16 JUNE 1973, page 28

Juliette's Weekly Frolic

Apart from one blissful, baking afternoon at the Derby, last week had little to recommend it. Winners are what's wanted and the losing punter is notoriously uninterested in......

A Word To The Judge

Sir: 1 have seldom read such hot-headed vapourin g s in an over g round paper hs appeared in your issue of June 2 under the name of Dorothy Becker. Is she the same person as the......

Israel And The Arabs

Sir: I was vastly amused to see myself described by Henry Adler (June 2) as an "insecure bluestocking ", but, while I do not mind this wildly inaccurate description. I do object......

Pyotr Yakir

Sir: It seems that Mr David Levy (June 2) cannot even see what was objectionable in his remarks about Pyotr Yakir. May I recapitulate? First, he gave an account, highly abusive......

What's In A Name?

Sir: I have just returned from an extended post-Easter break, to London and my back-copies ot The Spectator. Lo! What do I find in your issue of April 28 but 'Confessions of......

Rowse On Shakespeare

Sir: Contrary to popular belief the first object of the Francis Bacon Society is to study - Trancis Bacon's works "as philosopher, statesman and poet." The second object is to......