6 APRIL 1974, Page 4

Welcome back

Sir: I am prompted by Mr Bell's letter hinting termination of his subscription after the perusal of over 2,500 issues, which is about fifty years, to tell you how refreshing it is to me after thirty years' intermission to resume reading your journal, which had been continuous between the wars and I suppose was about 1,000 issues.

Coming again to the scene, let me congratulate you on the punch, drive, format and general control which I find stimulating and, perhaps, an improvement on previous reading. From this distance personal vendettas fall away and the larger picture of objective views is apparent.

R. Y. Armstrong 4 Livingstone Road, Umtali, Rhodesia