15 OCTOBER 1948, page 15

Sm,—mr. C. W. Orr's Letter Is Typical Of The Complacent

attitude charac- terising most Press notices of Dr. Fu rtwangler's recent Beethoven festival in London. Referring to Furtwangler and Bruno Walter, he writes: " It may well be......

The Future Of Socialism

Sra,—May I reply to three points raised by Sir Angus Watson in his letter on my new book, The Triple Challenge ? (1) Sir Angus Watson says that on the great issue of hetw far we......

Nothing But Beethoven

Sta,—Mr. Orr's criticism of the " Teutonic ignorance and provincialism " revealed in Dr. Furtwingler's London programmes needs a little more qualification than he seems prepared......

Sm,—mr. L. S. Amery, In His Review Of Mr. Churchill's

The Gathering Storm, says " the final verdict of history may well be far less severe on the democratic leaders who failed to stand up against the prevalent illu- sions than on......

Letters To The Editor 44 The Churchillian Epic "

Sm,—In the interests of historical accuracy I must express my dissent from the impression conveyed by the concluding paragraph of Mr. Amery's review of Mr. Churchill's book. No......

Conscript Service

Stn,---In your issue of October 8th, " Sergeant " of Singapore complains that the response of 75 per cent, of his fellows (mostly national conscripts) to all attempts to lure......