10 MARCH 1973, page 28

The By-elections

Sir: A third force may be emerging in English politics. This may be the lesson to be learned from last week's by-elections. Scotland, however, is in a different position. At......

Sir: If Those By-election Results Mean 'anything They...

impending doom of Edward Heath. Like a demented general ture...i.;ug phantom armies he will no doubt continue to boast that he has the wholehearted supporL oi jority of the......

Pound Revalued

Sir: Strange are the survivals to be found in your Letters column! Mr John Wareham has resurrected in triumph Ezra Pound's circular definition of poetic criticism, which I had......

Sir: I Take Some Of The Points Made By James

Blish and Mark Braham about Ezra Pound. I deliberately overstated the case: they may swing a little too much in the other direction. I doubt whether Hardy had all that much to......

Are Guns Necessary?

Sir: I sometimes wonder if columns like 'A Spectator's Notebook' February 24) don't go out of the way to write rubbish with the intention of goading half-wittedreaders like me......

Saving Solo

Sir: Clive Gammon was so right about "the harsher alternative" being the right one in The Wild Dogs of Africa documentary. One of the most memorable experiences for television......

Passport Rights

Sir, Mr Cosgrave (February 3) raises again the question of the legal right of alien British passport holders to enter and live in Britain. I see Mr Cosgrave's point but would go......

Concorde

Sir: Re the article in the February 10 issue, by Oliver Stewart entitled 'One More Sonic Boom ': I again assert that puffed out cheek towards America is no substitute for......