22 OCTOBER 1983, Page 20

Sir: On the subject of dedication to Nelson Mandela, you

might want to know that the Junior Common room at New College renamed the JCR the Nelson Mandela Room. An institution further removed from the Camden Borough Council could scarcely be imagined. New College is considered to be a bastion of Roman Catholicism and reactionary politics. The sign indicating the whereabouts of the room is now no longer visible. Could this be the first sign of the de-Mandelisation that your periodical appears so keen on?

Stephen Cranston

Trinity College, Oxford