16 JULY 1977, page 17

Gay Grievances

Sir: The homosexual minority in this country is deeply indebted to Leo Abse for guiding the Sexual Offences Bill of 1967 on to the statute book. His yiews demand attention and......

Sex And Creativity •

Sir: Your reviewer Francis King (9 July) regrets that Desmond Stewart's biography refers to details of T. E. Lawrence's sexual life which could better be 'consigned to......

All Right

Sir: I must take issue with Adele Wayman (Letters, 9 July) over her condemnation of 'alright'. This word, used ironically by George Gale, can be defined as 'meeting a grudgingly......

Privileged

Sir: An ironic postcript to your story (25 June) of the Welsh National Opera, the American singers and the actors' union, Equity. Following the union's ban on the two singers......

Liberalism

Sir: Your discovery (25 June) of the true locus of liberalism in Mrs Thatcher is too shallow. The permanent feature of British Liberalism is not its adherence to a set of......

A Matter Of Style

Sir: Not yet having read Joshua Logan's autobiography, Josh, reviewed by Benny Green in the 2 July Spectator, I am in no position to judge whether or not it is as appalling as......