparently con- sidered good business, even when its implications are directly damaging to the cause in which it is invoked. A British......
Mr. Tom Iremongeil I See, Has Been Jeering At The
people who `read the Spectator in the comfort of their armchair on a Saturday afternoon' for be- lieving that he and his fellow MPs are a race of machine-slaves, compelled by......
In Times When I Find It All Too Regular An
occur- rence to be preparing an obituary notice for a departed contemporary, it is pleasant to be able to welcome one which was buried a few years ago but has obstinately......