29 OCTOBER 1965, Page 13

Big Ben

Suf.—With regard to Mr. J. C. Jones's little poem rul1 Page 512 of the Spectator of October 22, alas for a. 1111 there is no 'brick and stone' in 'Big Ben' which is the bell in the tower and ,nothing else. The clock as far as I know has no name and presumably the rest is the tower.

RIVERS OLDMEADOW n(iSal Air Force Staff College, Andover, Hants