Books and arts – 22 January 2015
The Spectator
Thursday
From the archives | 22 January 2015
From ‘Economic quackery’, The Spectator, 23 January 1915: Ever since the war began there has been a tendency to rely upon the government, instead of relying upon ourselves and upon the operation of economic laws. The political mischief resulting is the establishment of what is virtually an uncontrolled Cabinet autocracy. The economic mischief, though it has
Wednesday
The Spectator at war: German hospitality
From The Spectator, 23 January 1915: The Press Bureau has published, at the request of the Russian Embassy, a narrative of the insults, privations, and assaults suffered by Russian subjects in Germany after the outbreak of war. All the facts have been carefully verified, and the names of the chief victims are given. The story
Monday
The Spectator at war: Terror without panic
From ‘News of the Week’, The Spectator, 23 January 1915: WE have written elsewhere of the raid by German airships on Tuesday night, but may mention here the bare facts. The airships, of which there were apparently three, were seen at 1.30 in the afternoon off the Dutch coast, and they must have reached England
Sunday
The Spectator at war: War of words
From The Spectator, 16 January 1915: A VOICE FROM THE FRONT [To the editor of the “Spectator”] SIR,— You may be interested to hear that the other day—in a place which the Censorship regulations forbid me to mention —I saw a number of soldiers surrounding an officer who was reading the Spectator to them; and
Saturday
The Spectator at war: Compulsory service | 17 January 2015
From ‘Compulsory Service’, The Spectator, 16 January 1915: COMPULSORY service has not come yet, but it is drawing very near, and will certainly come unless some miracle should intervene—as, for example, the conquest of this country or the sudden collapse of our enemies. Those who dispute our statement that compulsion is coming must be very
Thursday
Cartoonist
‘So, you’re a cartoonist — can you actually survive doing that?’
Jihadi
Bull
‘I appreciate you not wearing the red sweater this week, Doc.’
Looks 2
Wally
‘I’m just trying to find myself.’
Rock
‘British workers would never do it for the wages we pay.’
Snail
‘Of course it was just a shell when I moved in.’
Marine
Spectator letters: A GP’s cry of distress and a defence of Stephen Hawking
Dreadful treatment Sir: I worked as a GP through the Thatcher, Major, Blair, and Brown eras, apart from a spell as an A&E doctor, and never experienced such a depressing and worrying time for the NHS as now (‘Wrong diagnosis’, 10 January). There was frequently strain on the service from underfunding, but not the crisis