16 OCTOBER 1959, page 18

Anti-semitism

SIR,—It appears that my lighthearted attempt to pour a little oil on the unusually troubled waters of the Cann has failed. Perhaps the oil was too thin.•Cer- tainly I......

Solomon Bandaranaike

SIR,---I was interested in the remarks of your con- tributor, C. H., on Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike, as, in 1955, shortly before be became Prime Minister, I had a long talk with......

X Marks The Spot Nicolas

Ludovic Kennedy, Donald Reid, Michael Shelton, Diane Burrow A nt i-Semi BS111 Robert P. Scott, C. J. Rawson Solomon Bandaranaike Richard Rumbold `The Control of the Purse'......

Sir,—on The Subject Of `the Somewhat Surprising Lack Of...

reaction' to his disclosures about Mr. J. G. W. Davies, Pharos doubtless now knows that Mr. Davies has been elected to a Fellowship at St. John's. One's -disgust may presumably......

Sta,-:-although Pamela Dunn"s Letter In Your Last Issue...

taken as a fair satire on Mr. Evelyn Waugh, I would like to point out that his attitude is not shared by all Catholics. 1. as a Catholic, and others, I am sure, like me, feel as......

Sir,—mr. Evelyn Waugh Is At His Sternest When He Tells

us that he will not vote this year; and will never vote unless a moral or religicius issue is involved. 'Every man,' said Mr. Pecksniff, has a right, an undoubted right (which......

Sir,—i Have Just Been Reading Your Issue Of Septem- Ber

25 which 1 found waiting for me here on return from contesting the seat at Rochdale. In it a Con- servative MP, Mr. J. E. S. Simon, QC, had written an article which not only......

Sir,—i Could Not Help Feeling A Little Bitter Myself Last

week after reading Mr. Evelyn Waugh's reference to 'bitter memories of the Attlee-Cripps regime.' It is common knowledge that Mr. Waugh belongs to the Roman Catholic Church, the......