18 DECEMBER 1953, page 16

The Kenya Home Guard

SIR,—May I comment on the letter from " A Settler " 7 1 have just spent a year in Kenya, mostly in Kiambu District, the part of the Kikuyu Reserve nearest to Nairobi. It is......

Astounding Science Fiction

SIR,—In reference to the interesting article, " Five Types of Science Fiction," may we point out that John W. Campbell, Jnr., is editor of Astounding Science Fiction, and the......

The Big Truth

SIR, —The letter from G. W. Riddell in your Issue of 11th December is a very timely protest against the difficulties encountered when .an ordinary citizen of this country wishes......

Those Choughs Am Not A Chough-scholar (nor, By The Way,

a Professor either, as Strix thinks), but I rejoice to concur with the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge in his observations. Strix is monocular; and he does assume that Shake-......

Sir,—that Article By The Boy Of 14 Was Jolly Good.

Could you get him to do one on the mystery of train—or is it engine—spotting ?- Yours faithfully, S. L. CAIGER Ostnaston Vicarage, Ashbourne, Derbys.......

Sta,—i Should Like To Thank " A Settler " For

his courteous letter,' and to assure him that the allegations of corruption and extortion in my previous letter referred to the Kikuyu Home Guard and the Askaris, and certainly......

Not Proven

SIR,—Sir Compton Mackenzie's " Sidelight " published in your issue of 27th November made welcome and valuable reading. There is, however, one passage which calls for comment, as......

Sir,—the Untimely Death Of Gordon Herickx This Year Has...

England of a rarely gifted sculptor at a, time when his talents were meeting with deserved recognition. This century has so far produced few sculptors of Herickx's calibre and......