16 SEPTEMBER 1966, page 14

Sir, —the Whitewashing Of Ramsay Macdonald Which Robert...

subtly in his article last week was perhaps intended to move the reader to ask why Mr Wilson does not imitate the great statesman and form a coalition government to deal with......

Victory For Nosey Parker Sir,—the Most Disturbing Thing...

title of Stuart Hood's article is the implication that those who dare to speak out about a public service, i.e. the BBC, are overstepping the mark and forgetting themselves. It......

The Universe Of Hatred

SIR,—According to official but incomplete figures, German dead in the Second World War were just over ten million, including civilians in air raids, on treks from the east and......

An Edinburgh Notebook

SIR,—I thank Mrs Winifred Ewing for her list of the trades and professions of Scottish National party candidates (Letters, September 9). It reads like T. S. Eliot's 'Triumphal......

1931 S111,—it Is Unfortunate That Mr Blake, Writing With...

than his usual clarity, should have failed to make clear certain points about 1931, since, as he rightly says, the story has often been distorted. It simply is not true that the......

Hospital Breakdown - Er2 Iro Irkri Ed111 3 0 1 2 From: Dr...

R. Freeman, B. L. Alexander, A. J. L. Barnes, Nicholas Davenport, William Empson, Sarah Gainham, Ludovic Kennedy, Mrs Mary Whitehouse, T. A. Sandrock, Norman Sherry, Miss......

Sia,—john Rowan Wilson Has Fallen For The Min- Istry Of

Health ploy in thinking that the doctors' pay award has been backdated. It hasn't. Briefly, the award was from April 1, 1966. It was frozen for six months in March, conforming......

The Reactionaries Sir,—what Mr Burgess Says About 'the...

of Finnegans Wake' is very interesting, and one day if I am spared I will try to decide what the episode means. Joyce might (just) be saying that the world needed God, but not......