17 JANUARY 1964, page 16

Defences And Deterrents

Sia,—Professor Howard is so disarmingly polite about my strictures against the ISS that I am almost at a loss to ward off his delicate barbs. I certainly agree with him that......

A Canterbury Tale Sir,—david Watt's Lighthearted Article...

most important issue of the political film unit's visit to Canterbury. Parliament has decided that party political broadcasts are part of our democracy. If the three parties are......

Quoodle

SIR,-1 wonder, did the Spectator, in his choice of the pseudonym under which he writes his Notebook, expect (no doubt) whimsically to refer us to this passage? Then there is my......

Sir,—i Agree With Your Correspondent, Dennis Thompson,...

but a few cases a court of officers is an extremely fair tribunal. It is these few cases, such as the Cory and Swabey cases, compli- cated by conflicting evidence, which should......

The Situation In Singapore

SIR,—S. Rajaratnam is guilty of misleading your readers in his letter (Spectator, January 10) and must, therefore, be corrected. Before 1 comment on the important points he has......

Who Flew First?

SIR,—To my letter of January 3, I should add that Percy Pilcher made his flights in 1895 'after various consultations with Otto Lilienthal.' It was from Saturday, August 6, till......

Sir,-1 Have Just Seen Mr. Richard Gott's Review In Your

columns of the report Arms and Stability in Europe, which, with Mr. Alastair Buchan, I had the honour to write for an Anglo-Franco-German study group. As the rapporteur of the......