10 OCTOBER 1958, page 24

The Canker In Our Midst

SIR,—The following may perhaps be of interest : engaged on research recently, .I discovered that the well-known 'carpe diem' of Horace's Ninth Ode is in fact a misreading of......

Voluntary Work Sni,—is There Unpaid Work, Useful And...

be done in England today'? I have lately retired from my firm in India and I shall be home for good in the spring; still reasonably young and sound in wind and limb. I have no......

Orde Wingate

SIR,—Having completed a biography of the late Major-General Orde Wingate, I am looking for suit- able illustrations. If any of your readers have un- published photographs of......

Sir,—my Question To Pharos Remains Unanswered, So May I Try

again'? 'Who is to decide what is better for the public other than their own choice?' In case Pharos is in an answering mood, here is a second question : Did he see any of the......

Sir,—mr. Vaizey Writes With Real Compassion And Makes A Plea

for better houses, schools; and mental - deficiency hospitals. I can only claim to have real knowledge of one such hospital, but it may hearten Mr. Vaizey to know of the......

Not Fit For Canines Si11,—`come, Friendly Bombs, And Fall On

Slough; it is not fit for humans now. . . If you substitute 'canines' for 'humans,' the poet John Betjeman is bang up to date. A harsh edict in one town now forbids a dog to sit......

Scarborough Via Lincoln

SIR,-1 am puzzling on how Taper managed to see Peterborough, Lincoln and York on his way to Scarborough. I may be wrong, but I should not imagine that any train takes such a......

Am Distressed That The Correspondence Columns Of The...

betray the existence of such an illiberal and unsympathetic attitude to- wards those who, for one reason or another, have become addicted to alliophagy. The enlightened view,......

Itv Programmes

SIR,—What, may I ask Pharos, is particularly humiliating about losing a game on television? As one of the contestants on Dotto I did not feel particularly humiliated when I......

Sir,—a Young Aircraftman, The Author Of A Letter...

you on September 5 under the heading s, 'Recruitment,' is now serving a sentence of two weeks' detention for disobeying an order. The order M question states that he should not,......