In For A Month
Sir: Mr Giles Playfair writes (10 March) that 'in the sense that thousands of men are sleeping three to a cell originally built for one, imprisonment in 1967 is a less civilised......
Sir: 'juvescence' Was Mr Eliot's Own Idea; 'beet- Hovian'...
10 March) was not mine but the printer's. Anthony Burgess 24 Glebe Street, Chiswick, London W4......
Sir: In The Absence Of My Chairman, Now In Italy,
may I express very humble appreciation of the excellent and authoritative article by Mr Joseph Macleod (24 February)? The Italian government, the great national and......
Mr Wilson And His Dogs
Sir: May it be pointed out to Mr Desmond Don- nelly, *41 , , that Pharaoh and Moses are not to be found in the book of Genesis? (SPECTATOR, 10 March, page 272). L. G. Sargent......
Florence Apres Le Deluge
Sir: I should like to express my deep appreciation of Joseph Macleod's article 'Florence glints le deluge in your issue of 24 February. It is entirely accurate, both with regard......
Inhospitable Shaws
Sir : Mrs Spurling is entitled to dislike Shaw as much as she pleases but when she is the critic of such a reputable periodical as the SPECTATOR she should know better than to......
The Purpose Of Education
Sir: In 'Personal Column' (3 March) Anthony Bor- ges, presents an admirably argued point of view. His proposition that the real function of education is to show us how to read......
Sir: Your Article The Barnsbury Scandal' Will Have Been Read
with sympathy and understanding by many residents in Islington. The need for an Ombudsman is likely to be felt in other parts of the borough in the near future. Last May the......
The Barnsbury Scandal
Sir: I have been supplied with a copy of the letter signed by Mr Christopher Higgins, chairman of the Greater London Council planning and communications committee, and dated 6......
Sir: With Apologies For Harping On Dogs, May I Remark
on an unsuspected link between Harold Wilson and the Virgin Queen, who might usually be supposed to have absolutely nothing in common? Was it not the first Elizabeth who said,......
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