17 JANUARY 1969, page 27

The Stupid Party

Sir: Mr Quintin Hogg is on very doubtful ground when he states, by implication, that when people no longer believe in religion it may continue to be true (Letters, 3 January).......

Reformer's Itch

Sir: May I question R. A. Cline's conclusion (3 January) that 'whether trials are fairer . . . • is what law reform is about?' The truism that trials in the mother country of......

Apres Moi, Who Cares?

Sir : Many people will agree with Stephen Gardiner (10 January) in his plea for new and humanitarian aspects in architecture and plan- ning. I live in a house which is about one......

Home Thoughts

AFTERTHOUGHT VICTOR CLARK Victor Clark is Chief Education Officer for the East Riding of Yorkshire. When I go away on holiday the pedagogue within me is not idle. Thoughts......

Table Talk

Sir: The reply (Letters, 3 January) of Mr Chichester-Clark, MP, to Sir Denis Brogan is more than a little disingenuous. Let us look at the facts Mr Chichester-Clark adduces in......

Sir: Your Correspondent Aced Not Have Worried About The...

concerning the intentions of the Law Commission which so dismayed him according to your issue of 3 January; they were quite without foundation. As a reading of our annual......

Qe2s For Christmas

Sir: I sympathise with Nigel Lawson ('Spec- tator's notebook,' 3 January) over his experi- ence with 'space hoppers.' My children, like his, were given two of those toys for......