... . Big Ben symbolises the stability of life in London, and the regularity and unhurried national tempo so it is only natural to suppose that Fifth Columnists should desire to confuse us by altering the famous clock's time. IV. Heath Robinsons lively imagination has supplied a method of frustrating anything like this. It will be noted that the vigilant Sixth Columnists are disguised as Gothic ...

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... ENGLAND GOES TO IT. DRAWN BY FRANK REYNOLDS. Madam, you are mistaken. I merely wished to interest you in our new cleaner. ...