15 NOVEMBER 1969, page 28

His Master's Echo

Sir: There is, as Laurence Olivier once noted, no sound quite so hollow as that of an actor defending his work to a critic, and presumably this goes for authors too.......

Tests For Comprehensives

Sir: The kind of questions that Dr Rhodes Boyson is rightly asking about the quality of education provided by comprehensive schools. particularly for the able minority of their......

In Praise Of Stealth

Sir: May I reply briefly—if belatedly—to Mr Brian Crozier's criticisms of my review of his book The Masters of Power (Letters, 25 October)? When I wrote that his 'thesis' was......

Children's Book Show

Sir: The publicity your journal (1 November) to the Children's Book Sh proved to be misleading. As a parent, and a drama teacher. I te mpted by such phrases as 'a very full pro-......

Sweet And Sour

Sir: John Rowan Wilson (1 November rites of sugar being supposedly harmfu Iris quite certain that it causes tooth dem and there is much more evidence that harms the health......