11 JULY 1970, page 24

Blood And Thunder

Sir : Might I make some reply to Ronald Hingley's review of my book 1919: Red Mirage, which appeared in the SPECTATOR on 25 April, but which has only recently come to my notice?......

Pound Revalued

Sir : It is depressing to see as fine a writer as Martin Seymour-Smith (in his review of The Life of Ezra Pound by Noel Stock, 20 June) joining the host of inferior critics who......

Unionists Under Pressure

Sir: The most distressing factor in the letters of recent correspondents on Northern Ire- land (20 June) is that for the most part they have fallen victim to a simple technique......

Singapore Revisited

Sir: Since Anthony Burgess's article on Singapore appeared (6 June), your readers will be interested to know 'Mr Lee's dicta- torial pragmatism' has led him to order all......

Mr Heath's Triumph

Sir: In your issue of 27 June you speak, like so many, of the 'utter discredit' of the poll- sters. Quite sure? I enclose some fairly prophetic verses I made in 1959: I notice......

On Double Standards

Sir: Almost every part of Mr Shenfield's 'argument' (13 June) attacking white South Africa's critics was used, 'moans nuttandis, to attack the abolitionists over 150 years ago.......