15 DECEMBER 1961, page 15

War On Want

SIR, —Twice within one year famine has afflicted the peoples of Africa, revealing the thinness of the margin between survival and starvation for those living on the wrong side......

Walter Scott

SIR. —Professor Daiches in his review of my Scottish Literature and the Scottish People on November 24 reiterated his favourite phrase about Scott being 'a lover of the past and......

Man And Caveman

S1R,—Alan Brien in his description of the Dordogne mentions the striking likeness of the village dogs to English foxhounds, and suggests that they 'seem to have strayed from......

Sir,—there Are Now 3,000 Homeless Families In London And...

than 1,000 children have had to be taken from their parents and put in institutions because they had nowhere to live. With the intention of expressing Christian concern and......

Ticimosexuals

SIR,—One had hoped that mass prosecutions of ,homosexuals had ceased, but at the recent Notting- hamshire Assizes twenty-three men (most of them stated to be of good character)......

Sir, —i Sincerely Pray There Will Never Be A Minister For

Tourism in any shape or form. The idea of inviting visitors to England with the sole aim of emptying their pockets is peculiarly sickening. And it is easy to imagine the awful......

Fund For East Africa

SIR,—May I seek your readers' support for the special Fund that has been opened to help the people of East Africa, where several simultaneous emergencies are causing human......

Sir,—ultimate Nerve-twangcr For Molly Bishop. Seen In A...

on the Tottenham Court Road: 'A Merry Knit-mass.' J. ROGER BAKER 78 Si. Peter's Street, Islington, NI, PS: Done in cotton wool blobs, of course.......

Road Safety

Sr It. — The problem of road accidents is intensified at C hristmas and a great responsibility rests upon every r oad-user. Relatively small amounts of alcohol cause a......

First Term

a present pupil at Shrewsbury, I would question Mr. Richard Cobb's description of his house as a 'haven of liberalism'; and however true it might be of his house, it certainly......