11 SEPTEMBER 1964, page 13

Bryn Griffiths In His Interesting Letter Is Right About The

'Thomas bandwagon,' loaded with blinkered parasites and little men chewing away at the choice remains. It certainly rolls on, as tawrence's does, and Fitzgerald's, and soon, no......

Echoes Of Newsom •

his interesting article on the Newsom IcePort (Spectator, August 28), Mr. Mason rightly leachers. Unfortunately, perhaps through lack of condemns the cursory dismissal of the......

Without Degrees

S1R,—The Advisory Centre for Education are naive if they suppose that those who failed to graduate will be the best source of accurate information about the reasons for the......

Sir,—as A Practising Newsagent I Hasten To Con -...

Churchill on his excellent and factual report on 'The Newsagent's Lot.' How refreshing it is to find a contributor who is prepared to gain first-hand practical experience of a......

Sir,—what A Pity Watchman In 'spectator's Note- Book'...

spoilt his plea for tolerance for ininority movements (Scotch and Welsh National- ists) with supercilious asininitie,s; 'Dotty, as, I fear, their ultimate purposes irremediably......

Colour And The Election

SIR,----I never heard such a feeble argument as Mr. David Watt now puts forward. Has he not heard the ancient proverb 'he who pays the piper calls the tune'?` Does he expect......

Leiters Of Composers

have been commissioned to edit a book of Letters of Composers. I would be grateful to hear from anyone having any letters from lesser-known composers of general interest.......

Jr.--mr. Randolph Churchill Might Like To Know That In This

town the newsagents, so far as evening newspapers are concerned, close for a complete Week in August. This means that a newspaper has to set up its own selling organisation just......

All Good Fun

SIR,—We must be deeply grateful to Mr. Lee for his learned, pertinent and interesting letter. Mr. Reichardt's assertion that the cults of Cybele and Attis were cults of the......

Opinion Polls

Sta,—In the Spectator of September 4, David Watt refers to two criticisms of our methods; the way in which we adjust for people who are on holiday, and the fact that we do not......

South Africa

Si,—Jan Botha's letter in the Spectator of August 21 calls for some comment, in particular because the views he propounds in his capacity of National Public Relations Secretary......