15 JANUARY 1972, page 19

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4 The Bryn, Swansea SNi tu ;CE Punctures puncture ' eiY ( Sir: I was rather distressed to your advertisement for IBM co 11 I■1 puters since it was based 1.1P ° ini improved......

3est Men Of 1971

r: Here are some who have made significan t contribution in 1971: /an Illick, Arthur Koestler, Arnold 'oynbee, Conor Cruise O'Brien, oietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Laurens an de......

;iwaugh Bashing

Air: What does Mr Stokes (Letters, eanuary 1) mean by the ' g reats ' in lolitical journalism? Intelli g ent oh l ervation and an acerbic Iv manner eake entertainin g gossip......

Scotch Mist

Sir: I was saddened to read of your experiences in Scotland althou g h not entirely surprised. Had you been fortunate enou g h to be a Scot you would have known that the......

Mis-spent Youth

Sir: I would like to draw your attention to an error in your Christmas q uiz (December 25): lithium is not a g as, as stated in q uestion 6(ii), but a g roup I metal, with a......

The Parish Church

From Patrick Cormack, MP, and the Rev Ian Dunlop Sir: This year the Historic Churches Preservation Trust celebrates its twentieth anniversary and we would like to mark the event......

Yeats Letters

the Yeats Estate and Oxford UniComplete Letters of W. B. Yeats any information abou t unpublished Sir: I have been commissioned by versity Press to co-edit the and I should be......

Portuguese Methods Criticised

Sir: In writin g of Portu g al's colonial wars in An g ola (January 1), Mr Calvert offers so lar g e a helpin g of Portu g uese propa g anda as to call for some correction,......