10 FEBRUARY 1956, page 16

The Altar

SIR,—The recently reprinted The Altar Steps is the story of the life and spiritual growth of an Anglo:Catholic clergyman up to his ordina- tion and first curacy. But the first......

Sir, — May I Congratulate You On The Realism Of Your Article

of February 3. While there is much that is excellent in the present Health Service, it is sad to find the Government still wasting much time and money in applying remedies which......

Contemporary Arts

Poetic or Poetical ? DARKLING CHILD. By W. S. Merwin. (Arts.) THE writing of a modern verse drama is notoriously among the most difficult exercises that a poet can undertake.......

Sir,—while We Hesitate To Prolong A Discussion Which May...

the appearance of a parochial matter, the issue between the London Transport Executive and ourselves over the Leith Hill bus service reflects in miniature a national contro-......

Church Preservation Sir,—since Mr. John Betjeman's...

of January 13 in effect impute to the Church, or at any rate to its officers, the employment of somewhat shady tactics in achieving the demolition of a church, I am reluctantly......

William Archer Am Writing The Biography Of William...

dramatic critic, translator of Ibsen, and playwright, and should be grateful for any information your readers can provide. Any letters, press-cuttings, articles, reviews and......