12 FEBRUARY 1965, page 14

The Terrible City

From MURRAY KEMPTON NEW YORK H ow to explain that an American came back for good to New York six months ago be- cause he felt deprived in Washington, a city of comparative......

Mixed-manned Medicine

SIR,—As a member of the association set up by patients who have lost their patience, as Leslie Adrian puts it in an entertaining article, I should like to comment on the......

Justice By Accident

SIR,—May I try to dispel Mr. Birnberg's doubt about the efficacy of an Ombudsman? Probability of detection remains the best known deterrent. One can therefore hope that an......

Letters To The Editor From: Lord Boothby, Conor Cruise...

Mrs. Helen S. U. Hodgson, Ben Whitaker, L. Sefton, John Connell, Marc I. Lee, Philidor, Peter Preston, Mrs. Angeline A. Hampton, Paul Paget, L. T. Peabody, and Sewell Stokes.......

Chambers As Witness

SIR,—Mr. Goronwy Rees, in his emotional review of Cold Friday — or, rather, of my review of Cold Friday — tells us that 'Chambers's evidence and the facts which support it......

Where Honour Is Due

SIR,—The Prime Minister has announced that an 'honours list' for industrial achievement is to be compiled based upon US custom. The first recipients should be the US aerospace......