14 AUGUST 1971, page 23

No Mistake

Sir: In your Notebook yotl assert that you fear (and know) that the publication in our col umns of a recent article bY Andrew Alexander "was regarded in the highest Telegraph......

The Shortest Way

Sir: Now that my critics, under the guise of high-minded literary prin ciples, have indulged their petty, personalised and, in some cases, paranoic spleen, perhaps I can answer......

Road Or Rail?

Sir: So British Rail are now trying to outbid the British Road Federation in their demands for a motorway network. The British Rail advertisement (July 24) speaks in terms of......

The Critic's Function

Sir: What is the function of a drama critic? According to your own Kenneth Hurren, ' a worthwhile piece " of fringe theatre still deserves half the space he gives to a West End......

Praise Indeed

Sir: I find myself in the unusual but happy position of being able to write and congratulate you over your present objective and fairminded comments about Harold Wilson, his......

Mashed Bananas

Sir: Having read John Rowan Wilson's article on matoke (July 24) which he says "has all the delicacy of flavour of last week's boiled potatoes at a British public school," I......