15 AUGUST 1952, page 14

In Defence Of Tyndale

SIR,—As a young schoolmaster who has helped in the teaching of scripture at this country grammar school for the past three years, I feel that something further must be said......

Sir,—if Janus Would Treat Prunes In The Following Manner...

his revulsion at the sight of them might be dissipated. Put some prunes into a large jar, cover them with gin and perhaps the dregs of a bottle of port. Three months later top......

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Prunophiles, Prunophobes

Sta,—No doubt, as Mr. Penney reminds us, we should all be kind to poor dumb vegetables which cannot answer back, but Janus is entitled to express his opinion (however wrong)......

• Snz,—i Agree With The Right Of Janus To Say

what he likes about the prune, but I wonder if he has ever had them as we cook them in Scotland, that is: cooked slowly with sugar in the oven, and finally a good measure of......

Sia,—may I Support Janus's Attack On The Prune ? This

unlovely fruit, we are told, is excellent when well cooked; suffice it to say that good prune-cooks must be extinct. Certainly there are none in schools, where prune-suffering......