13 DECEMBER 1980, page 16

In Defence Of Hiss

In defence of Hiss Sir: I find your remarks concerning Alger Hiss (Notebook, 29 November) extremelY distasteful. To say that a man can 'capitalise even on disgrace' suggests......

Spluttering

Spluttering Sir: Mr Auberon Waugh accuses me of faulty logic in 'lifting a forceful if hyperbolic statement of personal principle from one context and dumping it in another' (6......

Pound Stable

Pound stable Sir: Whether or not fears of an inverted J-curve prove, as Tony Rudd is inclilled tO believe (6 December). as false as did hlolol of its opposite earlier on. surelv......

Old Stations

Old stations Sir: I am not persuaded by T. Warburton's claim (Letters, 22 November) that the British Rail Property Board has a concern for the environment. I refer to the......

Standing The Test

Standing the test Sir: Your item about the visit which the headmaster of Charterhouse received from the police investigating the Yorkshire Ripper's alleged Sunderland......

Judgment On Generals

Letters Judgment on generals Sir: Mr Scrivenor's letter (29 November) admirably expresses one of the most enduring of those myths about the first world war that I have attempted......