17 OCTOBER 1958, page 22

Mrs. Patrick Campbell

Sut, — I am preparing for the Museum . Press ° biography of Mrs. Patrick Campbell. Will any rea der with any unusual reminiscences of that great actress —or any letters from or......

Itv Programmes

SIR,—Mr. Irwin makes me ill. For two weeks now he has succeeded in shrugging off restrained criticism of two of the most moronic of the telly's effusions with the oh so old and......

In A Jar Under Foyles

SIR,—The Alan Brien-Edmund Crispin correspa fl ' dente in the Spectator has involved this bookshop in a rather odd way. Since Mr. Brien wrote that : 'He [Mr. Crispin] must stop......

Festival Hall Exhibitions Sir, — 'why,' Asks Pharos, 'if...

believes that the Festival Hall is sacred to concert-goers . . . are winers and diners allowed in without buying concert tickets?' There is a simple answer. The restaurants are......

Sir,—roundabout's Recent Description Of The Cony Parative...

and tourist class on the London-Edinburgh Viscount service of BE A having brought no form of reply from the PRO w e can only assume that his facts as stated are correc t, as......

Recruiting

SIR,—You will have gathered from my contributions to your journal that I hold no brief for the fighting Services. There are several important facets of their organisation that......

British Railways

think I must have travelled south from Scot' land on the same train as Strix, because I, too, looked out of the window and saw with dismay that we wer e passing through Lincoln......

Itv Programmes

SIR, — May I apologise to the drama department of ATV for the fact that, bemused by the plethora of telegenic initials, I directed at them in my television article last week......

Chemicals In Food

SIR,—Following the decision of the High Court at Karlsruhe that all Bavarian beer must be brewed only with hops, malt, yeast and water, there was a reasonable hope in this......