14 OCTOBER 1972, page 30

Mother Teresa

Sir: In your article ' Anti-antiporn ' you observe . ' that -Lord Longford and his committee Were on occasions 'genuinely ridiculous.' That may be, but you might do well to......

Hot Or Cold

Sir: The opening sentences of Lord Blake's review (October 7) do not agree with my recollections of 1944. I can well remember people prophesying not a Cold but a Hot war between......

Political Commentary

From Sir Graham Sutton Sir: I imagine thal. - I am not alone among your regular readers in finding a certain puzzling inconsistency, not to say a lowering of standards, in your......

Coloured Actors

Sir: Will Waspe's comments (Spectator, September 2) on the use of coloured actors in the United Kingdom reminds me of the absurdities of the reverse situation in South Africa. I......

The Palestinians

Sir: Mrs Elizabeth Cussons in :ier fascinating letter (September 16) made many points worthy of further comment. "Never," she writes, "have I seen such mourning as that of the......

Juliette's Weekly Frolic

The amount of adverse — masculine — comment being levelled at lady jockeys now that their first season has closed contrasts sharply with the lavish applause their equine sisters......