17 JANUARY 1941, page 15

Life Under A Tyranny

SIR,—In these days, when there is so much talk about freedom and its opposite, I wonder how many people realise that in Britain, Germany or any other country freedom and tyranny......

Selective Evacuation

Sul,—Your readers may be interested to hear that the scheme for " Selective Evacuation " outlined in an article of mine in The Spectator about a month ago is going to be tried......

The Elgin Marbles

Stx,—According to Fisher's History of Europe, it was Italian troops, mainly Venetians assisted by German mercenaries, who about the year 1699, " in a bombardment of the Athenian......

America And The Far East

SIR,—Prince Obolensky's article in your last issue, interesting and somewhat alarming as it is, calls, I think, for some supplementary remarks. We must, of course, recognise......

The Indian Deadlock

SIR,—Many of your readers will have seen a recent letter in The Times signed by 26 well-known ladies, and as some of them, no doubt, are also readers of your paper, and you have......